Hello and welcome to our discussion focusing on LightGBM, a machine learning algorithm known for its speed and performance. You might be wondering why many data scientists are choosing LightGBM for regression tasks, and by the end of this post, you’ll have your answer. Understanding LightGBM LightGBM, or Light Gradient Boosting Machine, is a gradient … Read more
We’re diving into a powerful machine learning tool today – XGBoost. Before we take the plunge, let’s get a quick lay of the land. What is XGBoost? On the surface, XGBoost, or eXtreme Gradient Boosting, is a decision-tree-based ensemble machine learning algorithm that utilizes a gradient boosting framework. In simple terms, it’s like a powerful … Read more
Welcome to the world of machine learning! In this space, data plays the quintessential role of the painter’s palette, allowing models to paint a detailed and intricate picture of the world as they learn from it. But as the world changes, so does the data. And just like a painter needs fresh colors to match … Read more
Python is one of the most sought-after programming languages to learn in 2023. It is widely used in Data Science, Machine/Deep Learning, Web Development, and more. I am sure many people who want to start a career in tech wonder how to start learning Python in 2023. Moreover, people who are already working in tech … Read more
I recently took part in a popular conference for Data Science called PyData. The conference was in Eindhoven and was organized mainly by the companies ASML and Greenhouse, among others. It happened over two days, the first with hands-on workshops and the second with presentations/talks. But first things first, what is PyData? What is PyData? … Read more
In this post, I would like to share the online course on Data Science that I started my journey with. It is neither the perfect course nor the end all be all of Data Science, but it is the course I started with and it, therefore, holds a special place in my heart. Caveat: This … Read more
In this post, I want to share a cool project I recently did as part of the Data Engineering module of my PDEng program. I will show how to do simple twitter sentiment analysis in Python with streaming data from Twitter. The data is streamed into Apache Kafka, then stored in a MongoDB database, and … Read more
In this first post of Train Test Split, I would like to share my view on the meaning of Data Science. After working for some time now in Data Science projects of the Dutch industry and after lengthy discussions with colleagues and supervisors, I have formulated a personal view and opinion on what Data Science … Read more
Καλώς ήρθατε στο Train Test Split. Or welcome to Train Test Split, in Greek. So, Who Is This Guy? My name is Antonis and I am, you guessed it, from Greece. In July 2018 I graduated from the University of Patras (my hometown) as an Electrical and Computer Engineer. At the moment, life brought me … Read more