In this edition of AskTHAT I talk with Douglas Starnes about Data Science and Machine Learning. We dive into the misconceptions, how to get started and why should we even care.   Douglas Starnes is a polyglot ninja and tech community influencer in the Memphis area making stuff that works on more than just the web. He specializes in the fields of mobile, IoT, data science and machine learning. Douglas is a co-director of the Memphis Python User Group and a board member of the Memphis .NET User Group. He is a frequent conference speaker who has delivered more than 20 featured presentations at more than 10 conferences over the past 4 years in a variety of citiies across the southeast United States. In addition, Douglas is an active participant in local user groups. He has also served as an organizer for PyTennessee, PyOhio and TechCampMemphis. Outside of being a geek Douglas is a trained composer, aspiring triathlete and avid Lego collector.   You can find Douglas at:

• Website: http://douglasstarnes.com 
• Douglas’s Pluralsight Courses - https://app.pluralsight.com/profile/author/douglas-starnes
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/poweredbyaltnet 

  Resources Mentioned in today's show:  

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWN3xxRkmTPmbKwht9FuE5A/featured
• https://studio.azureml.net/
• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kSuQyW5DTnkVaZEjGYCkfOxvzCqGEFzWBy4e9Uedd9k/preview?slide=id.g168a3288f7_0_58
• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xd65LC8BV4jazwQEg672J-v2E5mFWpGnuObcb6tFKyQ/edit#slide=id.g6490316a45b71167_333
• http://pydata.org
• http://www.numpy.org/
• https://pandas.pydata.org/
• https://matplotlib.org/
• http://jupyter.org/
• Python for Data Analysis - https://amzn.to/2Gy7g4j
• Deep Learning with Python -  https://amzn.to/2H9wVNT