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Data Engineering with AWS. Acquire the skills to design and build AWS-based data transformation pipelines like a pro - Second Edition

Gareth Eagar

This book, authored by a Senior Data Architect with 25 years of experience, helps you gain expertise in the AWS ecosystem for data engineering. This revised edition updates every chapter to cover the latest AWS services and features, provides a refreshed view on data governance, and introduces a new section on building modern data platforms. You will learn how to implement a data mesh, work with open-table formats such as Apache Iceberg, and apply DataOps practices for automation and observability.You will begin by exploring core concepts and essential AWS tools used by data engineers, along with modern data management approaches. You will then design and build data pipelines, review raw data sources, transform data, and understand how it is consumed by various stakeholders. The book also covers data governance, populating data marts and warehouses, and how a data lakehouse fits into the architecture. You will explore AWS tools for analysis, SQL queries, visualizations, and learn how AI and machine learning generate insights from data. Later chapters cover transactional data lakes, data meshes, and building a complete AWS data platform.By the end, you will be able to confidently implement data engineering pipelines on AWS.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required

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Data Engineering with AWS. Learn how to design and build cloud-based data transformation pipelines using AWS

Gareth Eagar

Written by a Senior Data Architect with over twenty-five years of experience in the business, Data Engineering for AWS is a book whose sole aim is to make you proficient in using the AWS ecosystem. Using a thorough and hands-on approach to data, this book will give aspiring and new data engineers a solid theoretical and practical foundation to succeed with AWS.As you progress, you’ll be taken through the services and the skills you need to architect and implement data pipelines on AWS. You'll begin by reviewing important data engineering concepts and some of the core AWS services that form a part of the data engineer's toolkit. You'll then architect a data pipeline, review raw data sources, transform the data, and learn how the transformed data is used by various data consumers. You’ll also learn about populating data marts and data warehouses along with how a data lakehouse fits into the picture. Later, you'll be introduced to AWS tools for analyzing data, including those for ad-hoc SQL queries and creating visualizations. In the final chapters, you'll understand how the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence can be used to draw new insights from data.By the end of this AWS book, you'll be able to carry out data engineering tasks and implement a data pipeline on AWS independently.

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Data Engineering with Azure Databricks. Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines and analytics solutions with Azure Databricks

Dmitry Foshin, Dmitry Anoshin, Tonya Chernyshova, Sergii...

Data Engineering with Azure Databricks is your essential guide to building scalable, secure, and high-performing data pipelines using the powerful Databricks platform on Azure. Designed for data engineers, architects, and developers, this book demystifies the complexities of Spark-based workloads, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and real-time data processing.Beginning with the foundational role of Azure Databricks in modern data engineering, you’ll explore how to set up robust environments, manage data ingestion with Auto Loader, optimize Spark performance, and orchestrate complex workflows using tools like Azure Data Factory and Airflow.The book offers deep dives into structured streaming, Delta Live Tables, and Delta Lake’s ACID features for data reliability and schema evolution. You’ll also learn how to manage security, compliance, and access controls using Unity Catalog, and gain insights into managing CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and Terraform.With a special focus on machine learning and generative AI, the final chapters guide you in automating model workflows, leveraging MLflow, and fine-tuning large language models on Databricks. Whether you're building a modern data lakehouse or operationalizing analytics at scale, this book provides the tools and insights you need.

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Data Engineering with Databricks Cookbook. Build effective data and AI solutions using Apache Spark, Databricks, and Delta Lake

Pulkit Chadha

Written by a Senior Solutions Architect at Databricks, Data Engineering with Databricks Cookbook will show you how to effectively use Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and Databricks for data engineering, starting with comprehensive introduction to data ingestion and loading with Apache Spark.What makes this book unique is its recipe-based approach, which will help you put your knowledge to use straight away and tackle common problems. You’ll be introduced to various data manipulation and data transformation solutions that can be applied to data, find out how to manage and optimize Delta tables, and get to grips with ingesting and processing streaming data. The book will also show you how to improve the performance problems of Apache Spark apps and Delta Lake. Advanced recipes later in the book will teach you how to use Databricks to implement DataOps and DevOps practices, as well as how to orchestrate and schedule data pipelines using Databricks Workflows. You’ll also go through the full process of setup and configuration of the Unity Catalog for data governance.By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed in building reliable and scalable data pipelines using modern data engineering technologies.

