A.I. & Optimization
Advanced Machine Learning, Data Mining, & Programmatic Advertising/Marketing Services
Top 25 Python Programming Books
Top Python Books - for this post we have collected various signals (e.g. online reviews, ratings, price, ...) for more than 50 Python books. We have used the signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Python Books
Top 16 Machine Learning, Data Mining, & NLP Books
Top ML/DM Books - for this review report we have collected various signals (e.g. online reviews, online ratings, price, ...) for 100s of Machine Learning & Data Mining books. We have used those signals to compute a quality score for each book and rank the top 16 Machine Learning, Data Mining and NLP books. You can read the full article from here: Top ML/DM Books
Top 30 Data Science Books
Top Data Science Books - for this report we have collected various signals (e.g. online reviews, ratings, price, ...) for more than 100 Data Science books. We have used the signals to compute a Fit score for each book and rank the top 20 Data Science books You can read the full article from here: Top Data Science Books
Top 40 Software Engineering Books
Software Engineering Books - for this report we have collected various signals (e.g. online reviews, ratings, price, ...) for more than 300s of Software Engineering books. We have used the signals to compute a Fit score for each book and rank the top 40 books. You can read the full article from here: Top Software Books
Top 9 Deep Learning and Neural Networks Books
Top Deep Learning Books - for this post we have collected various signals for more than 30 Deep Learning and Neural Networks Books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and ranked the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top DL & NN Books
Top 5 Go Programming Books
Top Go Books - for this post we have collected various signals (e.g. online reviews, ratings, price, ...) for several Go books. We have used the signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Go Books
Top 13 Machine Learning, Deep Learning, NLP, & Data Mining Libraries
Top Open Spurce Libraies - for this post we have collected various signals (e.g. maturity of the ML linrary, community size, popularity ...) for many Machine Learning, Deep Learning and NLP libraries. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each library and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top ML/NLP/DL Libraries
Top Prediction Books
Top Prediction Books - for this post we have collected various signals for prediction books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Prediction Books
Top 12 Docker Books
Top Docker Books - for this post we have collected various signals (e.g. online reviews, ratings, price, ...) for more than 30 docker container books. We have used the signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Docker Books
Top 16 Scala Programming Books
Top Scala Books - for this post we have collected various signals (e.g. online reviews, ratings, price, ...) for more than 40 Scala books. We have used the signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Scala Books
Start Using Machine Learning Algorithms for Serving Display Ads Programmatically
In this article, we describe several machine learning algorithms for computing and serving the best converting digital ad/offer from a pool of ads. Using programmatic advertising powered by optimization algorithms enable Ad Tech companies to maximize their revenue at large scale. You can read the full article from here: Multi-Armed Bandit Algorithms for Computational Advertising
Crawling World Wild Web at Scale
In this post we discuss some of the existing technologies for scraping and parsing web pages. We also talk about some of the challenges developers may encounter while scraping dynamic web pages. You can read the full article from here: Crawling World Wild Web
Top 7 Erlang Programming Books
Top Erlang Books - for this post we have collected various signals (e.g. online reviews, ratings, price, ...) for more than 20 Erlang books. We have used the signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Erlang Books
Best 21 Books on Computer Hacking
Top Computer Hacking Books - for this post we have collected various signals for more than 100 computer security books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and ranked the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Hacking Books
Top 8 Apache Spark Books
Top Apache Spark Books - for this post we have collected various signals (e.g. online reviews, ratings, price, ...) for more than 30 Spark books. We have used the signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Spark Books
Top 12 Software Design Books
Top Software Design Books - for this report we have collected various signals (e.g. online reviews, ratings, price, ...) for 100s of Software Design books. We have used the signals to compute a quality score for each book and rank the top 12 books. You can read the full article from here: Top Design Books
Predicting US 2012 Elections using Twitter Data
In this post, we describe the research work done in the last two years for analyzing a large volume of tweets for predicting political elections. You can read the full article from here: Predicting US Elections
Top Node.js Books
Top Node.js Books - for this post we have collected various signals for top Node.js books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Node.js Books
Top 5 Reinforcement Learning Books
Top Reinforcement Learning Books - for this post we have collected various signals for more than 20 ML books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and ranked the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top RL Books
Best Penetration Testing Books
Top Penetration Testing Books - for this post we have collected various signals for more than 100 computer security books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and ranked the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Penetration Testing Books
Extracting Topics from Text Documents using Generative Models
