It’s your turn to write the blog this week. Doesn’t need to be long; a thousand words, no more than that. And it can be about anything you like. What could be easier? Well, lots of things it turns out. One of the things that makes writing about anything you like difficult, is the fact… Continue reading Atelodemiourgiopapyro-phobia
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How to frame problems in a way that helps you solve them efficiently
I was asked to deliver a webinar last week as part of the ramp-up of our training courses. A terrifying thought for a man who works in a data science consultancy, but who is not a data scientist! Though I started my working life as a specialist – an engineer, I have found myself becoming… Continue reading How to frame problems in a way that helps you solve them efficiently
What makes a good visual?
Overview Visualisation of data is very important and is broadly used nowadays in industry. It makes it much easier to communicate important insights and to make business decisions, rather than looking at the data itself. But they need to be used carefully as there are many ways that this can go wrong. Using the wrong… Continue reading What makes a good visual?
Collaborating with Jira and Slack
Remote teams have adapted and grown a lot over the last few years. Collaboration is key, despite team members being on other sides of the country. At Bays we have a flexible working environment where people can visit the office or work from home. Wherever our team choses to work, being able to communicate effectively… Continue reading Collaborating with Jira and Slack
It’s a funny old thing. The world that is.
No, perhaps it’d better to say the real world or, maybe I should put it as The Real World™. Whatever, the point is that physical reality often seems to be left behind in our digital age. There are digital delights to be had for sure. I had a Very Significant Birthday recently, for which my… Continue reading It’s a funny old thing. The world that is.
Loops I Did it Again – Avoiding for-loops with pandas and numpy
Python is a very popular language amongst data scientists due to the extensive list of libraries available to us. The libraries pandas and numpy in particular are extremely useful when solving data science and machine learning problems. However, Python also comes with some disadvantages. As Python is an interpreted language (code is executed line-by-line) it is significantly slower than… Continue reading Loops I Did it Again – Avoiding for-loops with pandas and numpy
The International 2022 Schedule Calendar in python
The International Dota 2’s The International has been the biggest annual esports tournament since its debut in 2011. For reference, last year’s prize pool was over $40 million, and it’s crowdfunded too! For fans of Dota 2 like myself, this time of the year is comparable to Christmas. Motivation This year, the event is being… Continue reading The International 2022 Schedule Calendar in python
Keeping it Cloudy
Downloading from interactive, secure portals while preserving data residency in the cloud. We love the cloud At Bays Consulting, we prefer, wherever possible, to store and process our clients’ data in the cloud, typically the choosing storage and compute components of Amazon Web Services. Furthermore, for many of our projects we have contractually agreed requirements… Continue reading Keeping it Cloudy
We are Surrey Business Awards finalists!
We are delighted and thrilled to announce that Bays Consulting has been shortlisted for three categories at Surrey Business Awards 2022! The Surrey Business Awards recognise the achievements of a diverse range of business across a broad spectrum of sectors and categories in the county. The awards celebrate the best innovators, leaders and entrepreneurs in… Continue reading We are Surrey Business Awards finalists!
Dr Sophie Carr appointed to executive committee of the NAMS
We are delighted to share that our Founder and Director, Dr Sophie Carr, has been appointed to serve on the Executive Committee of the National Academy for the Mathematical Sciences (NAMS). On this committee Sophie will be focusing on Practitioner Affairs, including the role NAMS should play alongside existing organisations, Knowledge Exchange, and Education. Dr… Continue reading Dr Sophie Carr appointed to executive committee of the NAMS