Data Science & Analytics including Operations / Decision Science are evolving fields which are in demand currently for various reasons. Most companies are experimenting and creating projects / products around analytics / data science. I am listing the subjects & courses that an MBA student should take to cover Data Science / Analytics: Mathematics —…… Continue reading What should be the subjects & course structure for teaching Data Analytics / Data Science in MBA?
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Sales – From Showing up to Consulting and Design thinking
Over the years Indian IT industry has had success in getting and executing projects from the western world. Indian IT industry is now US$ 160+ billion a year in exports and domestic market combined. With India largely importing electrical & industrial machinery, oil and few other items like precious stones, it stays as an economy…… Continue reading Sales – From Showing up to Consulting and Design thinking
How to solve a machine learning problem ? – 1
Select a language like for example either of R or Python Select a machine learning package to use and associated data manipulation, charting, output, etc. packages Get and explore the data using techniques like Exploratory Data Analysis for an initial understanding of data and some inferences Break your original data set into training set…… Continue reading How to solve a machine learning problem ? – 1
How to explore and learn “Analytics & Data Science” ?
One of my students asked me as to how can someone explore and learn Analytics / Data Science domain with an intention to build their career in it ? There are three types of roles available in Data Science / Analytics: Functional consultant like a Business / Data Analyst Technical Consultant like a Data Engineer. Mixed profiles…… Continue reading How to explore and learn “Analytics & Data Science” ?
History & Future of Information Technology
Late 1970s – Ethernet Late 1980s & Early 1990s – Internet Late 1990s – Y2K was the trend and revolution of easy operating systems like Windows with word processing and spreadsheets happened. Also, LINUX. ERP, CRM, BPM, HRM and similar software pick up in market. Early 2000s – Internet boom, Email, Browsers, Dot Com, Start…… Continue reading History & Future of Information Technology
Learning R Programming – Part 1
As per Glassdoor Top 5 skills in Data Science for job openings are: Python R SQL Hadoop Java Most Java developers know SQL, Hadoop & Java to a good extent in today’s environment, two important skills Python & R should be learned by the Java developer / architect / manager if s/he wants to contribute…… Continue reading Learning R Programming – Part 1
Universities & Colleges offering courses & degrees in Analytics / Data Science in India – Part 1
BITS Pilani – Offering MSc in Analytics, MTech in Computer Science with specialization in Analytics IIM Calcutta, ISI Kolkata & IIT Kharagpur – PG Diploma in Business Analytics Great Lakes, Chennai – PGP in Analytics IIIT Bangalore – PGP in Analytics via UpGrad XLRI – Executive Program in Data Science NIRMA University – MBA -…… Continue reading Universities & Colleges offering courses & degrees in Analytics / Data Science in India – Part 1
Introduction to Search Engines – Part 1
Search engines have changed the way we work with the digital world completely. Digital world around us including the internet has evolved along with search engines almost simultaneously. Here is a primer on the working, technologies, statistics, history, tips for using, searching, etc. for Google. How do they work? Search engines work to search across…… Continue reading Introduction to Search Engines – Part 1
Facebook Privacy & Security tips
Many of us use Facebook for various reasons like socializing on the internet, managing and participating in groups, creating and managing company pages, keeping in touch with friends and colleagues, sharing our updates & pictures, etc. But many don’t pay attention to privacy and security aspects of using Facebook. Here are some pointers on what…… Continue reading Facebook Privacy & Security tips
Security tips for Google Drive & Android
Google Drive: Open Google Drive on web based browser like Chrome On each of the folders if you see a person symbol it’s shared, if you don’t see the symbol its not shared For each folder -> click SHARE -> Advanced -> Check which user has view rights and which user has edit rights ->…… Continue reading Security tips for Google Drive & Android
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