Note: The video is the interview only. The audio podcast has the intro, interview, and data science learning club activity explanation.
In this episode we meet Will Kurt, who talks about his path from English & Literature and Library & Information Science degrees to becoming the Lead Data Scientist at KISSmetrics. He also tells us about his probability blog, Count Bayesie, and I introduce Data Science Learning Club Activity 1. Will has some great advice for people learning data science!
Podcast Audio Links:Link to podcast Episode 1 audioPodcast’s RSS feed for podcast subscription apps(I will distribute the feed out to sites like iTunes and Stitcher this week)
Podcast Video Playlist:Youtube playlist where I’ll publish future videos
More about the Data Science Learning Club:Data Science Learning Club Welcome MessageLearning Club Activity 1: Find and explore a datasetData Science Learning Club Meet & Greet
Here are the links to things Will references in the video:
R
python
Scala
Lua
Tandy 1000
Prolog
Library and Information Science
Foucault
ARPANET
Support Vector Machines
CoffeeScript
Andrew Ng’s Machine Learning course on Coursera
probabalistic graphical models
T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets
Articulate
KISSMetrics
Count Bayesie blogCount Bayesie – Parameter Estimation and Hypothesis Testing
R Markdown
Donald KnuthLiterate programming
ggplot2
jupyter
Claude Shannon’s Mathematical Theory of Communication
Count Basie (musician)
Count Bayesie – Measure TheoryBayes’ Theorem with LegoVoight-Kampff and Bayes FactorBlack Friday Puzzle – Markov Chains
Zen Buddhism concept of “beginner’s mind”
Count Bayesie Recommended Books on Probability and Statistics