• Understand the web application penetration testing methodology and toolkit using Python
• Write a web crawler/spider with the Scrapy library
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• Explore machine learning techniques with prominent open source Scala libraries such as Spark ML, H2O, MXNet, Zeppelin, and DeepLearning4j
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• Obtain optimal PostgreSQL 10 database performance, ranging from initial design to routine maintenance
• Fine tune the performance of your queries and...

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• Upgrade your skills to the latest version of SQL Server
• Discover the new dimensional model in Analysis Services
• Utilize data alerts and render reports to the latest versions of Excel and Word
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To examine, analyze, and manipulate a problem to the point of designing an algorithm for solving it is an exercise of fundamental value in many fields. With so many everyday activities governed by algorithmic principles, the power, precision, reliability and speed of execution demanded by users have transformed the design and...

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A physical and philosophical mediation on why we are drawn to fight each other for sport, what happens to our bodies and brains when we do, and what it all means

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Using the Pi Camera and a Raspberry Pi board, expand and replicate interesting machine learning (ML) experiments.  This book provides a solid overview of ML and a myriad of underlying topics to further explore. Non-technical discussions temper complex technical explanations to make the hottest and most complex topic in the...