I understand that there are plenty of reasons to start a digital project. I fully believe that most of you have seen an area where computers could solve a problem, or streamline a process. New advances like machine learning, VR, and blockchain offer people with domain knowledge opportunities to make a change. Sadly, a lot … Continue reading The Importance of Data Engineering
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Machine Learning: Predicting With Man-Made Rules
So I've started taking a different route to work due to the fact that I am working at a different place. I've got to say, different lines have a different feel to them. I guess different districts house different types of people so it's not much of a revelation. I grew up in a small … Continue reading Machine Learning: Predicting With Man-Made Rules
4 Things I Learned Working in a London Startup as a Software Engineer
So I lived the Cliche for a while. I commuted to an edgy office in central London and wrote code for a financial tech startup. Why financial tech? Although I had a clinical background, London is a global center for financial tech. Unlike most startups in the NHS that had a few clinical connections, the … Continue reading 4 Things I Learned Working in a London Startup as a Software Engineer
How my clinical experience guided my machine learning project
I've now experienced machine learning in industry and academia, and my clinical training just didn't let me look past the pitfalls of applying machine learning in a system. I experienced machine learning in an academic and industrial setting. I cannot deny, the passion and dedication for machine learning are alive and well. There is no … Continue reading How my clinical experience guided my machine learning project
When startup hype meets healthcare
This is about a silicon valley startup showing the world that the faced paced startup culture doesn't translate easily to healthcare. Before we go further I have to clarify. This isn't a smug post about how I saw it coming whilst others didn't. I believed the hype. I remember enthusiastically sharing the stories on my … Continue reading When startup hype meets healthcare
What Every Clinician Should know about Probability
Probability is one of those fascinating concepts where it seems easy at first but gets confusing when more is revealed. The reason why I feel the need to write about this is because the interpretation of probability is becoming more mainstream as access to data increases. As a result, the internet has become more partisan … Continue reading What Every Clinician Should know about Probability
3 Things Clinicians Should Know about Machine Learning
Unless you've been living under a rock, you will have heard about machine learning. Bizarrely enough, the attitude to machine learning in medicine is just as interesting as the machine learning theory itself. Ignorance, combined with emotion, data fatigue, and desire for people to ride the bandwagon has fostered an everchanging, overgrown diverse jungle of … Continue reading 3 Things Clinicians Should Know about Machine Learning
Smashing through the Data Basics of Ramen Ratings with Python
You can get a lot from the basics when processing data. Of course, machine learning, and advanced analytics is fun, exciting, and stimulating, but there are benefits from simply looking at the data by category. In this quick tutorial, we look at ramen ratings [link] in order to see which brand we want to invest … Continue reading Smashing through the Data Basics of Ramen Ratings with Python
Basic Machine Learning for Time Series Data
A few people have contacted me about machine learning in a time series data set. These short of datasets require a little bit extra in terms of data processing, as you are trying to predict the outcome of a future data point, this means you have to obtain that data point, and classify it. For … Continue reading Basic Machine Learning for Time Series Data
Basic Facebook Data Analysis with Python
The scandal with Cambridge Analytica, has produced no shortage of claims. Some have even gone as far as to blame the Trump victory and Brexit on it. Clearly, there's more that will come to light. Only time will tell the full extent of the situation. However, I cannot help feeling that people are running to the … Continue reading Basic Facebook Data Analysis with Python
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