Artificial Intelligence Smart City: Autonomous Vehicles Welcome to my series on Smart Nation as I look into the future, based on my reading and understanding of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. Let us talk about the
Blog Data & AI in 2022 and beyond Three points made a trend, before the end of each year, I have started to write an opinion piece on what are the trends to lookout for in AI. To
Blog Why So Much Confusion on Artificial Intelligence!? Do you know why you are confused with the artificial intelligence that people are talking about? Simply put... 1. Most people are actually referring to Artificial Narrow Intelligence if they
Blog First Step to Gaining Value from Data I was asked "What is the first step to gain value from data?" My answer is," Asking the right questions." Why is asking the right question important? It is important
Blog Looking at Dataset Structure The dataset structure is often overlooked for folks who are beginning their data science journey, especially those that have gone for bootcamps/courses. The reason is due to time constraint,
Blog Stop Saying Lack of Talents! Going to be heretical here! STOP saying the lack of talents is the reason why Data Science or Artificial Intelligence is not adopted in organizations! We will not be able
Blog An Important Skill of 21st Century: How to Learn In this day and age, whether you are in the "hottest" job or thinking of expanding your career options or life choices one cannot run away from learning. The concept
Blog Let's talk About Consciousness Let us talk about Consciousness a topic that comes up usually when we discuss Artificial General Intelligence. The common challenges to discussing Consciousness have always been difficult especially on the
Blog Selecting the "Best" Model Selecting the final machine learning model is not ONLY about selecting the best performing model against the chosen model performance metrics. The ML model also has to meet the business
Blog Can Extracting Data for Request be Faster? One common scenario I hear a lot is, "You are an expert in data right? Can you give me X broken down by Y for the past N years? Can
Blog Documentation and Why It is Important! As a learning data scientist, machine learning engineer, or data engineer there is one important task that you must always keep in mind when you code. What task is that?
Blog Managing Impostor Syndrome At times, we will feel that we are inadequately skilled for a job/project. It is called the impostor syndrome. Not sure what is "Impostor Syndrome"? Check out this YouTube
Blog Blind Spot in Data Science Training In recent days, I notice there is this blind spot with regards to beginners, besides the "complexity trap" that I keep talking about. And this blind spot is perpetuated, unfortunately,
Blog Working on Your CV/Resume I often have to review resumes of fresh talents for my clients, part of the consulting services that I offer, to help my clients build up their data science and
Blog Getting Data Science Job - Certification vs Self-Study I was asked a question before, which one is a better route towards getting that data science job, certifications, or self-study. I will give the most common answer any data
Blog Never Forget, Privacy & Security! Came across this article, where a public servant was caught releasing the Covid-19 infected numbers before it was officially released. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/former-moh-deputy-lead-osa-covid-19-case-numbers-leak-14615394I have been in
Blog Importance of Documentation in Data Science If you want to be a data professional, then you cannot run away from documentation, no matter how dreaded you feel. It is a necessary "evil", so to speak. So
Blog AI: Moving thru 2021 At the start of last year, I wrote an opinion piece on what I saw and thought could be the trends for Artificial Intelligence moving forward. That is until the
Blog Why Work on a Data Science Project? I have been asked many times on LinkedIn how to get started on Data Science. Of course, there are some theories you have to go through like what is Machine
Blog Data Science New Year Aspirations! (Part 3) So in my last two posts (here & here), I talked about the six levels to prepare yourself in becoming a data scientist. To recap, the six levels are: Level
Blog Data Science New Year Aspirations! (Part 2) So in my last post, I talked about the six levels to prepare yourself in becoming a data scientist. To recap, the six levels are: Level 0 - Calculus, Linear
Blog Data Science New Year Aspirations! (Part 1) Happy 2021 everyone! I figure most of you are preparing your New Year aspirations and if it is to have a successful career change to Data Science or Artificial Intelligence,
Blog Lex Fridman Interview - Karl Friston Karl Friston is one of the greatest neuroscientists in history, cited over 245,000 times, known for many influential ideas in brain imaging, neuroscience, and theoretical neurobiology, including the fascinating
Blog Data Science Learning Strategy Learning data science can be frustrating because it is multi-disciplinary. There is much context switching, tools switching, etc. This is further exacerbated if you have taken boot camps that hope