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Data Engineering with Google Cloud Platform. A practical guide to operationalizing scalable data analytics systems on GCP

Adi Wijaya

With this book, you'll understand how the highly scalable Google Cloud Platform (GCP) enables data engineers to create end-to-end data pipelines right from storing and processing data and workflow orchestration to presenting data through visualization dashboards.Starting with a quick overview of the fundamental concepts of data engineering, you'll learn the various responsibilities of a data engineer and how GCP plays a vital role in fulfilling those responsibilities. As you progress through the chapters, you'll be able to leverage GCP products to build a sample data warehouse using Cloud Storage and BigQuery and a data lake using Dataproc. The book gradually takes you through operations such as data ingestion, data cleansing, transformation, and integrating data with other sources. You'll learn how to design IAM for data governance, deploy ML pipelines with the Vertex AI, leverage pre-built GCP models as a service, and visualize data with Google Data Studio to build compelling reports. Finally, you'll find tips on how to boost your career as a data engineer, take the Professional Data Engineer certification exam, and get ready to become an expert in data engineering with GCP.By the end of this data engineering book, you'll have developed the skills to perform core data engineering tasks and build efficient ETL data pipelines with GCP.

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Data Engineering with Scala and Spark. Build streaming and batch pipelines that process massive amounts of data using Scala

Eric Tome, Rupam Bhattacharjee, David Radford

Most data engineers know that performance issues in a distributed computing environment can easily lead to issues impacting the overall efficiency and effectiveness of data engineering tasks. While Python remains a popular choice for data engineering due to its ease of use, Scala shines in scenarios where the performance of distributed data processing is paramount.This book will teach you how to leverage the Scala programming language on the Spark framework and use the latest cloud technologies to build continuous and triggered data pipelines. You’ll do this by setting up a data engineering environment for local development and scalable distributed cloud deployments using data engineering best practices, test-driven development, and CI/CD. You’ll also get to grips with DataFrame API, Dataset API, and Spark SQL API and its use. Data profiling and quality in Scala will also be covered, alongside techniques for orchestrating and performance tuning your end-to-end pipelines to deliver data to your end users. By the end of this book, you will be able to build streaming and batch data pipelines using Scala while following software engineering best practices.

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Data Governance Handbook. A practical approach to building trust in data

Wendy S. Batchelder

2.5 quintillion bytes! This is the amount of data being generated every single day across the globe. As this number continues to grow, understanding and managing data becomes more complex. Data professionals know that it’s their responsibility to navigate this complexity and ensure effective governance, empowering businesses with the right data, at the right time, and with the right controls.If you are a data professional, this book will equip you with valuable guidance to conquer data governance complexities with ease. Written by a three-time chief data officer in global Fortune 500 companies, the Data Governance Handbook is an exhaustive guide to understanding data governance, its key components, and how to successfully position solutions in a way that translates into tangible business outcomes.By the end, you’ll be able to successfully pitch and gain support for your data governance program, demonstrating tangible outcomes that resonate with key stakeholders.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required

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Data Lake Development with Big Data. Explore architectural approaches to building Data Lakes that ingest, index, manage, and analyze massive amounts of data using Big Data technologies

Pradeep Pasupuleti, Beulah Salome Purra

A Data Lake is a highly scalable platform for storing huge volumes of multistructured data from disparate sources with centralized data management services. This book explores the potential of Data Lakes and explores architectural approaches to building data lakes that ingest, index, manage, and analyze massive amounts of data using batch and real-time processing frameworks. It guides you on how to go about building a Data Lake that is managed by Hadoop and accessed as required by other Big Data applications.This book will guide readers (using best practices) in developing Data Lake's capabilities. It will focus on architect data governance, security, data quality, data lineage tracking, metadata management, and semantic data tagging. By the end of this book, you will have a good understanding of building a Data Lake for Big Data.

