In my latest book, Fast Python, I bust a lot of speed myths in Python. Some of the most basic advice people give about optimizing Python code is wrong, likely because no one ever bothered to test it. In this book, I go back to the basics and verify (or bu... (more…)

In this tutorial, you'll learn what correlation is and how you can calculate it with Python. You'll use SciPy, NumPy, and Pandas correlation methods to calculate three different correlation coefficients. You'll also see how to visualize data, regression l... (more…)

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Jeremy Howard is the founder of fast.ai, a research institute dedicated to make deep learning more accessible. He is also a Distinguished Research Scientist ... (more…)

Part 1: Killing the GIL, Combining Dask and Numba for parallel number-crunching in Python... (more…)