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  • Boston-area girls discover a passion for coding

    Boston-area girls discover a passion for coding
    “My goal is to make computing 'normal' for girls,” says Sabina Chen from Lincoln Laboratory's Advanced Capabilities and Systems Group, who led a workshop that taught middle school girls how to program a robotic car to autonomously follow colored cones. The girls attended this enrichment class for eight consecutive Saturdays from September to November. “The class is about exposure [to computing] and interest-building,” she explains.While Chen was introducing the 20 middle
  • When and how to build out your data science team

    When and how to build out your data science team
    Ganes Kesari ContributorShare on Twitter Ganes Kesari is a co-founder and head of analytics at Gramener. He helps transform organizations through advisory in building data science teams and adopting insights as data stories.
    Increasingly, startups across the spectrum are looking to artificial intelligence (AI) to help them solve business problems and drive efficiency. The numerous benefits of building AI capability in  your startup shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone — in fac