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Data Lake for Enterprises. Lambda Architecture for building enterprise data systems

Vivek Mishra, Tomcy John, Pankaj Misra

The term Data Lake has recently emerged as a prominent term in the big data industry. Data scientists can make use of it in deriving meaningful insights that can be used by businesses to redefine or transform the way they operate. Lambda architecture is also emerging as one of the very eminent patterns in the big data landscape, as it not only helps to derive useful information from historical data but also correlates real-time data to enable business to take critical decisions. This book tries to bring these two important aspects — data lake and lambda architecture—together.This book is divided into three main sections. The first introduces you to the concept of data lakes, the importance of data lakes in enterprises, and getting you up-to-speed with the Lambda architecture. The second section delves into the principal components of building a data lake using the Lambda architecture. It introduces you to popular big data technologies such as Apache Hadoop, Spark, Sqoop, Flume, and ElasticSearch. The third section is a highly practical demonstration of putting it all together, and shows you how an enterprise data lake can be implemented, along with several real-world use-cases. It also shows you how other peripheral components can be added to the lake to make it more efficient.By the end of this book, you will be able to choose the right big data technologies using the lambda architectural patterns to build your enterprise data lake.

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Data Literacy in Practice. A complete guide to data literacy and making smarter decisions with data through intelligent actions

Angelika Klidas, Kevin Hanegan

Data is more than a mere commodity in our digital world. It is the ebb and flow of our modern existence. Individuals, teams, and enterprises working with data can unlock a new realm of possibilities. And the resultant agility, growth, and inevitable success have one origin—data literacy.This comprehensive guide is written by two data literacy pioneers, each with a thorough footprint within the data and analytics commercial world and lectures at top universities in the US and the Netherlands. Complete with best practices, practical models, and real-world examples, Data Literacy in Practice will help you start making your data work for you by building your understanding of data literacy basics and accelerating your journey to independently uncovering insights.You’ll learn the four-pillar model that underpins all data and analytics and explore concepts such as measuring data quality, setting up a pragmatic data management environment, choosing the right graphs for your readers, and questioning your insights.By the end of the book, you'll be equipped with a combination of skills and mindset as well as with tools and frameworks that will allow you to find insights and meaning within your data for data-informed decision making.

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Data Management Strategy at Microsoft. Best practices from a tech giant's decade-long data transformation journey

Aleksejs Plotnikovs

Microsoft pioneered data innovation and investment ahead of many in the industry, setting a remarkable standard for data maturity. Written by a data leader with over 15 years of experience following Microsoft’s data journey, this book delves into every crucial aspect of this journey, including change management, aligning with business needs, enhancing data value, and cultivating a data-driven culture.This book emphasizes that success in a data-driven enterprise goes beyond relying solely on modern technology and highlights the importance of prioritizing genuine business needs to propel necessary modernizations through change management practices. You’ll see how data-driven innovation does not solely reside within central IT engineering teams but also among the data's business owners who rely on data daily for their operational needs. This guide empower these professionals with clean, easily discoverable, and business-ready data, marking a significant breakthrough in how data is perceived and utilized throughout an enterprise. You’ll also discover advanced techniques to nurture the value of data as unique intellectual property, and differentiate your organization with the power of data.Its storytelling approach and summary of essential insights at the end of each chapter make this book invaluable for business and data leaders to advocate for crucial data investments.

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Data Mining. Eksploracja danych w sieciach społecznościowych. Wydanie III

