Hi there! 👋
We’re back with yet another no-BS edition of the Humans of Data newsletter.
In this issue, we cover graph databases, NLP for jazzing up data science resumes, SQL versus Python for ETL, working with data on the cloud, the role data played in the moon landing, our learnings from India’s largest data science event, and upcoming events you shouldn’t miss!
Let’s dig in, shall we?
Fresh out of the oven
Traversing the land of graph computing and graph databases
Akash Tandon
Graphs are an elegant representation of data. More importantly, graphs represent data in a way that’s closer to our mental models. These powerful data structures find applications across multiple industries and domains.
Why do graphs matter? When should you use graph databases? Can you use SQL for graphs?
Our in-house expert Akash Tandon answers these questions and demystifies graph tech for the humans of data.
Read on to find answers to your questions on graph databases.
Our top reads for you
How I used NLP to screen data science resume
Venkat Raman
As an aspiring data scientist or someone who is looking for a job change, the first thing you do is spruce up your resume.
How do you know whether your resume is good enough? Whether it will get you calls from your dream companies? Venkat Raman tackles the dilemmas associated with resume building for data scientists using some powerful NLP techniques.
Read more here and say bye-bye to your resume problems.
Comparing Python and SQL for building data pipelines
Marc Laforet
While Python is one of the best languages to do almost anything, it’s not always the case.
In his insightful article, web developer turned data engineer Marc Laforet highlights the differences between using Python and SQL to perform ETL operations on data based on his experiences building data pipelines.
Want to know which language wins? Find out here.
Announcing flyio, an R Package to interact with data in the cloud
Himanshu Sikaria
Growing as a team and company at Atlan, we faced the same problems that any other organization faces whenever big data is in the picture—how to analyze with TBs of data faster, without making any local copies.
We solved the problem by building flyio, which is an open source R package that helps us interact with data in the cloud. Currently, it supports AWS S3 and Google Cloud Storage.
Sounds cool, right? Read more here.
How the humans of data landed man on the Moon
Ayswarrya G
Fifty years ago, humans achieved the impossible by successfully landing on the Moon and making it back to Earth. While the success of Apollo 11, the spacecraft that took us to the Moon, is often synonymous with the names of its extraordinary astronauts, that’s not the complete picture.
The moon landing was a success due to the efforts of over 400,000 people from several organizations nationwide, working tirelessly.
Read on to know more about the humans of data behind Apollo 11’s success.
Humans of Data spotlight
Our five favorite talks from The Fifth Elephant 2019
Leena Soni
Last week, we were at The Fifth Elephant—one of India’s most popular data science conferences. At this community-led event, we caught up with data scientists,
Missed the event? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Here are the highlights from some of the best talks at the event this year.
Read on here.
Save the dates
PyData Delhi | August 3-4, 2019 | Indraprastha Institute of IT, Delhi
If Python is a part of your everyday life at work, then you cannot miss out on this event!
PyData conferences bring together the entire community of developers, analysts and scientists to discuss tools using Python, R and Julia, as well as challenges in data management, data science and visualization.
Interested? Register here.
P.S. Our co-founder Prukalpa Sankar is a keynote speaker at this event. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to come say hi 👋.
NeuroAI | August 3-4, 2019 | Infosys, Bengaluru [Free event]
Attend India’s first-ever NeuroAI conference that merges neuroscience with data science. From entrepreneurs and data scientists to AI enthusiasts, over 2,000 people are attending this free event with 16 incredible talks.
The star-studded speakers’ lineup includes neurosurgeon and neuroscientist Dr. Ajay Bakshi, senior scientist at GE Research Dr. Radhika Madhavan, principal data science manager at DowDuPont Praveen Pankajakshan, and others.
Intrigued? You should be! If you’re in Bengaluru this week, this is an event you shouldn’t be missing! Register here.
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