[omaha] Group Data Science Competition

[Steve Young]

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> Steve
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> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Bob Haffner via Omaha <omaha at python.org>
> wrote:
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>> Hi All,
>>
>> We're all set for the 12/14 group Kaggle competition kickoff!
>>
>> All experience levels are welcome.  Bring your laptop if you'd like, but
>> no
>> biggie if you don't
>>
>> I didn't hear any objections to the Housing Prices competition so let's go
>> with that one
>> https://www.kaggle.com/c/house-prices-advanced-regression-techniques
>>
>> Suggested things to do prior to 12/14
>> -- Sign up on Kaggle
>> -- Get your machine set up with some pydata libraries
>> (Pandas, Numpy, SciKit-Learn and Jupyter Notebooks).  I recommend the
>> Anaconda distribution if you're just starting out
>> -- Get some basic familiarity with the competition problem and data
>>
>> Let me know if you have any questions.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Bob Haffner <bob.haffner at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Good deal. That's 3 of us (Naomi, you and me) by my count.  Hopefully
>> > others will join in!!
>> >
>> >  I would be game for a December meetup.
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> > > On Oct 18, 2016, at 8:13 PM, Steve Young via Omaha <omaha at python.org>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I would enjoy participating, and learning what you data guys and gals
>> do.
>> > > (I am not a math guy)
>> > >
>> > > If Hubert does not take December, maybe we could have a sprint that
>> > night?
>> > >
>> > > Steve
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Wes Turner via Omaha <
>> omaha at python.org>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> On Monday, October 17, 2016, Bob Haffner via Omaha <omaha at python.org
>> >
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> Hi All,
>> > >>>
>> > >>> A few months ago someone brought up the idea of doing a Kaggle data
>> > >> science
>> > >>> competition as a group.  Is there still interest in this?
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Some thoughts.
>> > >>> Not sure of the details, but Kaggle allows individuals to form
>> groups.
>> > >> We
>> > >>> could collaborate thru email (or perhaps something like Slack) and
>> > maybe
>> > >>> meet occasionally.  When it's all said and done, we could present
>> at a
>> > >>> monthly meeting.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> A GitHub (repo, issues, and sphinx docs/ and/or GH wiki) could also
>> be
>> > >> useful:
>> > >>
>> > >> - gh-pages branch built from docs/ and nb/
>> > >>  - .ipynb in notebooks/ or nb/
>> > >> - https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage/ has packaging
>> and
>> > >> ReadTheDocs config
>> > >> -
>> > >> https://github.com/jupyter/docker-stacks/blob/master/
>> > >> scipy-notebook/Dockerfile
>> > >> includes conda
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> This one looks good.  Doesn't end till March 1st which gives us some
>> > time
>> > >>> and it doesn't look overly complicated.  No prize money, though :-)
>> > >>> https://www.kaggle.com/c/house-prices-advanced-regression-
>> techniques
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> - http://rhiever.github.io/tpot/examples/Boston_Example/
>> > >>
>> > >>  - TPOT can utilize XGBoost (as mentioned in the Kaggle competition
>> > >> description)
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> - https://github.com/donnemartin/data-science-ipython-notebooks/
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>> Forming groups
>> > >>> https://www.kaggle.com/wiki/FormingATeam
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Would love to get some feedback on any of this
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Thanks,
>> > >>> Bob
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