written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-07-26 | tags: data science data products app deployment
The key things I learned building my first Panel app: prototype in the notebook, use .servable() on the thing to serve up, test locally, and use Heroku!
written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-07-23 | tags: data science statistics distributions
It’s mainly because they are the generalization of two distributions, the Cauchy and Gaussian. Come learn more!
Read on... (182 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-07-21 | tags: software development sprint code sprint open source community community development
How can we, as sprint leaders, lead an effective sprint? I share some thoughts, having led a 2nd pyjanitor sprint at SciPy.
written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-07-15 | tags: conference scipy2019 data science
Some thoughts post SciPy 2019 - it was overall a productive and fun conference!
Read on... (763 words, approximately 4 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-07-07 | tags: data science estimation statistics
Or, how thinking less precisely and more accurately can be a helpful thing in data science.
Read on... (544 words, approximately 3 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-07-07 | tags: conferences scipy2019
Looking forward to another fun year at the SciPy conference!
Read on... (254 words, approximately 2 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-06-30 | tags: personal charity leukemia donations blood donation community service
After hearing that a friend was diagnosed with leukemia, I detailed a reminder to myself and all of us to register as bone marrow donors.
Read on... (315 words, approximately 2 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-06-15 | tags: graphs network science data science
The connection between graphs and linear algebra is profound and deep. I learned that lesson yet again. Come read more about it!
Read on... (189 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-06-14 | tags: productivity mobile
How I use my iPad as a mobile working station, and the pros and cons compared to a regular laptop.
Read on... (1102 words, approximately 6 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-05-29 | tags: bayesian probabilistic programming tensors data science probability distributions
I learned a ton hacking on PyMC4 with the TensorFlow Probability team in Montreal this year, particularly about probability distributions and semantic issues that we can run into with tensor shapes. If you’re curious, read on!
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