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Learn how to use Algorithmia Horizon Detection tool in combination with Pillow (a fork of the Python Image Library), to automatically recompose any image so it’s level.

‘Predictions and insights without a Data Scientist’ By Ina Ko Senior Product Manager DataRobot You do not need to be a data scientist to compete in a Kaggle competition. I know this because I did it. My name is Ina Ko, and I am not a Data Scientist. Instead, I stand on the shoulders of giants — that is, the…

Thanks to Dr. Kai R. Larsen, Associate Professor of Information Management, University of Colorado, for contributing this two-part guest blog. WEBINAR: From Raw Data to Predictions at S&P Global Part 2: Taking Advantage of DataRobot and Alteryx to Overcome Barriers to Success As I laid out in Part 1 of this blog, being a university professor attempting to equip students across…

Thanks to Dr. Kai R. Larsen, Associate Professor of Information Management, University of Colorado, for contributing this two-part guest blog. Part 1: Addressing the Challenges and Complexities Inhibiting Business Users’ Adoption of Predictive Analytics Predictive analytics is reshaping business and society. Our very perception of reality is changing due to algorithms catering to our instincts, needs, and wants. This raises…

by Daniel Becker Data Scientist | Technical Product Director at DataRobot Everyone expects machine learning models to make accurate predictions. At DataRobot, we’ve helped our users develop models to make a wide range of predictions, such as: Which customers will cancel their service? Which baseball players will become superstars? What fewer people realize is that machine learning models can not…

The following post is written by Paul Urban from Eccella Consulting, a Paxata Transform Partner. Come see Paul and more great people from the Eccella Consulting team at Booth #401 at the Tableau Customer Conference 2016.  Over 13,000 people will be pouring into downtown Austin early November for TC16, schlepping their laptop bags in between different buildings and conference rooms with…

A 5 year Tableau journey My Tableau journey started in 2011 with the Tableau Customer Conference in Las Vegas, their first customer conference outside of Seattle. It was also the first time the customer conference crossed the 1,000 attendee mark. There were less than 10 sponsors; all of us were excited to be part of a movement. Fast forward five…

  We’ve made some changes to our website, and we want to know what you think. The technology industry is fast-paced and ever-changing, and the face of our company -- our website -- has just gotten a bit of a refresh to keep up. In September, we launched a sleek new website in an effort to create a much more intuitive…

This is the third in a series of blog posts inspired by a recent presentation presented at DataVersity 16 in Chicago by Shachar Harussi. Shachar and I discussed the lessons the Paxata development team learned while building the distributed Apache Spark architecture for the Paxata platform. Here is a peek into what we talked about – refer to this post…