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The Data Hero Playbook

Developing Your Data Leadership Superpowers

by Malcolm Hawker ...

For thirty years, “best practices” in data have delivered bigger platforms, thicker slide decks, and disappointing outcomes. The problem isn’t technology. It’s mindset.The Data Hero Playbook reveals how limiting beliefs—learned helplessness, all-or-nothing thinking, externalized blame—have kept data from becoming truly transformational. The cure is a growth mindset, put into action through ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

For thirty years, “best practices” in data have delivered bigger platforms, thicker slide decks, and disappointing outcomes. The problem isn’t technology. It’s mindset.The Data Hero Playbook reveals how limiting beliefs—learned helplessness, all-or-nothing thinking, externalized blame—have kept data from becoming truly transformational. The cure is a growth mindset, put into action through
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Deep Learning

A Practitioner's Approach

by Josh Patterson, Adam Gibson ...

Although interest in machine learning has reached a high point, lofty expectations often scuttle projects before they get very far. How can machine learning—especially deep neural networks—make a real difference in your organization? This hands-on guide not only provides the most practical information available on the subject, but also helps you get started building efficient deep learning ... Read more

$54.39 CAD

Although interest in machine learning has reached a high point, lofty expectations often scuttle projects before they get very far. How can machine learning—especially deep neural networks—make a real difference in your organization? This hands-on guide not only provides the most practical information available on the subject, but also helps you get started building efficient deep learning
... Read more
Machine Learning and Security

Protecting Systems with Data and Algorithms

by Clarence Chio, David Freeman ...

Can machine learning techniques solve our computer security problems and finally put an end to the cat-and-mouse game between attackers and defenders? Or is this hope merely hype? Now you can dive into the science and answer this question for yourself. With this practical guide, you’ll explore ways to apply machine learning to security issues such as intrusion detection, malware classification, ... Read more

$57.59 CAD

Can machine learning techniques solve our computer security problems and finally put an end to the cat-and-mouse game between attackers and defenders? Or is this hope merely hype? Now you can dive into the science and answer this question for yourself. With this practical guide, you’ll explore ways to apply machine learning to security issues such as intrusion detection, malware classification,
... Read more
Just Spring Data Access

Covers JDBC, Hibernate, JPA and JDO

by Madhusudhan Konda ...

JDBC has simplified database access in Java applications, but a few nagging wrinkles remain—namely, persisting Java objects to relational databases. With this book, you’ll learn how the Spring Framework makes that job incredibly easy with dependency injection, template classes, and object-relational-mapping (ORM).Through sample code, you’ll discover how Spring streamlines the use of JDBC and ORM ... Read more

$14.39 CAD

JDBC has simplified database access in Java applications, but a few nagging wrinkles remain—namely, persisting Java objects to relational databases. With this book, you’ll learn how the Spring Framework makes that job incredibly easy with dependency injection, template classes, and object-relational-mapping (ORM).Through sample code, you’ll discover how Spring streamlines the use of JDBC and ORM
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Blockchain By Example

A developer's guide to creating decentralized applications using Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Hyperledger

by Bellaj Badr, Richard Horrocks, Xun (Brian) Wu, Karthikeyan Sukumaran ...

Implement decentralized blockchain applications to build scalable DappsKey FeaturesUnderstand the blockchain ecosystem and its terminologiesImplement smart contracts, wallets, and consensus protocolsDesign and develop decentralized applications using Bitcoin, Ethereum, and HyperledgerBook DescriptionThe Blockchain is a revolution promising a new world without middlemen. Technically, it is an ... Read more

$41.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Implement decentralized blockchain applications to build scalable DappsKey FeaturesUnderstand the blockchain ecosystem and its terminologiesImplement smart contracts, wallets, and consensus protocolsDesign and develop decentralized applications using Bitcoin, Ethereum, and HyperledgerBook DescriptionThe Blockchain is a revolution promising a new world without middlemen. Technically, it is an
... Read more
Instant Heat Maps in R: How-to

by Sebastian Raschka ...

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Heat Maps in R: How-to is an easy to understand book that starts with a simple heat map and takes you all the way through to advanced heat maps with graphics and data manipulation.Heat Maps in R: How-to is the book for you if you want to make use of this free and open source software to ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Heat Maps in R: How-to is an easy to understand book that starts with a simple heat map and takes you all the way through to advanced heat maps with graphics and data manipulation.Heat Maps in R: How-to is the book for you if you want to make use of this free and open source software to
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SQL Cheat Sheet - Quick Reference Guide

by Kaitlyn Chick ...

