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Python's Growing Importance in Academia
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Python is increasingly being used to teach programming and data science in universities, while its competition with R keeps both frameworks improving.
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Python is becoming more commonly used to teach programming in universities, even for complex applications like data science, replacing previous choices like MATLAB and C++.
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Python is becoming more commonly used to teach programming in universities, even for complex applications like data science, replacing previous choices like MATLAB and C++. TensorFlow, a popular deep learning framework, used to be the dominant choice, but now Python is taking over.
ChapterPython's Growing Importance in Academia
Episode#206 – Ishan Misra: Self-Supervised Deep Learning in Computer Vision
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The potential for self-taught artificial intelligence skills is under-appreciated and often misunderstood, as many students get out into the real world and find it challenging to leverage their skills.
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The potential for self-taught artificial intelligence skills is under-appreciated and often misunderstood, as many students get out into the real world and find it challenging to leverage their skills. However, taking the time to work through problems yourself, rather than simply Googling the issue or asking an expert, can be extremely rewarding.