Hey there! Let’s talk about this dataset from RealClearPolitics and the US Presidential Election. Before we dive in, let’s get on the same page about a few things: The US Presidential Election happens every four years. There are 50 states in the US and each gets a certain number of electoral votes based on its…
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Let’s talk about SparkR! It’s an R package that provides a lightweight frontend to use Apache Spark from R. I used RStudio and Spark 1.6.1 for this exercise. SparkR has a distributed data frame implementation that supports operations like selection, filtering, and more. Cool, right? In RStudio, run the following code to check the system…
So, I recently completed the XSeries course by UC Berkeley on Apache Spark and I was all set to give the Databricks Spark Developer Certification. And guess what? I cleared the exam last week! Woohoo! The course on edX was great for brushing up on my Spark skills (I had worked with Spark MLlib before),…
Hey there! Let’s talk about spam filters. You know, those annoying emails that keep showing up in your inbox, even though you never signed up for them. Yeah, those. Well, a spam filter is a program that filters out those unwanted emails and messages. Pretty cool, right? So, we’re going to build and evaluate a…
So, I’m a bit of a podcast junkie. I love listening to them on my way to work. Some of my faves are Talking Machines, Linear Digressions, Data Skeptic, Freakonomics, The Art of Manliness, Lore, Myths and Legends. But my absolute favorite? The Tim Ferris Show. Now, I haven’t read any of Tim Ferris’ books,…
Alright, folks! The The Analytics Edge course on edX is almost over and boy, have I learned a lot about Machine Learning in the past 2 months! This MOOC is hands down the best one I’ve taken so far, and I hope my other courses can at least live up to its awesomeness. I first…
I am currently enrolled in the Introduction to Apache Spark, offered by UC Berkeley on edX. This course is the first installment in a five-part series, which commenced on the 15th of June. A few months ago, I attended a Spark workshop hosted by IBM. Although the workshop was satisfactory, I believe it could have…
So, Xbox One’s free game of the month was "The Crew". Being a racing game enthusiast, I thought I’d give it a shot. But, boy oh boy, was I disappointed after playing it for just an hour! Most racing games don’t really have a great plot, but this one had a good story – or…
Hey there, I’m currently knee-deep in a Scala course on Coursera called "Functional Programming in Scala" taught by none other than Martin Ordersky – the inventor of Scala. Let me tell you, creating a Scala ecosystem is no walk in the park. Recently, I hit a roadblock while trying to create an Eclipse project using…