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Introduction to Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Data Science
Natural Language Processing (NLP) encompasses a variety of techniques designed to enable computers to understand and process human languages. In this post you’ll learn about NLP applications like text classification and sentiment analysis, plus NLP techniques like tokenization and stemming.

Career Advice
Wireframing and Prototyping: Bringing Your Ideas to Life
Most great products start as simple ideas. But how those simple ideas become great products is a not so straightforward journey. It is a process highlighted by generating and refining many ideas and putting them to the test over and over again. Here are some tips on the process of turning your ideas into a usable product that people love.

Career Advice
Age Diversity Potential for Careers in Cybersecurity
Older adults bring a wealth of experience and a strong work ethic that are invaluable for cybersecurity careers. This post explores additional (and highly valuable traits) that older workers possess that make them solid candidates for careers in the field.

Tech Trends
Solving Common Design Problems With UI Design Patterns
When designers discover a usability problem within a product’s interface, they’ll rarely spend time inventing a brand new solution. Most usability issues can be solved by implementing UI design patterns, which are familiar and tested solutions to common usability problems in user interfaces.

Tech Trends
Rejecting the Null Hypothesis Using Confidence Intervals
After a discussion on the two primary methods of statistical inference, viz. hypothesis tests and confidence intervals, it is shown that these two methods are actually equivalent.

Tech Trends
Kicking It Up a Notch: Exploring Data Analytics in Soccer
The Major League Soccer (MLS) season's kickoff coincides with the rising tide of data analytics in soccer. Let's dive into the fascinating use cases and trends that reveal how data is informing decision-making in the world of soccer.

Diversity In Tech
Neurodiversity: A Hidden Asset in the Tech Industry
Neurodivergency is fairly common, with an estimated 15-20% of the population considered to be divergent. These individuals thrive in tech, and could be the industry's secret superpower.
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