Data Science with Julia (Paperback)

Paul D. McNicholas

ISBN 10: 1138499986 / ISBN 13: 9781138499980

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, 2019

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Paperback. "This book is a great way to both start learning data science through the promising Julia language and to become an efficient data scientist."- Professor Charles Bouveyron, INRIA Chair in Data Science, Universite Cote dAzur, Nice, FranceJulia, an open-source programming language, was created to be as easy to use as languages such as R and Python while also as fast as C and Fortran. An accessible, intuitive, and highly efficient base language with speed that exceeds R and Python, makes Julia a formidable language for data science. Using well known data science methods that will motivate the reader, Data Science with Julia will get readers up to speed on key features of the Julia language and illustrate its facilities for data science and machine learning work.Features: Covers the core components of Julia as well as packages relevant to the input, manipulation and representation of data. Discusses several important topics in data science including supervised and unsupervised learning. Reviews data visualization using the Gadfly package, which was designed to emulate the very popular ggplot2 package in R. Readers will learn how to make many common plots and how to visualize model results. Presents how to optimize Julia code for performance. Will be an ideal source for people who already know R and want to learn how to use Julia (though no previous knowledge of R or any other programming language is required). The advantages of Julia for data science cannot be understated. Besides speed and ease of use, there are already over 1,900 packages available and Julia can interface (either directly or through packages) with libraries written in R, Python, Matlab, C, C++ or Fortran. The book is for senior undergraduates, beginning graduate students, or practicing data scientists who want to learn how to use Julia for data science."This book is a great way to both start learning data science through the promising Julia language and to become an efficient data scientist."Professor Charles BouveyronINRIA Chair in Data ScienceUniversite Cote dAzur, Nice, France There is a dearth of resources for data scientists, statisticians, etc., wishing to learn about Julia. Using well known data science methods, this book will both motivate the reader and assuage any unease. The book will get readers up to speed on key features of the Julia language and illustrate some of its advantages for data science work. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Data Science with Julia (Paperback)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138499986
• ISBN 13: 9781138499980
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

"This book is a great way to both start learning data science through the promising Julia language and to become an efficient data scientist."- Professor Charles Bouveyron, INRIA Chair in Data Science, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

Julia, an open-source programming language, was created to be as easy to use as languages such as R and Python while also as fast as C and Fortran. An accessible, intuitive, and highly efficient base language with speed that exceeds R and Python, makes Julia a formidable language for data science. Using well known data science methods that will motivate the reader, Data Science with Julia will get readers up to speed on key features of the Julia language and illustrate its facilities for data science and machine learning work.

Features:

• Covers the core components of Julia as well as packages relevant to the input, manipulation and representation of data.
• Discusses several important topics in data science including supervised and unsupervised learning.
• Reviews data visualization using the Gadfly package, which was designed to emulate the very popular ggplot2 package in R. Readers will learn how to make many common plots and how to visualize model results.
• Presents how to optimize Julia code for performance.
• Will be an ideal source for people who already know R and want to learn how to use Julia (though no previous knowledge of R or any other programming language is required).

The advantages of Julia for data science cannot be understated. Besides speed and ease of use, there are already over 1,900 packages available and Julia can interface (either directly or through packages) with libraries written in R, Python, Matlab, C, C++ or Fortran. The book is for senior undergraduates, beginning graduate students, or practicing data scientists who want to learn how to use Julia for data science.

"This book is a great way to both start learning data science through the promising Julia language and to become an efficient data scientist."

Professor Charles Bouveyron
INRIA Chair in Data Science
Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

About the Author

Paul D. McNicholas is the Canada Research Chair in Computational Statistics at McMaster University, where he is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Peter Tait is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McMaster University. Prior to returning to academia, he worked as a data scientist in the software industry, where he gained extensive practical experience.