Matthew A. Russell, Mikhail Klassen

Internetu nie można rozważać wyłącznie jako tworu techniki. Powstanie tej sieci doprowadziło do rozwoju różnych zjawisk społecznych. Z tej perspektywy na szczególną uwagę zasługują media społecznościowe. Są źródłem informacji, które, właściwie spożytkowane, mogą przynieść niezły dochód. Mogą też dać odpowiedzi na wiele pytań zadawanych przez naukowców z różnych branż. Sama eksploracja tych danych przynosi sporo satysfakcji i radości. Zaskakujące przy tym jest to, że przygotowanie zestawu potrzebnych narzędzi i nauka posługiwania się nimi zabiera naprawdę niewiele czasu i nie wymaga specjalnych talentów! To trzecie, zaktualizowane wydanie popularnego podręcznika dla osób, które chcą zająć się wydobywaniem danych z sieci społecznościowych. Uwzględniono tu zmiany interfejsów API wprowadzone do poszczególnych platform i dodano rozdział o eksploracji Instagrama. Dowiesz się, jak dzięki danym z mediów społecznościowych określić sieć powiązań użytkowników, zorientować się, kto o czym mówi i gdzie się znajduje. Treść bogato zilustrowano przykładami kodu w Pythonie, a także plikami Jupyter Notebook lub kontenerów Dockera. Ciekawym elementem książki jest zbiór receptur dotyczących rozwiązywania konkretnych problemów z Twitterem. W tej książce między innymi: wprowadzenie do świata mediów społecznościowych przybliżenie bogactwa danych zawartych w mediach społecznościowych eksploracja danych za pomocą narzędzi Pythona 3 zaawansowane techniki eksploracji danych, w tym współczynniki TFIDF, podobieństwo kosinusów i rozpoznawanie obrazów tworzenie wizualizacji pozyskanych danych Jakie informacje dziś znajdziesz dzięki danym z Facebooka?

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Data Modeling for Azure Data Services. Implement professional data design and structures in Azure

Peter ter Braake

Data is at the heart of all applications and forms the foundation of modern data-driven businesses. With the multitude of data-related use cases and the availability of different data services, choosing the right service and implementing the right design becomes paramount to successful implementation.Data Modeling for Azure Data Services starts with an introduction to databases, entity analysis, and normalizing data. The book then shows you how to design a NoSQL database for optimal performance and scalability and covers how to provision and implement Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure Synapse SQL Pool. As you progress through the chapters, you'll learn about data analytics, Azure Data Lake, and Azure SQL Data Warehouse and explore dimensional modeling, data vault modeling, along with designing and implementing a Data Lake using Azure Storage. You'll also learn how to implement ETL with Azure Data Factory.By the end of this book, you'll have a solid understanding of which Azure data services are the best fit for your model and how to implement the best design for your solution.

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Data Modeling with Snowflake. A practical guide to accelerating Snowflake development using universal modeling techniques - Second Edition

Serge Gershkovich, Joe Reis

Struggling with rising Snowflake costs and constant tuning? Poorly aligned data models can lead to bloated expenses, inefficient queries, and time-consuming rework. Data Modeling with Snowflake helps you harness the Snowflake Data Cloud’s scalable, cloud-native architecture and expansive feature set to deliver data solutions faster than ever.This book introduces simple, practical data modeling frameworks that accelerate agile design and evolve alongside your projects from concept to code. Rooted in decades of proven database design principles, these frameworks are paired, for the first time, with Snowflake-native objects and real-world examples, offering a two-in-one crash course in theory and direct application.Through real-world examples designed to make learning easy, you’ll leverage Snowflake’s innovative features like Time Travel, Zero-Copy Cloning, and Change Data Capture (CDC) to create cost-efficient solutions. Whether you're just starting out or refining your architecture, this book will guide you in designing smarter, scaling faster, and cutting costs by aligning timeless modeling principles with the power of Snowflake.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required

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Data Quality in the Age of AI. Building a foundation for AI strategy and data culture

Andrew Jones

As organizations worldwide seek to revamp their data strategies to leverage AI advancements and benefit from newfound capabilities, data quality emerges as the cornerstone for success. Without high-quality data, even the most advanced AI models falter. Enter Data Quality in the Age of AI, a detailed report that illuminates the crucial role of data quality in shaping effective data strategies.Packed with actionable insights, this report highlights the critical role of data quality in your overall data strategy. It equips teams and organizations with the knowledge and tools to thrive in the evolving AI landscape, serving as a roadmap for harnessing the power of data quality, enabling them to unlock their data's full potential, leading to improved performance, reduced costs, increased revenue, and informed strategic decisions.

