Last Sunday, part of our STATWORX crew went on a day trip to the picturesque Rheingau, the famous wine region known for its Riesling. The trip was planned around the three tourist pillars of the region: wine, castles & hiking.
STATWORX summer barbecue 2019
After lots of work it is always good to have break! This is how we do it here at STATWORX!
Using Reinforcement Learning to play Super Mario Bros on NES using TensorFlow
Could you #BeatTheAI? We let deep learning have a go at Super Mario’s first level and compared it to human players. Here we explain how we did it!
Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, Statistics Can Be Romantic Too!
It’s Valentine’s day, making this the most romantic time of the year. But actually, already 2018 was a year full of love here at STATWORX: many of my STATWORX colleagues got engaged. And so we began to wonder – some fearful, some hopeful – who will be next? Therefore, today we’re going to tackle this question in the only true way: with data science!
STATWORX on Tour: Year-End Event in Belgium
After a year both challenging and rewarding, STATWORX has taken the opportunity of the calm before the Year-End to retreat from the office for a few days. A remote area in the Belgian countryside was chosen as the location for the weekend getaway, where the team would spend a couple of days reflecting on the events of the past year, …
How we use emojis
Once upon a time, we at STATWORX used Slack just as a messenger, but than everything changed when emojis came… Since then, we use them for all kinds of purposes. For example we take polls with them to see were we will eat lunch or we capture unforgettable moments by creating new emojis. The possibilities are limitless! But since we …
Forecasting Last Christmas Search Volume on Google Trends using Deep Learning
Last Christmas is one of the most popular Christmas tunes that were, are and will be out there. The song is written by the brilliant musician George Michael and was released in 1984, when at that time, Epic Records quickly wanted to release a Christmas tune. According to Wikipedia, there are rumours going around that George Michael just changed the …
Comparing predictions: World Cup scores
As many others too, me and some colleagues at STATWORX took part in a little betting game for the World Cup 2018. Since the group stage is over, I was wondering how well – or better – how worse my prediction was. I am comparing my result with other predictions by using the point system of the betting game. All …
STATWORX on tour – eRum 2018
The waiting is over – finally it is May and the eRum is about to start. STATWORX arrived in Budapest to take part in the upcoming conference. We are looking forward to some interesting talks and speakers. In this post I will summarise the events and our journey. So let us get right to it! Sunday Nearly an hour later …
Als Data Science Praktikant bei STATWORX
Neben dem Einstieg als Trainee oder Data Science Consultant bei STATWORX gibt es ebenso die Möglichkeit, ein Praktikum im Bereich Data Science zu absolvieren. Unsere aktuellen Stellenausschreibungen findet ihr übrigens hier. Bewerbung bei STATWORX Das Berufsbild des Data Scientists ist durch seine vielfältigen Aufgaben und die bunte Durchmischung der Kompetenzen vor allem in den letzten Jahren sehr attraktiv geworden. Dies …