This week at DataCamp

Telling a Data Science story, Deep Learning in R, PySpark, Deep Learning in R, and more [DataCamp]( DataCamp Weekly Issue #2 ― June 20, 2017 Last day of spring and it is hot and sunny here at DataCamp HQ. To celebrate we have an exciting newsletter this week with lots of cool projects, data science news, jobs and more. This week we’re talking about Deep Learning in R, PySpark, how to tell a data science story, and much more. Enjoy! Received this email from a friend? [Sign up]( for a DataCamp account to to receive a dose of data science every Tuesday. --------------------------------------------------------------- Projects & Resources [PySpark Cheat Sheet: Spark DataFrames in Python]( A follow up to the PySpark basics cheat sheet, this latest edition tackles structured data processing and the DataFrame API. Learn how to use Spark through Python to speed analytic applications up to 100x. Very handy cheat sheet for those of you getting started. [datacamp.com]( [How to draw connecting routes on map with R and great circles]( This post explains how to draw connection lines between locations on a map using great circles instead of direct lines. This project relies on 3 libraries (tidyverse, maps, geosphere) and the gcIntermediate function from geosphere. Fun project! [r-bloggers.com]( [Guidelines for Telling a Great Data Science Story]( Looking for tips to make your analysis more captivating for users? A lot of it relies on storytelling. Here are some useful guidelines to create an engaging story with data. [101.datascience.community]( [Using the xlsx package to create an Excel file]( 10 great exercises with solutions on preparing and creating Excel documents using R. [r-bloggers.com]( [Network visualization with R]( Comprehensive walkthrough of how to design a network visualization. It includes tips on asking yourself the right questions, code examples, use cases for different graph types, interactive graphs and much more. Great resource. [kateto.net]( [Getting started with Deep Learning using Keras and TensorFlow in R]( Very cool project to classify handwritten digits using Keras and Tensorflow in R. With Keras in R recently launched, Deep Learning in R is easier than ever. [analyticsvidhya.com]( In The News [Introducing Our Instructor Pages!]( DataCamp is proud to introduce instructor pages! We built these to make it easier for you to discover what other courses are taught by your favorite instructor, and to find new instructors that are teaching topics you are passionate about. Every instructor page also has a small biography allowing you to better understand the person behind the course. [datacamp.com]( [Top 15 Python Libraries for Data Science in 2017]( Using number of commits, contributors and other metrics from Github to determine the 15 most popular Python libraries for data science in 2017. Can you guess the top 3? [kdnuggets.com]( [A Data Scientist’s Guide to Predicting Housing Prices in Russia]( A Russian bank introduced a Kaggle competition last month challenging data scientists to predict real estate prices in Russia for their clients. This blog outlines the process three data scientist used to answer that question using machine learning. [blog.nycdatascience.com]( [J.P.Morgan’s massive guide to machine learning and big data jobs in finance]( JP Morgan recently released a massive Big Data and A.I. in finance report that covers all corners of the industry. This article summarizes the key points of the report. [news.efinancialcareers.com]( [Deep Learning Papers Reading Roadmap]( New to Deep Learning? This handy roadmap will help you find out which paper you should read from the history and basics of deep learning, to deep learning methods and applications. Deep dive. [blog.nycdatascience.com]( Elsewhere - [Live map over CO2 emissions from electricity in Europe and the US]( - [Comprehensive list of R Data Science Tutorials]( - [NumPy receives first ever funding]( - [Cigarette tax rates vs. Smoking Population, by State]( Jobs - [Data Science Curriculum Lead - DataCamp, NYC]( - [Data Scientist - KyePot, Mumbai]( - [Machine Learning Fellow - Startup.ML, London]( - [Data Scientist, Product - Twitter, San Francisco]( - [Data Insights Engineer - Flatiron Health, NYC]( The wrong way to build a machine learning model [machine learning jokes] --------------------------------------------------------------- See something interesting? Share via [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Twitter](. Or forward to a friend! That's all for now. Have a great week! DataCamp Inc. 2067 Massachusetts avenue Cambridge MA 02141 [Unsubscribe](