Series series Learning at a GLANCE
SQL Cheat Sheet & Guide, is designed as a quick reference, goto book for the working Microsoft and MySQL user. If you are like me, you like to keep all of your reference material together and not in a hundred internet searches. This QUICK LOOK reference is intended for the working IT professional in real world scenarios without having to find what you are looking for within a sea of webpage ... Read more

$2.04 CAD

SQL Cheat Sheet & Guide, is designed as a quick reference, goto book for the working Microsoft and MySQL user. If you are like me, you like to keep all of your reference material together and not in a hundred internet searches. This QUICK LOOK reference is intended for the working IT professional in real world scenarios without having to find what you are looking for within a sea of webpage
... Read more
Practical Time Series Analysis

Master Time Series Data Processing, Visualization, and Modeling using Python

by PKS Prakash, Avishek Pal ...

Step by Step guide filled with real world practical examples.Key FeaturesGet your first experience with data analysis with one of the most powerful types of analysis—time series.Find patterns in your data and predict the future pattern based on historical data.Learn the statistics, theory, and implementation of Time Series methods using this example-rich guideBook DescriptionTime Series Analysis ... Read more

$41.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Step by Step guide filled with real world practical examples.Key FeaturesGet your first experience with data analysis with one of the most powerful types of analysis—time series.Find patterns in your data and predict the future pattern based on historical data.Learn the statistics, theory, and implementation of Time Series methods using this example-rich guideBook DescriptionTime Series Analysis
... Read more
Creating a Data-Driven Organization

Practical Advice from the Trenches

by Carl Anderson ...

What do you need to become a data-driven organization? Far more than having big data or a crack team of unicorn data scientists, it requires establishing an effective, deeply-ingrained data culture. This practical book shows you how true data-drivenness involves processes that require genuine buy-in across your company, from analysts and management to the C-Suite and the board.Through interviews ... Read more

$39.19 CAD

What do you need to become a data-driven organization? Far more than having big data or a crack team of unicorn data scientists, it requires establishing an effective, deeply-ingrained data culture. This practical book shows you how true data-drivenness involves processes that require genuine buy-in across your company, from analysts and management to the C-Suite and the board.Through interviews
... Read more
Writing and Querying MapReduce Views in CouchDB

Tools for Data Analysts

by Bradley Holt ...

If you want to use CouchDB to support real-world applications, you'll need to create MapReduce views that let you query this document-oriented database for meaningful data. With this short and concise ebook, you'll learn how to create a variety of MapReduce views to help you query and aggregate data in CouchDB’s large, distributed datasets.You'll get step-by-step instructions and lots of sample ... Read more

$15.19 CAD

If you want to use CouchDB to support real-world applications, you'll need to create MapReduce views that let you query this document-oriented database for meaningful data. With this short and concise ebook, you'll learn how to create a variety of MapReduce views to help you query and aggregate data in CouchDB’s large, distributed datasets.You'll get step-by-step instructions and lots of sample
... Read more
Programming Hive

Data Warehouse and Query Language for Hadoop

by Edward Capriolo, Dean Wampler, Jason Rutherglen ...

Need to move a relational database application to Hadoop? This comprehensive guide introduces you to Apache Hive, Hadoop’s data warehouse infrastructure. You’ll quickly learn how to use Hive’s SQL dialect—HiveQL—to summarize, query, and analyze large datasets stored in Hadoop’s distributed filesystem.This example-driven guide shows you how to set up and configure Hive in your environment, provides ... Read more

$28.79 CAD

Need to move a relational database application to Hadoop? This comprehensive guide introduces you to Apache Hive, Hadoop’s data warehouse infrastructure. You’ll quickly learn how to use Hive’s SQL dialect—HiveQL—to summarize, query, and analyze large datasets stored in Hadoop’s distributed filesystem.This example-driven guide shows you how to set up and configure Hive in your environment, provides
... Read more
Elasticsearch 7 Quick Start Guide

Get up and running with the distributed search and analytics capabilities of Elasticsearch

by Anurag Srivastava, Douglas Miller ...

Get the most out of Elasticsearch 7's new features to build, deploy, and manage efficient applicationsKey FeaturesDiscover the new features introduced in Elasticsearch 7Explore techniques for distributed search, indexing, and clusteringGain hands-on knowledge of implementing Elasticsearch for your enterpriseBook DescriptionElasticsearch is one of the most popular tools for distributed search and ... Read more

$28.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get the most out of Elasticsearch 7's new features to build, deploy, and manage efficient applicationsKey FeaturesDiscover the new features introduced in Elasticsearch 7Explore techniques for distributed search, indexing, and clusteringGain hands-on knowledge of implementing Elasticsearch for your enterpriseBook DescriptionElasticsearch is one of the most popular tools for distributed search and
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Build a Reasoning Model (From Scratch)

by Sebastian Raschka ...

