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| | Harry J. Foxwell is an associate professor at George Mason University’s College of Engineering and Computing, where he teaches graduate courses in cloud computing and data analytics. He previously worked for Oracle and Sun Microsystems as a principal systems engineer supporting operating systems and virtualization technologies. He is the coauthor of several technical articles and books, including Slicing and dicing servers: a guide to virtualization and containment technologies and The Sun BluePrints guide to Solaris Containers: virtualization in the Solaris Operating System. He also coauthored Pro OpenSolaris, Oracle Solaris 11 system administration: the complete reference, and Oracle Solaris 11.2 system administration handbook, and recently authored Creating good data. He earned his doctorate in information technology, in 2003, from George Mason University (Fairfax, VA). Harry is a Vietnam veteran; he served as a platoon sergeant in the US Army’s 1st Infantry Division from 1968-1969. He was awarded an Air Medal and a Bronze Star. For additional information about Harry, please visit his home page: http://cs.gmu.edu/~hfoxwell. |
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Murach's R for data analysis
McCoy S., Mike Murach & Associates, Inc., Fresno, CA, 2022. 557 pp. Type: Book (1943873038)
To paraphrase a popular political meme, “What should entry-level data analysts know and when should they know it?” And then, how should they learn it? Certain data exploration and analysis programming skills, for R, Python, and SQL, ar...
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Jun 19 2023 |
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Data analysis for social science: a friendly and practical introduction
Llaudet E., Imai K., PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, Princeton, New Jersey, 2023. 256 pp. Type: Book (0691199434)
Earl Babbie’s classic textbook The practice of social research, which went to its 15th edition in 2021 [1], is a standard reference for social science students and researchers. Its comprehensive review of research methods is still of ...
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May 31 2023 |
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 A hacker’s mind: how the powerful bend society’s rules, and how to bend them back
Schneier B., W. W. Norton, New York, NY, 2023. 304 pp. Type: Book (0393866661)
By thinking like a hacker, that is, understanding why and how complex systems can fail by finding and taking unfair advantage of imperfections, we might be able to minimize or eliminate unwanted and potentially catastrophic misuse. Common examples...
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Mar 29 2023 |
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Ethical machines: your concise guide to totally unbiased, transparent, and respectful AI
Blackman R., HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW, Cambridge, MA, 2022. 224 pp. Type: Book (1647822815)
It has been nearly a quarter-century since Ray Kurzweil considered the emergence of “spiritual machines” [1], and twice that time since Arthur Clarke introduced us to HAL’s murderous insanity [2]. The field of artificial intellig...
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Dec 16 2022 |
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Natural language processing projects: build next-generation NLP applications using AI techniques
Kulkarni A., Shivananda A., Kulkarni A., Apress, New York, NY, 2022. 336 pp. Type: Book (978-1-484273-85-2)
Natural language processing (NLP) is now quite widely used in many domains, including commerce, social media, and other text analysis tasks. Paired with artificial intelligence (AI), it enables powerful data analytics tools for prediction, automat...
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Nov 11 2022 |
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Computational thinking: a perspective on computer science
Xu Z., Zhang J., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2021. 345 pp. Type: Book (978-9-811638-47-3), Reviews: (2 of 2)
Is computational thinking (CT) a high-level, domain-independent set of skills applicable at all education levels, elementary through university, or is it uniquely specific to computer science (CS) education? Search for books and other publications...
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Oct 12 2022 |
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Statistics for data scientists: an introduction to probability, statistics, and data analysis
Kaptein M., van den Heuvel E., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2022. 348 pp. Type: Book (978-3-030105-30-3)
One would hope that professionals calling themselves data scientists would have extensive training in both statistical theory and practice. Yet current data analytics curricula, while naturally including at least one general statistics...
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Jul 7 2022 |
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Dive into algorithms: a Python adventure for the intrepid beginner
Tuckfield B., No Starch Press, San Francisco, CA, 2021. 248 pp. Type: Book (978-1-718500-68-6), Reviews: (1 of 2)
Algorithms--their concepts, theory, and methods--are not limitedto computer science. My recipe for making chili for dinner is analgorithm, as are my lesson plans for my courses, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ...
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May 2 2022 |
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Introduction to machine learning in the cloud with python: concepts and practices
Gupta P., Sehgal N., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2021. 303 pp. Type: Book (978-3-030712-69-3)
Cloud computing vendors, such as Amazon, IBM, Google, Oracle, Microsoft, and others, not only provide storage and compute resources for applications, but data analytics services as well. These platforms support various dataset exploration and mode...
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Feb 24 2022 |
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Practical natural language processing with Python: with case studies from industries using text data at scale
Sri M., Apress, New York, NY, 2021. 272 pp. Type: Book (978-1-484262-45-0)
Understanding spoken and written communication can be difficult, even for humans. Creating linguistic processes and algorithms for computers is extremely challenging. Natural language processing (NLP) technology is more common than mos...
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Nov 9 2021 |
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