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The pandemic has no doubt had some tremendous effects on the economies and job markets across all fields around the world. Now with working vaccines being rolled out worldwide and a hopeful return to more normal times, many are left with questions about the transformations of the industries and the future job market outlook.   In this month’s Lantern Roundtable series, we were joined by two senior professionals working in the data industry. Our first panel member was Tanaby Mofrad, a Director of Data Science at Tangerine Bank with a solid background in AI. Tanaby has worked [...]

Python is a highly-praised and commonly utilized programming language across industries, academia, and the enthusiast scene. This is in big part due to the vast open-source community that continues to make top-notch and freely available libraries. For this article, we’ve presenting a compilation of some of the best Python libraries that have been released or gained popularity in the past year. 2020 PYTHON LIBRARIES Diagrams Dear PyGui HiPlot Hummingbird PyCaret PyTorch Lightning Rich Stanza Typer Diagrams Whether you’re a developer or data scientist, proper project documentation and reporting is [...]

With 2020 in the rear-view mirror it’s a good time to reflect on what’s happened during the year. More particularly for us, how the data science and artificial intelligence fields have developed.  Despite the challenges that faced the world in 2020, tech and software have continued to thrive. Lots of amazing research was released in the field of artificial intelligence. Arxiv.org, a popular open-archive repository, received roughly 600 uploads of machine learning research papers. That should give you some idea of the scope of how much research is happening. The research that generates the biggest buzz typically [...]

Machine learning has become a core component of the finance industry. The landscape is rapidly changing with the increased adoption of artificial intelligence.  In recent years, the growing field of data science and AI has already started grasping in finance. Commonly used in tasks such as risk management, predictive analysis, fraud detection, and consumer analysis. That trend is showing no signs of stopping, with a 260% increase in data science teams in financial services since 2018.  This comes from the results of a report from Refinitiv which was conducted surrounding the industry. The 2020 report shows how [...]