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Handbook of Data Science and AI: Generate Value from Data with Machine Learning and Data Analytics

Handbook of Data Science and AI: Generate Value from Data with Machine Learning and Data Analytics

Data Science and AI: what they are, how they're applied in diverse industries, and how to learn them.

2022

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Towards Data Science

No Baseline? No Benchmarks? No Biggie! An Experimental Approach to Agile Chatbot Development

Lessons learned bringing LLM-based products to production

Aug 26

A slide from my talk, summarizing the current state and goal, as described in this article.

Aug 26

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Do you suffer from being an artist? You may be entitled to compensation

A deep dive into contemporary issues around AI, copyright, and the true meaning of “fair use.”

Jul 5

Union of Musicians and Allied Workers protesting at Spotify’s corporate headquarters in San Francisco.

Jul 5

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Towards Data Science

From Probabilistic to Predictive: Methods for Mastering Customer Lifetime Value

The final chapter in a comprehensive, practical guide to real-world applications of CLV analysis & prediction

May 3

A graph with Customer’s recency on the y axis (values from 35 to 0 as you travel up the axis), and Customer’s Frequency on the x axis (values from 0 to 25). The entire graph is filled with a colour gradient reflecting the probability that a customer is alive. Close to both axes, the colours indicate high P-Alive. But most of the graph, spreading from the upper right corner, indicates low P-Alive.

May 3

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Towards Data Science

Yes, you still need old-school NLP skills in “the age of ChatGPT”

Large Language Models are amazing, but for many production problems, simpler techniques are faster, cheaper, and just as…

Feb 12

An old fashioned typewriter with a piece of paper that simply reads “Update”.

Feb 12

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Towards Data Science

Methods for Modelling Customer Lifetime Value: The Good Stuff and the Gotchas

Part three of a comprehensive, practical guide to CLV techniques and real-world use-cases

Nov 17, 2023

A hand-drawn chart showing the size of different customer segments as a proportion of the overall customer base.

Nov 17, 2023

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Towards Data Science

Congrats on your Customer Lifetime Value prediction model — now what are you going to do with it?

An obsessively detailed guide to Customer Lifetime Value techniques and real-world applications

Aug 7, 2023

Congrats on your Customer Lifetime Value prediction model — now what are you going to do with it?

Aug 7, 2023

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Towards Data Science

From analytics to actual application: the case of Customer Lifetime Value

Part one of a comprehensive, practical guide to CLV techniques and real-world use-cases

Jul 2, 2023

A mock sketch up of a series of three graphs showing distributions of low (red), medium (yellow) and high (green) CLV customers for different age segments. In this made up example, the distribution of the higher age segment includes more high CLV customers.

Jul 2, 2023

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Towards Data Science

Guided Transfer Learning: How to use ‘the power of scouts’ to boost machine learning performance

An exclusive sneak-peek at a revolutionary new method for training neural networks

Mar 27, 2023

Guided Transfer Learning: How to use ‘the power of scouts’ to boost machine learning performance

Mar 27, 2023

Katherine Munro

Algorithmic bias, testing your preconceptions, and how to help build gender equality

A not-quite-buzzfeed quiz to check your biases; an intro to critical algorithm studies; and ideas for enabling ethical developers.

Mar 8, 2023

Screenshot of a Google image search for ‘secretary’, in which 6 of the 20 displayed images are sexually suggestive.

Mar 8, 2023

Katherine Munro

Medians with SQL: How to solve these HackerRank problems like you actually know what you’re doing

A beginners’ guide to working through complex SQL questions — and understanding the answers.

Feb 22, 2023

A woman looks in frustration at a computer, with the caption ‘trying to understand my own code’.

Feb 22, 2023

Katherine Munro

Katherine Munro

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Data Scientist, speaker, author, teacher. Follow me on Medium or Twitter (@KatherineAMunro) for resources on data science, AI, tech, ethics, and more.

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