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Data Insider Issue 3

This document is the October 2021 issue of the Hult Data Global newsletter. It summarizes two events hosted by the club on data visualization with Tableau and an introductory workshop on the data science platform Dataiku. It also provides articles on the history and philosophy of the Python programming language, how data analytics is used in the fashion industry, tips for Python programming, and profiles of influential data scientists to follow on social media.

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Data Insider Issue 3

This document is the October 2021 issue of the Hult Data Global newsletter. It summarizes two events hosted by the club on data visualization with Tableau and an introductory workshop on the data science platform Dataiku. It also provides articles on the history and philosophy of the Python programming language, how data analytics is used in the fashion industry, tips for Python programming, and profiles of influential data scientists to follow on social media.

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OCTOBER 2021, ISSUE 3

HULT DATA GLOBAL


"Basic computer programming is an essential skill to learn"
- Stephen Hawking

Data Visualization
with Tableau
BY FELIPE DOMINGUEZ

On September 21st we host our second event of the year focus


on Data Visualization. More than 30 members of the club join
us to start doing the first steps on Tableau. Tableau is an
interactive Data Visualization software focus on Business
Intelligence. We know one event is not enough to completely
learn a new tool, but we hope you could see the potential of
Tableau!
If you want to know the basics of Tableau and improve your
skills you can start watching the following videos:
https://bit.ly/3D7yVSD
https://bit.ly/3kZ1Py3

Dataiku Workshop
BY FELIPE DOMINGUEZ
The Hult Data Global is honored to host the third event of the year with
Dataiku. Dataiku was founded in 2013 and has been the leader in
democratizing data and empowering organization-wide collaboration since
then. In 2019 started being part of the Unicorn companies list, by achieving
a 1+ billion USD of valuation.
IN THIS ISSUE
Dataiku DSS is a collaborative data science software platform for teams to
explore, prototype, build, and deliver their own data products more
efficiently. Their DSS is the perfect tool for anyone from novice data The Events
scientists to experts in AI and ML. The tool for YOU to kick off your journey at
Hult, right! The Pythonic way
If you want to know how to use it SIGN-UP HERE for our next event and
participate in our workshop with Ardith Daly (Academic Program) and
Darien Mitchell-Tontar (Data Scientist)
Data Science &
Fashion Industry

Trick & Tips


OCTOBER 2021, ISSUE 3

The Pythonic way


BY NICOLA BINI

Let's dig into the history of one of the most popular


In addition to Keras, a great number of well-documented
programming languages: Python.
useful libraries for Data Science, such as Pandas, Numpy,
Scikit-Learn, and Matplotlib, have been developed in the
Guido Van Rossum wrote the first lines of Python
past 20 years, making Python an attractive choice for
during Christmas break in 1989. He chose such name
aspiring Data Scientists.
because he wanted something funny and intriguing,
and, at that time, he was reading the scripts of "Monty
If Python is your first programming language, take a
Python’s Flying Circus".
moment to appreciate all the work that the community
has made in the past 30 years to make it so simple and
Before creating Python, Van Rossum was working
easy to learn.
with ABC, an elegant and powerful language that, due
to its internal structure, could not be easily extended
In 1999, Pythoneer Tim Peters described the core of
with more features. So, he decided to create an
Python's philosophy in a short collection of 20 aphorisms
interpreter that was able to grow and expand over
called "The Zen of Python". 19 of them have been written
time. Since its initial release, Python has been Open-
down, you can read all of them by running the command
source, and its ever-growing community has worked
"import this".
to improve it and add new features.

"Beautiful is better than ugly.


But how did Python become so popular?
Explicit is better than implicit.
Python's biggest strengths are its simplicity,
Simple is better than complex.
scalability, and readability, which ultimately lead to
reusability. For these reasons, many tech companies Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.

decided to implement it for different tasks: in 2008, Errors should never pass silently.

Dropbox decided to adopt a Python Codebase and, in Unless explicitly silenced.

2010, Instagram's founders chose Django (a Python In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.

web framework) to deploy its web server. There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious
way to do it.
One of the major turning points was Google's decision Although that way may not be obvious at first unless
in 2007/2008 to pick Python as the coding base for its you're Dutch.
AI projects. In 2015, when Google released Keras and Now is better than never.
TensorFlow, Python surpassed R as a programming If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
language for Machine Learning. If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good
idea."
Data Science & Fashion
Industry
BY ERICA MOULET VARGAS
It is very common to bias ourselves and only think about the
tech industry while mentioning data analytics. Similarly, people
might say fashion shows, sketches, and trends while thinking
about the fashion industry. However, have you ever thought of
what is beyond the scene of those fashion shows? That is where
Data Analytics and Python come into the picture. Indeed, big
data has become vital for the industry for multiple reasons, such
as forecasting customer behaviors by analyzing trends,
identifying target markets, or improving cross-selling. Doing
those practices will enable the company to obtain a better
competitive edge. They will better target the desired audience,
increase it, and reduce the percentage of customers switching
their loyalty towards another brand. It is no surprise that
companies will then invest big amounts of money to get that
data sorted.
Tips & Tricks
BY ISABELLA OÑATE & FELIPE DOMINGUEZ

We know that starting with Python or any programming language is


not always as easy. Thus, we designed a special cheatsheet for you
to go faster and conquer Python. Be ready to become a great
Pythonista!

Increase Your Curiosity


BY ERICA MOULET VARGAS & FELIPE DOMINGUEZ

Florian Douetteau: @fdouetteau Go Follow:


Richard Socher: @richardsocher @huldata

Chris Surdak: @csurdak in/hultdataglobal

Sebastian Thrun: @sebastianthrun


http://hultglobal.tk/

John Myles White: @johnmyleswhite


@hbdaclub

OCTOBER 2021, ISSUE 3

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