In this post we explain the mathematics behind Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) model using collapsed Gibbs sampling technique. Also we demo a Java implementation of the LDA model. You can read the full article from here: Latent Dirichlet Allocation
Best A/B Testing Books
Best A/B Testing Books - in this post we have scraped various signals (e.g. online ratings and reviews, author popularity, social media mentions, etc.) from web for A/B testing books. You can read the full article from here: Best A/B Testing Books
Top 8 UX Books
Top UX Books - for this post we have collected various signals for User Experience books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top UX Books
Best 12 Clojure Programming Books
Top Clojure Books - for this post we have collected various signals for more than 20 Clojure Books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and ranked the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Clojure Books
Best Advertising Technology Books
Top AdTech Books - for this post we have collected various signals for top AdTech books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each watch and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Best AdTech Books
Best Web Scraping Books
Top Scraping Books - for this post we have collected various signals for top web scraping books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each watch and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Best Scraping Books
Top Web Scraping Frameworks
Top Scraping Frameworks & Librraies - for this post we have collected various signals for top web scraping Python libraries. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each watch and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Scraping Libraries
Top 4 Recommendation Engine Books
Top Recommender Systems Books - for this post we have collected various signals (e.g. online reviews, ratings, price, ...) for several Recommender Systems books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Recomm Books
Your Prediction Gets As Good As Your Data
In this article, we discuss the relationship between entropy and predictability and provide insights on how data scientists can use measures such as entropy to compute bounds on how far they can improve their predictive models. You can read the full article from here: Entropy and Predictability
Top Swift Programming Books
Top Swift Books - for this post we have collected various signals for swift programming books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Swift Books
Predicting US 2016 Presidential Election
US Election 2016 - In this post we collect large amount of conversation data from social media channels and web in order to analyze the trend of next US election. You can read the full article from here: US Election 2016
Best Graph Mining Books
Best Graph Mining Books - in this post we have scraped various signals from web to generate a list of top graph mining books. You can read the full article from here: Best Graph Mining Books
Best Books on Computer Security
Top Computer Security Books - for this post we have collected various signals for more than 100 computer security books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and ranked the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Security Books
Best Smart Watches
Top Smart Watches - for this post we have collected various signals for leading Apple/Samsung Smart Watches. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each watch and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Smart Watches
Top 4 Data Mining Books
Top Data Mining Books - for this post we have collected various signals (e.g. online reviews, ratings, price, ...) for several data mining books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Data Mining Books
Best AR Devices for Driving
Best AR Devices for Driving - in this post we have collected a few signals (e.g. online ratings and reviews, companies competence, social media mentions, etc.) from web for AR driving devices. You can read the full article from here: Best AR Driving Devices
Top Redis Books
Top Redis Books - for this post we have collected various signals for top redis books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Redis Books
Best Perl Programming Books
Best Perl Books - in this post we have scraped various signals from web to generate a list of top perl books. You can read the full article from here: Best Perl Books
Best Hadoop Books
Best Hadoop Books - in this post we have scraped various signals from web to generate a list of top Hadoop books. You can read the full article from here: Best Hadoop Books
Best Regex Books
Best Regex Books - in this post we have scraped various signals from web to generate a list of top regex books. You can read the full article from here: Best Regex Books
Extractng Companies Firmographics from IP Addresses
In this article, we discuss how different marketing platforms identify anonymous B2B website visitors and extract company features. We compare the quality of website visitor tracking solutions of a few B2B marketing platforms. You can read the full article from here: Identifying B2B Website Visitors
Best Books on Cyber Security
Top Cyber Security Books - for this post we have collected various signals for more than 100 computer security books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and ranked the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Cyber Security Books
Top Algorithms Books
Top Algorithms Books - for this post we have collected various signals for top algorithms and data structure books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Algorithms Books
Top JavaScript Books
Top JS Books - for this post we have collected various signals for JavaScript books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top JS Books
Top Elasticsearch Books
Top Elasticsearch Books - for this post we have collected various signals for top Elasticsearch books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Elasticsearch Books
You May Have Been Wasting your Money on Google AdWords
In this article, we discuss one common mistake that many marketers make when setup their "Search Engine Marketing" campaigns. You can read the full article from here: You May Have Been Wasting your Money on Google AdWords!
