Report: 59% of employed data scientists learned skills on their own or via a MOOC

Data scientists are in high demand and short supply, but they may not need a degree in computer science to get a job, according to a new report from Kaggle.

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Brain Imaging Technology Uses Machine Learning to Identify Suicidal Thoughts

Researchers were able to identify subjects with suicidal ideation with 90 percent accuracy using a combination of brain imaging and A

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Machine learning is making it difficult to tell humans and computers apart

As machine learning allows AI to become more capable of completing tasks that were once unique to humans, the future of cybersecurity seems uncertain.

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Rousing masses to fight cancer with open source machine learning

Here's an open invitation to steal. It goes out to cancer fighters and tempts them with a new program that predicts cancer drug effectiveness via machine learning and raw genetic data.

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By |2017-10-30T06:34:49-05:00October 30th, 2017|Categories: Scoop.it|Tags: , |

Apache PredictionIO: Easier machine learning with Spark

An open source project now under Apache’s guidance uses a template system for easy training and deployment of Spark-powered machine learning models

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