John Taylor

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John Taylor

iovation

Biography

John L. Taylor works as a Senior Data Analyst at iovation and is the founder of the PDX Data Science group. Formerly, he was a graduate student in Logic and Computation at CMU and has BAs in philosophy and psychology.

John is, in no particular order and among other things, an aspiring polymath, intellectual magpie, cultural gadfly, father and husband, data geek, plain-old-geek, bibliophile, pop cultural glutton, recreational mathematician, and skeptic.

Open Source Bridge 2012

Sessions for this user

* Machine Learning in the Open

Machine learning and data mining methods underlie many exciting products and services, but their underlying workings remain opaque to many, even developers. I will provide a brief tutorial on some of the most important concepts and methods from machine learning and data mining, with motivating examples and illustrations from open source tools. Particular emphasis will be placed on learning methods and their appropriate use.
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John Taylor

Open Source Bridge 2011

Sessions for this user

* Data Science in the Open

Data Science promises to transform ubiquitous and cheap data into insights with the potential for great social, scientific and personal value. I will provide a lightning tour of high level theory, concepts, and tools to extract knowledge and value from data.
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John Taylor