Scalable Programmatic Ad Buying: B2B Audience Targeting
In this article, we describe different data-centric techniques we use to serve ads to right B2B audiences. In particular, we discuss how we employ distributed crawlers/classifiers to generate a list for context-relevant B2B publishers for our B2B clients. You can read the full article from here: Programmatic Ad Buying: Targeting B2B Audience
Community Detection: Girvan-Newman Algorithm
In this post we describe Girvan-Newman algorithm and demo a Python implementation of the algorithm. You can read the full article from here: Community Detection Algorithm
Starling: A Flu Predictor App
In this post, we describe a Real-Time application which measures how healthy your place of living is by analyzing tweets. You can read the full article from here: Starling: A Flu Predictor App!
Predicting Conversion Rates for Digital Ads using Probabilistic Computing
In this report, we describe a framework by which marketers and data scientists can find out how many impressions they have to buy for a digital offer to predict its conversion rate with high confidence. You can read the full article from here: CVR Estimation
Top RabbitMQ Books
Top RMQ Books - for this post we have collected various signals for top RMQ books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top RMQ Books
Optimizing Revenue for Mobile Apps/Webs/Games
In this article, we explore several relevant KPIs for mobile businesses. Our goal here is to start a conversation around optimizing mobile apps revenue by collecting required data points for measuring important KPIs. This is the first step towards formulating a framework for optimizing users acquisition, users retention, and apps monetization strategies. You can read the full article from here: Mobile App/Web/Game KPIs
Top 5 DevOps Books
Top DevOps Books - for this post we have collected various signals for DevOps books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top DevOps Books
Top 8 Social Media Marketing Books
Top Social Media Marketing Books - for this post we have collected various signals (e.g. online reviews, ratings, price, ...) for more than 30 of social media marketing books. We have used the signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top books. You can read the full article from here: Top Social Marketing Books
Optimizing Adwords Conversion Rate
In this post, we describe the steps we took in order to optimize one of our client Google AdWords campaign. In particular, we explain how we reduced their campaign cost by 25%! You can read the full article from here: Google AdWords: Optimizing Conversion
Clustering by Compression
In this post, we describe a powerful computational approach to cluster any types of objects such as musics, texts, pictures, programs and etc. You can read the full article from here: Clustering by Compression
RTB vs AdWords: A Performance Comparison Study
In this article, we first overview two well known marketing channels: RTB (Real Time Bidding) for display advertising and Google search engine advertising product (AdWords). We discuss two advertising campaigns we ran using these two channels and compare their performances with one another. You can read the full article from here: RTB vs AdWords
Best LP Optimization Books
Best Landing Page Books - in this post we have scraped various signals (e.g. online ratings and reviews, author popularity, social media mentions, etc.) from web for several LP Optimization books. You can read the full article from here: Best LP Optimization Books
Insights on Deep Learning
In this post we discuss some of the underlying mathematics of Deep Neural Networks. You can read the full article from here: Insight into Deep Learning
Top Sentiment Analysis Books
Top Sentiment Analysis Books - for this post we have collected various signals for sentiment analysis and opinion mining books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Sentiment Books
Qualified B2B Leads Generation using Machine Learning
In this post, we describe our methodologies for generating scalable qualified B2B leads. Using Machine Learning techniques to analyze clients Sales/Marketing data for account modeling and identifying high-value prospects fall in the center of our audience targeting process. You can read the full article from here: Scalable and Predictable B2B Leads Generation
Top 7 Content Marketing Books
Top Content Marketing Books - for this post we have collected various signals (e.g. online reviews, ratings, price, ...) for more than 50 of content marketing books. We have used the signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top books. You can read the full article from here: Top Content Marketing Books
Why Amazon Started with Books?