Get the eBook free when you register your print book at Manning."An exceptional deep dive into the next frontier of AI.”—Aman Chadha, GoogleThis book is a practical guide to understanding how modern reasoning-oriented LLMs work by building their core methods step by step. The book tells a clear engineering story: start with a conventional pre-trained LLM, learn how text generation works, build ... Read more

$59.99 CAD

Get the eBook free when you register your print book at Manning."An exceptional deep dive into the next frontier of AI.”—Aman Chadha, GoogleThis book is a practical guide to understanding how modern reasoning-oriented LLMs work by building their core methods step by step. The book tells a clear engineering story: start with a conventional pre-trained LLM, learn how text generation works, build
... Read more
Causal AI

by Robert Osazuwa Ness ...

Build AI models that can reliably deliver causal inference.How do you know what might have happened, had you done things differently? Causal AI gives you the insight you need to make predictions and control outcomes based on causal relationships instead of pure correlation, so you can make precise and timely interventions. Causal AI is a practical introduction to building AI models that can reason ... Read more

$77.99 CAD

Build AI models that can reliably deliver causal inference.How do you know what might have happened, had you done things differently? Causal AI gives you the insight you need to make predictions and control outcomes based on causal relationships instead of pure correlation, so you can make precise and timely interventions. Causal AI is a practical introduction to building AI models that can reason
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Executing Data Quality Projects

Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information (TM)

by Danette McGilvray ...

Executing Data Quality Projects, Second Edition presents a structured yet flexible approach for creating, improving, sustaining and managing the quality of data and information within any organization. Studies show that data quality problems are costing businesses billions of dollars each year, with poor data linked to waste and inefficiency, damaged credibility among customers and suppliers, and ... Read more

$71.19 CAD

Executing Data Quality Projects, Second Edition presents a structured yet flexible approach for creating, improving, sustaining and managing the quality of data and information within any organization. Studies show that data quality problems are costing businesses billions of dollars each year, with poor data linked to waste and inefficiency, damaged credibility among customers and suppliers, and
... Read more
Python Data Analysis, Second Edition

Data manipulation and complex data analysis with Python

by Armando Fandango ...

Learn how to apply powerful data analysis techniques with popular open source Python modulesKey Features\[\*\]Find, manipulate, and analyze your data using the Python 3.5 libraries\[\*\]Perform advanced, high-performance linear algebra and mathematical calculations with clean and efficient Python code\[\*\]An easy-to-follow guide with realistic examples that are frequently used in real-world data ... Read more

$47.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to apply powerful data analysis techniques with popular open source Python modulesKey Features\[\*\]Find, manipulate, and analyze your data using the Python 3.5 libraries\[\*\]Perform advanced, high-performance linear algebra and mathematical calculations with clean and efficient Python code\[\*\]An easy-to-follow guide with realistic examples that are frequently used in real-world data
... Read more
Mastering D3.js

by Pablo Navarro Castillo ...

If you are a software developer working with data visualizations and want to build complex data visualizations, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of D3 framework is expected. With real-world examples, you will learn how to structure your applications to create enterprise-level charts and interactive dashboards. ... Read more

$38.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

If you are a software developer working with data visualizations and want to build complex data visualizations, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of D3 framework is expected. With real-world examples, you will learn how to structure your applications to create enterprise-level charts and interactive dashboards.
... Read more
Quantitative Social Science

An Introduction in tidyverse

by Kosuke Imai, Nora Webb Williams ...

A tidyverse edition of the acclaimed textbook on data analysis and statistics for the social sciences and allied fieldsQuantitative analysis is an essential skill for social science research, yet students in the social sciences and related areas typically receive little training in it. Quantitative Social Science is a practical introduction to data analysis and statistics written especially for ... Read more

$74.79 CAD

A tidyverse edition of the acclaimed textbook on data analysis and statistics for the social sciences and allied fieldsQuantitative analysis is an essential skill for social science research, yet students in the social sciences and related areas typically receive little training in it. Quantitative Social Science is a practical introduction to data analysis and statistics written especially for
... Read more
Hands-On Financial Modeling with Excel for Microsoft 365

Build your own practical financial models for effective forecasting, valuation, trading, and growth analysis

by Shmuel Oluwa ...

