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05 May

Recently Released Datasets For Researchers To Fight Covid-19

As researchers scour numerous databases to combat the threat of coronavirus, timely access to the right data has become critical. With the urgency of this public health crisis intensifying, it has become imperative that access to reliable public data be made open. These, in turn, are likely to bring about crucial collaborations within the global…

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05 May

Limitations Of Online Learning For Data Scientists

Data science courses have been keeping many industry professionals and enthusiasts busy amid the lockdown. While data scientists are looking to shield themselves against an oncoming recession by actively upskilling, others are embracing it to make a career shift for the opportunities the field provides. Irrespective of the reasons for this mass shift to online…

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04 May

What Is The Hiring Process Of Data Scientists At Cisco?

Job descriptions for data science positions in tech companies might be comparable, but a closer examination would reveal that they all differ in the way they hire for the same roles. When it comes to screening candidates, while some companies like LinkedIn and IBM do not overemphasise a candidate’s educational backgrounds, others like CSS Corp…

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04 May

Top 5 Most Useful Tools All Data Science Freelancers Should Know

As most workers in India make a harried transition to remote working amid Covid-19 lockdown, they are still getting acclimated to the modus operandi of freelancers. With only a handful of tools in their arsenal, freelance professionals master those tools, as a rule, to compete with full-time professionals as well as other gig workers. Amid…

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03 May

How AI Can Help Manage Prisons Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

With inmates huddled together in closely-knitted cells inside prisons, it is little wonder then that these facilities are vulnerable to COVID-19 outbreaks. Coupled with the apathetic approach towards the health and well-being of those incarcerated, managing a pandemic of this scale has been more challenging, particularly in containment zones. Some measures that are being considered…

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03 May

How AI Can Help Manage Prisons Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

With inmates huddled together in closely-knitted cells inside prisons, it is little wonder then that these facilities are vulnerable to COVID-19 outbreaks. Coupled with the apathetic approach towards the health and well-being of those incarcerated, managing a pandemic of this scale has been more challenging, particularly in containment zones. Some measures that are being considered…

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01 May

Top 7 Free Courses To Build Cloud Tech Skills

The internet has exploded with free online courses in recent weeks with people remaining confined in their homes amid Covid-19 lockdowns across the world. These offerings have taken various forms — top programs from universities, video tutorials and even podcasts — and across a broad range of disciplines. While some of the resources available for…

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01 May

Learning Data Science Online For The First Time? Here’s How You Should Plan

With online learning being the new buzzword among professionals looking to proactively upskill themselves, ed-tech firms have responded by expanding the depth and breadth of their courses as well as offering some of them for free or at affordable rates. This has generated a breed of first-time online learners who are just discovering the benefits…

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30 Apr

More Data Science Courses Made Free Due To Covid-19

With lockdowns likely to get extended across many locations in the world and offices remaining shut, many ed-tech platforms are offering some of their data science courses and other learning content for free. While professionals adapt to work from home amid a health crisis and an oncoming recession, using the extra time to upskill themselves…

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29 Apr

Companies That Are Building Contact Tracing Apps To Track Employees

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As several tech enterprises and governments build contact tracing systems to track and stymie the spread of Covid-19, some companies are embracing this technology to monitor their employees’ health. By surveilling employees and keeping a watchful eye on the potential spread of Covid-19 within their premises, they can notify staff in a timely manner if…

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