Why Amazon Started with Books? - in this post we explain why Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO started with books and how this helped Amazon to differentiate themselves from brick and mortar stores which have limited space to hold their inventory. You can read the full article from here: Why Amazon Started with Books?
Mining Email Addresses
One interesting problem that we worked on in the past was to understand how people generate their email addresses. This problem can have applications in different areas such as fraud detection. You can read the full article from here: Email Language Modeling
Top Multiprocessor Programming Books
Top Multiprocessor Programming Books - for this post we have collected various signals for Multiprocessor Programming books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top MPP Books
KPI Statistics: Online Computation
In this post we briefly explain the importance of using online algorithms for computing KPIs while dealing with stream of real-time data. You can read the full article from here: Online Computation
Top Interview Books
Top Interview Books - for this post we have collected various signals for technical interview books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Interview Books
Who is a Data Scientist?
A short article on "Who's a Data Scientist?" where I describe my academic/industrial experiences in the area of data analysis. You can read the full article from here: Who's a Data Scientist?
Is Data Scientist Fancy Role of the Century?
In this article, we explain what is data science and what are the requirements for such a role. We also talk about what challenges data science companies face in the tech industry. You can read the full article from here: Data Scientist - Fancy Job of the Century?
Top Statistics Books
Top Statistics Books - for this post we have collected various signals for statistics books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Statistics Books
Best Nintendo Switch Games
Best Nintendo Switch Games - in this post we have scraped various signals (e.g. online ratings and reviews, game publishers popularity, social media mentions, etc.) from web for Nintendo Switch Games, You can read the full article from here: Best Nintendo Switch Games
Buy Cheap Nintento Switches!
Nintendo Switche - this post is for game enthusiasts who love trying Nintendo Switch! You can read the full article from here: Nintendo Switch
Top Operating System Books
Top OS Books - for this post we have collected various signals for OS books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top OS Books
How to Optimize Twitter Marketing?
In this article, we describe the theory of Diffusion of Innovations and explain how social marketers can optimize their campaigns by choosing the optimal tweeting time in order to reach the maximum number of audiences. You can read the full article from here: When is Optimal Tweeting Time?
Exploring/Exploiting Long-Tail Keywords
This article touches on the interesting problem of finding and exploiting long-tail keywords for optimizing search engine advertising campaigns. You can read the full article from here: Long-Tail Keywords
Top Computer Networks Books
Top Computer Networks Books - for this post we have collected various signals for Computer Networks books. We have used the collected signals to compute a score for each book and rank the top ones. You can read the full article from here: Top Networks Books
Measuring Advertising Campaigns Effectiveness Beyond Conversion
In Feb 2015, we ran a display advertising campaign where our goal was to drive traffic to a landing page with a clear CTA message. In this post, we describe how we ran the campaign and more importantly how we measured the campaign effectiveness. You can read the full article from here: Measuring Campaigns Effectiveness Beyond Conversion
Tracking Social Media Trends and Their Influence on E-Commerce Markets
In this post, we show that there is a correlation between consumers behaviour and conversations trends in Twitter. Our results show that harnessing social media for predicting real-world events early on could give a seller an edge over competitors. You can read the full article from here: Exploring Online Social Signals and Market Trend Correlation
