Benjamin Bengfort

year in books

Benjamin Bengfort’s Followers (8)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Natalie
2,280 books | 97 friends

Rebecca...
1,222 books | 22 friends

Pete Wh...
988 books | 37 friends

Sarah M...
194 books | 115 friends

Harlan
843 books | 70 friends

Andrew ...
457 books | 63 friends

Jackie ...
36 books | 13 friends

Jacquelyn
1,196 books | 113 friends

More friends…

Benjamin Bengfort

Goodreads Author


Born
in Silver Spring, MD, The United States
Twitter

Genre

Member Since
March 2012

URL


Benjamin Bengfort is an experienced data scientist and Python developer who has worked in military, industry, and academia for the past 8 years. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park, doing research in Metacognition and Natural Language Processing. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from North Dakota State University, where he taught undergraduate Computer Science courses. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University, where he teaches Data Science and Analytics. Benjamin has been involved in two data science start-ups in the DC region: leveraging large-scale machine learning and Big Data techniques across a variety of applications. He has a deep apprecia ...more

To ask Benjamin Bengfort questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

Benjamin Bengfort Data science requires creative scientific thinking and the best way to get into the mode of this thinking is to collaborate with others. I go to talks…moreData science requires creative scientific thinking and the best way to get into the mode of this thinking is to collaborate with others. I go to talks given by other data scientists to learn and be inspired by the tools and techniques that they are using - I watch videos and read other's articles and papers. You will quickly get new ideas going about it this way and will be ready and able to dive back into your own work!

Also, I code - I love to write code and I'm not so much a fan of writing. If I can find a way to start writing code and digging into data, that will give me something to write about and jump start the entire process!(less)
Benjamin Bengfort I'm currently collaborating on a project called Hadoop Fundamentals for Data Scientists. This will be an O'Reilly video teaching Hadoop and distribute…moreI'm currently collaborating on a project called Hadoop Fundamentals for Data Scientists. This will be an O'Reilly video teaching Hadoop and distributed computing across large data sets to a non-developer, non-operations audience. (less)
Average rating: 3.79 · 111 ratings · 17 reviews · 6 distinct works
Applied Text Analysis with ...

by
3.82 avg rating — 56 ratings5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Practical Data Science Cook...

by
3.88 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Data Analytics with Hadoop:...

by
3.57 avg rating — 21 ratings6 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Analítica de dados com Hado...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
Practical Data Science Cook...

by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
(Practical Data Science Coo...

by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Benjamin Bengfort…

Data Exploration with Python, Part 3

This is the third post in our Data Exploration with Python series. Before reading this post, make sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2!

Preparing yourself and your data like we have done thus far in this series is essential to analyzing your data well. However, the most exciting part of Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) is actually getting in there, exploring the data, and discovering insights. T

Read more of this blog post »
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on March 31, 2017 12:47
This Inevitable Ruin
Benjamin is currently reading
by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 

Benjamin’s Recent Updates

Benjamin is currently reading
This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman
Rate this book
Clear rating
Benjamin rated a book really liked it
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman
Rate this book
Clear rating
Benjamin rated a book it was amazing
The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman
Rate this book
Clear rating
Benjamin is currently reading
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman
Rate this book
Clear rating
Benjamin finished reading
The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman
Rate this book
Clear rating
Benjamin rated a book really liked it
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
Rate this book
Clear rating
Benjamin is currently reading
The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman
Rate this book
Clear rating
Benjamin finished reading
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
Rate this book
Clear rating
Benjamin rated a book really liked it
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
Rate this book
Clear rating
Benjamin is currently reading
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
Rate this book
Clear rating
More of Benjamin's books…
Quotes by Benjamin Bengfort  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“Data Products are self-adapting, broadly applicable economic engines that derive their value from data and generate more data by influencing human behavior or by making inferences or predictions upon new data.”
Benjamin Bengfort

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Data Products are self-adapting, broadly applicable economic engines that derive their value from data and generate more data by influencing human behavior or by making inferences or predictions upon new data.”
Benjamin Bengfort

No comments have been added yet.