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.NET for Apache Spark Debuts in Version 1.0

The open source project .NET for Apache Spark has debuted in version 1.0, finally vaulting the C# and F# programming languages into Big Data first-class citizenship.

ASP.NET Core OData 8 Preview Supports .NET 5, but with Breaking Changes

ASP.NET Core OData, which debuted in July 2018, is out in a v8.0 preview that for the first time supports the upcoming .NET 5 milestone release.

Binary Classification Using PyTorch: Defining a Network

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research tackles how to define a network in the second of a series of four articles that present a complete end-to-end production-quality example of binary classification using a PyTorch neural network, including a full Python code sample and data files.

Binary Classification Using PyTorch: Preparing Data

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research kicks off a series of four articles that present a complete end-to-end production-quality example of binary classification using a PyTorch neural network, including a full Python code sample and data files.

Entity Framework Core 5 RC1 Is Feature Complete, Ready for Production

The first release candidate for Entity Framework 5 -- Microsoft's object-database mapper for .NET -- has shipped with a go live license, ready for production.

How to Create and Use a PyTorch DataLoader

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research provides a full code sample and screenshots to explain how to create and use PyTorch Dataset and DataLoader objects, used to serve up training or test data in order to train a PyTorch neural network.

Data Prep for Machine Learning: Splitting

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research explains how to programmatically split a file of data into a training file and a test file, for use in a machine learning neural network for scenarios like predicting voting behavior from a file containing data about people such as sex, age, income and so on.

Data Prep for Machine Learning: Encoding

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research uses a full code program and screenshots to explain how to programmatically encode categorical data for use with a machine learning prediction model such as a neural network classification or regression system.

Data Prep for Machine Learning: Normalization

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research uses a full code sample and screenshots to show how to programmatically normalize numeric data for use in a machine learning system such as a deep neural network classifier or clustering algorithm.

What's New in Entity Framework Core 5.0 Preview 7

Microsoft shipped the seventh preview of Entity Framework Core 5.0, boosting its data access technology with a factory to create DbContext instances and more.

Data Prep for Machine Learning: Outliers

After previously detailing how to examine data files and how to identify and deal with missing data, Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research now uses a full code sample and step-by-step directions to deal with outlier data

Data Prep for Machine Learning: Missing Data

Turning his attention to the extremely time-consuming task of machine learning data preparation, Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research explains how to examine data files and how to identify and deal with missing data.

Microsoft Ships 5th Previews of .NET 5, Entity Framework Core 5

Microsoft today announced the fifth previews of .NET 5.0 and Entity Framework Core 5.0 en route to a November general release date, though not all of the planned functionality will be finalized by then because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Clustering Non-Numeric Data Using C#

Clustering non-numeric -- or categorial -- data is surprisingly difficult, but it's explained here by resident data scientist Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research, who provides all the code you need for a complete system using an algorithm based on a metric called category utility (CU), a measure how much information you gain by clustering.

New for VS Code: MongoDB, Kite AI-Powered JavaScript Completions

This week sees several significant additions to the Visual Studio Code ecosystem: an update to the Python extension; the popular open source MongoDB database; and AI-powered JavaScript code completions from Kite.

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