Getting into shape for the sport of data science: Screencast of talk by Jeremy Howard at Melbourne R Users

Jeremy Howard gave a talk at the Melbourne R User Group on 16th March 2011.

Jeremy provided tips on how to successfully compete in data mining competitions. He showed how he combines R with other tools to build predictive models. He gave a walkthrough of the data, visualizations, and code, for a number of his competition entries. The talk also included an introduction to the theory behind Jeremy’s favourite modelling algorithm: random forests.

Screencast of the talk:

• PC Format
• Ipad and Iphone 4 Format

Additional Links:

• Data mining competitions at Kaggle
• Official meetup description
• @jeremyphoward on Twitter
• Additional resources on Jeremy Howard’s homepage

Related posts:

1. Video Introduction to R Packages by Rory Winston – Melbourne R Users February 2011
2. R Workflow: Melbourne R Users Dec 1st 2010