Dear participant to the StariwAI SMEs pilot implementation, congratulation for been in the final 14-een that has managed to join the program! Dear SMEs that are not in the pilot, do not despair there will be other opportunities, this is just the beginning! In both cases you have my respect and support for trying to…
Using DataCamp for getting familiar with Data Science concepts
I am sharing a collection of classes in DataCamp that may help you in getting familiar with data science concepts in a practical manner. DataCamp is a paid service, however, students can normally use it for free. Probably the university where you are studying have an institutional subscription or, if that is not the case,…
Your Thesis and Help: Where to Get It When You Need It?
In this post, I would like to summarize a set of resources that could be useful for your thesis and help you in moving forward. Let’s face it, your supervisor at the university is probably the one that will do the heavy lifting in helping you, but he/she cannot be your coach, your psychologist, your…
Adopting good scientific practices increases your visibility and the grade of your thesis
Adopting healthy scientific practices is essential for conducting good quality research. This may be intuitive but it is hard to achieve and does not happen naturally. This video from the Royal Society introduces the problem: The term “replication crisis” emphasizes that replication, a corner stone in science, is often considered of secondary importance. If we…
Where to get Data: a collection of resources for your thesis
If you are wondering where to get data for your thesis this article is for you. Data come in all shapes and forms. If you are doing your thesis, you are in search of a proof of concept In other words, you are attempting to prove the validity of an idea or concept, not to…
How to write a thesis proposal or a research proposal: a few tips
Let’s see how to write a thesis proposal. Actually… let’s start from the beginning: if you find yourself wondering “what is a thesis proposal?” you probably are enrolled in the 50% of the universities that do now require you to do that. In your case, when is time to write the thesis you will approach…