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Data Science for Malware Analysis. A comprehensive guide to using AI in detection, analysis, and compliance

Shane Molinari, Jim Packer

In today's world full of online threats, the complexity of harmful software presents a significant challenge for detection and analysis. This insightful guide will teach you how to apply the principles of data science to online security, acting as both an educational resource and a practical manual for everyday use.Data Science for Malware Analysis starts by explaining the nuances of malware, from its lifecycle to its technological aspects before introducing you to the capabilities of data science in malware detection by leveraging machine learning, statistical analytics, and social network analysis. As you progress through the chapters, you’ll explore the analytical methods of reverse engineering, machine language, dynamic scrutiny, and behavioral assessments of malicious software. You’ll also develop an understanding of the evolving cybersecurity compliance landscape with regulations such as GDPR and CCPA, and gain insights into the global efforts in curbing cyber threats.By the end of this book, you’ll have a firm grasp on the modern malware lifecycle and how you can employ data science within cybersecurity to ward off new and evolving threats.

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Data science od podstaw. Analiza danych w Pythonie

Joel Grus

Współczesne ogromne zbiory danych zawierają odpowiedzi na prawie każde pytanie. Równocześnie nauka o danych jest dziedziną, która cokolwiek onieśmiela. Znajduje się gdzieś pomiędzy subtelnymi umiejętnościami hakerskimi, twardą wiedzą z matematyki i statystyki a merytoryczną znajomością zagadnień z danej branży. Co więcej, dziedzina ta niezwykle dynamicznie się rozwija. Trud włożony w naukę o danych niewątpliwie się jednak opłaca: biegły analityk danych może liczyć na dobrze płatną, inspirującą i bardzo atrakcyjną pracę. Dzięki tej książce opanujesz najważniejsze zagadnienia związane z matematyką i statystyką, będziesz także rozwijać umiejętności hakerskie. W ten sposób zyskasz podstawy pozwalające na rozpoczęcie przygody z analizą danych. Gruntownie zapoznasz się z potrzebnymi narzędziami i algorytmami. Pozwoli Ci to lepiej zrozumieć ich działanie. Poszczególne przykłady, którymi zilustrowano omawiane zagadnienia, są przejrzyste, dobrze opisane i zrozumiałe. Podczas lektury książki poznasz biblioteki, które umożliwią zaimplementowanie omówionych technik podczas analizy dużych zbiorów danych. Szybko się przekonasz, że aby zostać analitykiem danych, wystarczy odrobina ciekawości, sporo chęci, mnóstwo ciężkiej pracy i... ta książka. Najważniejsze zagadnienia: Praktyczne wprowadzenie do Pythona Podstawy algebry liniowej, statystyki i rachunku prawdopodobieństwa w analizie danych Podstawy uczenia maszynowego Implementacje algorytmów modeli, w tym naiwny klasyfikator bayesowski, regresja liniowa, regresja logistyczna, drzewa decyzyjne, sieci neuronowe i grupowanie, MapReduce Systemy rekomendacji i mechanizmy przetwarzania języka naturalnego Korzystanie z mediów społecznościowych i baz danych. Python. Wyciśniesz z danych każdą kroplę wiedzy!

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Data science od podstaw. Analiza danych w Pythonie. Wydanie II

