Productive and Efficient Data Science with Python: With Modularizing, Memory profiles, and Parallel/GPU Processing

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T. SarkarProductive and Efficient Data Science with Pythonhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8121-5_1

1. What Is Productive and Efficient Data Science?

Tirthajyoti Sarkar¹  

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Fremont, CA, USA

 

The goal of this chapter is to introduce you to the benefits of performing data science tasks efficiently and productively. I also illustrate some potential pitfalls in the everyday work of a regular data scientist to drive home the point of efficient data science.

Like any other computing (and non-computing) task in life, data science (DS) and machine learning (ML) can be practiced with varying degrees of efficiency and productivity. This book focuses specifically on ...