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PySpark for Beginners: Beyond the Basics

Take the next step to building real workflows with Spark on your laptop The post PySpark for Beginners: Beyond the Basics appeared first on Towards Data Science .

Towards Data Science
Sep 2

A Practical Introduction to PySpark Window Functions

The article titled "A Practical Introduction to PySpark Window Functions" explains why the standard groupBy function isn’t enough for certain data processing tasks. It introduces PySpark window functions as a more powerful alternative, providing readers with a practical guide to implementing these functions in their data workflows.

By Thomas Reid
arXiv AI
Jul 20

SciForge: An AI-Native, Multimodal Workbench for Scientific Discovery

arXiv:2607. 16038v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Scientific work increasingly spans heterogeneous artifacts -- papers, code, datasets, scientific file formats, model outputs, figures, manuscripts, and team decisions -- yet general-purpose AI assistants rarely preserve these objects as a coherent, auditable research state.

By SciForge Team, Zhangyang Gao, Minghao Fang, Yifei Liu, Hanhui Yang, Xinyu Gu, Shixiang Tang, Siqi Sun, Lei Bai, Cheng Tan, Mengdi Liu, Hao Wu, Shuizhou Chen
Towards Data Science
Aug 4

Using Agents as Tools

Building manager–specialist workflows with the OpenAI Agents SDK The post Using Agents as Tools appeared first on Towards Data Science .

By Shuai Guo
Towards Data Science
Sep 8

A Beginner’s Guide to World Models

The article titled "A Beginner’s Guide to World Models" explains how to simulate reality using Python. It introduces the concept of world models and provides practical guidance for beginners to implement them. The post is published on Towards Data Science.

By Mauro Di Pietro