Joel Grus

Analityka danych jest uważana za wyjątkowo obiecującą dziedzinę wiedzy. Rozwija się błyskawicznie i znajduje coraz to nowsze zastosowania. Profesjonaliści biegli w eksploracji danych i wydobywaniu z nich pożytecznych informacji mogą liczyć na interesującą pracę i bardzo atrakcyjne warunki zatrudnienia. Jednak aby zostać analitykiem danych, trzeba znać matematykę i statystykę, a także nauczyć się programowania. Umiejętności w zakresie uczenia maszynowego i uczenia głębokiego również są ważne. W przypadku tak specyficznej dziedziny, jaką jest nauka o danych, szczególnie istotne jest zdobycie gruntownych podstaw i dogłębne ich zrozumienie. W tym przewodniku opisano zagadnienia związane z podstawami nauki o danych. Wyjaśniono niezbędne elementy matematyki i statystyki. Przedstawiono także techniki budowy potrzebnych narzędzi i sposoby działania najistotniejszych algorytmów. Książka została skonstruowana tak, aby poszczególne implementacje były jak najbardziej przejrzyste i zrozumiałe. Zamieszczone tu przykłady napisano w Pythonie: jest to język dość łatwy do nauki, a pracę na danych ułatwia szereg przydatnych bibliotek Pythona. W drugim wydaniu znalazły się nowe tematy, takie jak uczenie głębokie, statystyka i przetwarzanie języka naturalnego, a także działania na ogromnych zbiorach danych. Zagadnienia te często pojawiają się w pracy współczesnego analityka danych. W książce między innymi: elementy algebry liniowej, statystyki i rachunku prawdopodobieństwa zbieranie, oczyszczanie i eksploracja danych algorytmy modeli analizy danych podstawy uczenia maszynowego systemy rekomendacji i przetwarzanie języka naturalnego analiza sieci społecznościowych i algorytm MapReduce Nauka o danych: bazuj na solidnych podstawach!

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Data Science. Programowanie, analiza i wizualizacja danych z wykorzystaniem języka R

Michael Freeman, Joel Ross

Aby surowe dane przekuć w gotową do wykorzystania wiedzę, potrzebna jest umiejętność ich analizy, przekształcania i niekiedy również wizualizacji. Nagrodą za włożony w to wysiłek jest lepsze rozumienie różnych złożonych zagadnień z wielu dziedzin wiedzy. Co więcej, znajomość procesów programowego przetwarzania danych pozwala na szybkie wykrywanie i opisywanie wzorców danych, praktycznie niemożliwych do dostrzeżenia innymi technikami. Dla wielu badaczy jednak barierą na drodze do skorzystania z tych atrakcyjnych możliwości jest konieczność pisania kodu. Oto podręcznik programowania w języku R dla analityków danych, szczególnie przydatny dla osób, które nie mają doświadczenia w tej dziedzinie. Dokładnie opisano tu potrzebne narzędzia i technologie. Zamieszczono wskazówki dotyczące instalacji i konfiguracji oprogramowania do pisania kodu, wykonywania go i zarządzania nim, a także śledzenia wersji projektów i zmian w nich oraz korzystania z innych podstawowych mechanizmów. Poszczególne kroki tworzenia kodu w języku R wyjaśniono dokładnie i przystępnie. Dzięki tej książce można płynnie przejść do konkretnych zadań i budować potrzebne aplikacje. Zrozumienie prezentowanych w niej treści ułatwiają liczne przykłady i ćwiczenia, co pozwala szybko przystąpić do skutecznego analizowania własnych zbiorów danych. W tej książce między innymi: przygotowanie środowiska pracy i rozpoczęcie programowania w R podstawy zarządzania projektami, kontrola wersji i generowanie dokumentacji ramki danych, pakiety dplyr i tidyr kod do wizualizacji danych i pakiet ggplot2 tworzenie aplikacji i techniki współpracy w zespołach specjalistów Po prostu R i dane. Wyciśniesz każdą kroplę wiedzy!

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Data Science with .NET and Polyglot Notebooks. Programmer's guide to data science using ML.NET, OpenAI, and Semantic Kernel

Matt Eland

As the fields of data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence rapidly evolve, .NET developers are eager to leverage their expertise to dive into these exciting domains but are often unsure of how to do so. Data Science in .NET with Polyglot Notebooks is the practical guide you need to seamlessly bring your .NET skills into the world of analytics and AI. With Microsoft’s .NET platform now robustly supporting machine learning and AI tasks, the introduction of tools such as .NET Interactive kernels and Polyglot Notebooks has opened up a world of possibilities for .NET developers. This book empowers you to harness the full potential of these cutting-edge technologies, guiding you through hands-on experiments that illustrate key concepts and principles. Through a series of interactive notebooks, you’ll not only master technical processes but also discover how to integrate these new skills into your current role or pivot to exciting opportunities in the data science field. By the end of the book, you’ll have acquired the necessary knowledge and confidence to apply cutting-edge data science techniques and deliver impactful solutions within the .NET ecosystem.