Explore a variety of Excel features, functions, and productivity tips for various aspects of financial modelingKey FeaturesExplore Excel's financial functions and pivot tables with this updated second editionBuild an integrated financial model with Excel for Microsoft 365 from scratchPerform financial analysis with the help of real-world use casesBook DescriptionFinancial modeling is a core skill ... Read more

$31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Explore a variety of Excel features, functions, and productivity tips for various aspects of financial modelingKey FeaturesExplore Excel's financial functions and pivot tables with this updated second editionBuild an integrated financial model with Excel for Microsoft 365 from scratchPerform financial analysis with the help of real-world use casesBook DescriptionFinancial modeling is a core skill
... Read more
The Little Book of Data

Understanding the Powerful Analytics that Fuel AI, Make or Break Careers, and Could Just End Up Saving the World

by Justin Evans ...

Data is not about number crunching. It’s about ideas. And when used properly (read: ethically), it is the problem solver of our time.Yet many savvy people seem to be in data denial: they don’t think they need to understand data, or it’s too complicated, or worse, using it is somehow unethical. Yet as data and AI (just an accelerated way to put data to work) move to the center of professional and ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Data is not about number crunching. It’s about ideas. And when used properly (read: ethically), it is the problem solver of our time.Yet many savvy people seem to be in data denial: they don’t think they need to understand data, or it’s too complicated, or worse, using it is somehow unethical. Yet as data and AI (just an accelerated way to put data to work) move to the center of professional and
... Read more
Building Knowledge Graphs

A Practitioner's Guide

by Jesus Barrasa, Jim Webber ...

Incredibly useful, knowledge graphs help organizations keep track of medical research, cybersecurity threat intelligence, GDPR compliance, web user engagement, and much more. They do so by storing interlinked descriptions of entities—objects, events, situations, or abstract concepts—and encoding the underlying information. How do you create a knowledge graph? And how do you move it from theory ... Read more

$77.59 CAD

Incredibly useful, knowledge graphs help organizations keep track of medical research, cybersecurity threat intelligence, GDPR compliance, web user engagement, and much more. They do so by storing interlinked descriptions of entities—objects, events, situations, or abstract concepts—and encoding the underlying information. How do you create a knowledge graph? And how do you move it from theory
... Read more
Learning Spark

by Jules S. Damji, Brooke Wenig, Tathagata Das, Denny Lee ...

Data is bigger, arrives faster, and comes in a variety of formatsâ??and it all needs to be processed at scale for analytics or machine learning. But how can you process such varied workloads efficiently? Enter Apache Spark.Updated to include Spark 3.0, this second edition shows data engineers and data scientists why structure and unification in Spark matters. Specifically, this book explains how ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

Data is bigger, arrives faster, and comes in a variety of formatsâ??and it all needs to be processed at scale for analytics or machine learning. But how can you process such varied workloads efficiently? Enter Apache Spark.Updated to include Spark 3.0, this second edition shows data engineers and data scientists why structure and unification in Spark matters. Specifically, this book explains how
... Read more
Meganets

How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities

by David B. Auerbach ...

How the autonomous digital forces jolting our lives – as uncontrollable as the weather and plate tectonics – are transforming life, society, culture, and politics.David Auerbach’s exploration of the phenomenon he has identified as the meganet begins with a simple, startling revelation: There is no hand on the tiller of some of the largest global digital forces that influence our daily lives: from ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

How the autonomous digital forces jolting our lives – as uncontrollable as the weather and plate tectonics – are transforming life, society, culture, and politics.David Auerbach’s exploration of the phenomenon he has identified as the meganet begins with a simple, startling revelation: There is no hand on the tiller of some of the largest global digital forces that influence our daily lives: from
... Read more
Relevant Search

With applications for Solr and Elasticsearch

by John Berryman, Doug Turnbull ...

SummaryRelevant Search demystifies relevance work. Using Elasticsearch, it teaches you how to return engaging search results to your users, helping you understand and leverage the internals of Lucene-based search engines.About the TechnologyUsers are accustomed to and expect instant, relevant search results. To achieve this, you must master the search engine. Yet for many developers, relevance ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

SummaryRelevant Search demystifies relevance work. Using Elasticsearch, it teaches you how to return engaging search results to your users, helping you understand and leverage the internals of Lucene-based search engines.About the TechnologyUsers are accustomed to and expect instant, relevant search results. To achieve this, you must master the search engine. Yet for many developers, relevance
... Read more

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