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• Charts, Dashboards, Maps, and More: Data Visualization in the Spotlight
  16 January 2025 by TDS Editors
  Feeling inspired to write your first TDS post? We’re always open to contributions from new authors.Buzzwords and trends come and go, but the core task of telling compelling stories with data remains one of the main pillars in data scientists’ daily workflow. For practitioners who’d like to up their visualization game, this week we’re highlighting some of our best recent articles on creating powerful, effective, and sleek deliverables.Our selection tackles the topic from multiple angles, so whether you’re interested in chart optimization, geospatial aids, or interactive dashboards, we’re sure you’ll find something here to inspire you and help you expand your […]
• Why Data Scientists Can’t Afford Too Many Dimensions and What They Can Do About It
  16 January 2025 by Niklas Lang
  An in-depth article about dimensionality reduction and its most popular methodsContinue reading on Towards Data Science »
• The Death of Human-Written Code Tutorials in the ChatGPT Era … Or Not?
  16 January 2025 by Murtaza Ali
  An argument in favor of human-written coding tutorials in the new age of LLMs.Continue reading on Towards Data Science »
• Developing an AI-Powered Smart Guide for Business Planning & Entrepreneurship
  16 January 2025 by Umair Ali Khan
  A LangGraph-based advanced agentic RAG with standard business guides, AI-based web search, trusted sources, and a hybrid search leveraging…Continue reading on Towards Data Science »
• A 12-step visual guide to understanding NeRF (Representing Scenes as Neural Radiance Fields)
  16 January 2025 by Aqeel Anwar
  NeRF overview — Image by AuthorA Beginner’s 12-Step Visual Guide to Understanding NeRF: Neural Radiance Fields for Scene Representation and View SynthesisA basic understanding of NeRF’s workings through visual representationsWho should read this article?This article aims to provide a basic beginner level understanding of NeRF’s workings through visual representations. While various blogs offer detailed explanations of NeRF, these are often geared toward readers with a strong technical background in volume rendering and 3D graphics. In contrast, this article seeks to explain NeRF with minimal prerequisite knowledge, with an optional technical snippet at the end for curious readers. For those interested in the mathematical details […]
• Basics of GANs & SMOTE for Data Augmentation
  16 January 2025 by Sunghyun Ahn
  GANs and SMOTE Explained with Bartending: Data Science for Machine Learning Series (1)Continue reading on Towards Data Science »
• Learnings from a Machine Learning Engineer — Part 1: The Data
  15 January 2025 by David Martin
  Practical insights for a data-driven approach to model optimizationContinue reading on Towards Data Science »
• Water Cooler Small Talk: Benford’s Law
  15 January 2025 by Maria Mouschoutzi, PhD
  A look into the strange first digit distribution of naturally occurring datasetsContinue reading on Towards Data Science »
• Qubits Explained: Everything You Need to Know
  15 January 2025 by Sara A. Metwalli
  A deep dive into the building block of quantum computers.Continue reading on Towards Data Science »
• Understanding Flash Attention: Writing the Algorithm from Scratch in Triton
  15 January 2025 by Alex Dremov
  Find out how Flash Attention works. Afterward, we’ll refine our understanding by writing a GPU kernel of the algorithm in Triton.Continue reading on Towards Data Science »