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Data Science with SQL Server Quick Start Guide. Integrate SQL Server with data science

Dejan Sarka

SQL Server only started to fully support data science with its two most recent editions. If you are a professional from both worlds, SQL Server and data science, and interested in using SQL Server and Machine Learning (ML) Services for your projects, then this is the ideal book for you.This book is the ideal introduction to data science with Microsoft SQL Server and In-Database ML Services. It covers all stages of a data science project, from businessand data understanding,through data overview, data preparation, modeling and using algorithms, model evaluation, and deployment.You will learn to use the engines and languages that come with SQL Server, including ML Services with R and Python languages and Transact-SQL. You will also learn how to choose which algorithm to use for which task, and learn the working of each algorithm.

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Data Visualization: Representing Information on Modern Web. Unleash the power of data by creating interactive, engaging, and compelling visualizations for the web

Aendrew Rininsland , Andy Kirk, Swizec Teller,...

Do you want to create more attractive charts? Or do you have huge data sets and need to unearth the key insights in a visual manner? Data visualization is the representation and presentation of data, using proven design techniques to bring alive the patterns, stories, and key insights that are locked away.This learning path is divided into three modules. The first module will equip you with the key techniques required to overcome contemporary data visualization challenges. In the second module, Social Data Visualization with HTML5 and JavaScript, it teaches you how to leverage HTML5 techniques through JavaScript to build visualizations.In third module, Learning d3.js Data Visualization, will lead you to D3, which has emerged as one of the leading platforms to develop beautiful, interactive visualizations over the web. By the end of this course, you will have unlocked the mystery behind successful data visualizations.This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products:? Data Visualization: a successful design process by Andy Kirk? Social Data Visualization with HTML5 and JavaScript by Simon Timms? Learning d3.js Data Visualization, Second Edition by Ændrew Rininsland and Swizec Teller

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Data Wrangling on AWS. Clean and organize complex data for analysis

Navnit Shukla, Sankar M, Sam Palani

Data wrangling is the process of cleaning, transforming, and organizing raw, messy, or unstructured data into a structured format. It involves processes such as data cleaning, data integration, data transformation, and data enrichment to ensure that the data is accurate, consistent, and suitable for analysis. Data Wrangling on AWS equips you with the knowledge to reap the full potential of AWS data wrangling tools.First, you’ll be introduced to data wrangling on AWS and will be familiarized with data wrangling services available in AWS. You’ll understand how to work with AWS Glue DataBrew, AWS data wrangler, and AWS Sagemaker. Next, you’ll discover other AWS services like Amazon S3, Redshift, Athena, and Quicksight. Additionally, you’ll explore advanced topics such as performing Pandas data operation with AWS data wrangler, optimizing ML data with AWS SageMaker, building the data warehouse with Glue DataBrew, along with security and monitoring aspects.By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to perform data wrangling using AWS services.

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Database Design and Modeling with Google Cloud. Learn database design and development to take your data to applications, analytics, and AI

Abirami Sukumaran, Priyanka Vergadia, Bagirathi Narayanan

In the age of lightning-speed delivery, customers want everything developed, built, and delivered at high speed and at scale. Knowledge, design, and choice of database is critical in that journey, but there is no one-size-fits-all solution. This book serves as a comprehensive and practical guide for data professionals who want to design and model their databases efficiently. The book begins by taking you through business, technical, and design considerations for databases. Next, it takes you on an immersive structured database deep dive for both transactional and analytical real-world use cases using Cloud SQL, Spanner, and BigQuery. As you progress, you’ll explore semi-structured and unstructured database considerations with practical applications using Firestore, cloud storage, and more. You’ll also find insights into operational considerations for databases and the database design journey for taking your data to AI with Vertex AI APIs and generative AI examples. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed in designing and modeling data and databases for your applications using Google Cloud.