new book! big thanks to leslie hendrix and @BigDataMetrics for taking this material to the next level
Congrats to @MattTaddy, VP of Amazon’s Private Brands business, who co-authored “Modern Business Analytics”—a primer for using #datascience to make business decisions—with @BigDataMetrics and Leslie Hendrix, a @UofSC associate professor. #EconTwitter amzn.to/3yDDeG2
proud of this launch and all programs we're working on that contribute to a more sustainable future. Amazon Aware products use materials such as recycled polyester, organic cotton, and bio-based ingredients and have 3P certifications featured in our #ClimatePledgeFriendly program
Our retail team continues to make it easier for customers to shop more-sustainable products in our store.
Check out Amazon Aware, a new line of everyday essentials certified in our #ClimatePledge Friendly program. amzn.to/3IEVkJZ
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Amazon's Newest In-House Brand Has Eco-Friendly Fashion, Home, and Beauty Essentials for as Little as $6 people.com/fashion/amazon-aw…
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ICYMI: @LihongLi20, a senior principal applied scientist in the @AmazonAds team, is developing reinforcement learning techniques to improve outcomes for customers on the Amazon Store. Learn more: amazon.science/working-at-am… #AmazonScience
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10 years ago today, Amazon launched DynamoDB which @Werner described as a “fast, highly reliable and cost-effective" database service. @SwamiSivasubram reflects on DynamoDB's origins, and the journey to make it more secure & available. @awscloud #AWS amazon.science/latest-news/a…
this is a great interview
As @ASSAMeeting begins, Amazon Scholar David Card and Amazon academic research consultant Guido Imbens discuss the past and future of empirical economics — the topic that won them shares of the 2021 @NobelPrize in economics. #NobelPrize #ASSA2022 amazon.science/latest-news/a…
This was a super fun project that forced us to think hard about what we really wanted to measure in the patent text. Cool to see it in print.
In today's #ChartOfTheWeek, Bryan Kelly, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Amit Seru, and @MattTaddy develop a new way to identify technological breakthroughs that uses natural language processing techniques to find textual connections among patents. aeaweb.org/research/charts/b…
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The new program from @AmazonAds offers two-year, full-time positions for recent PhD graduates who want to innovate, publish, and have their work impact millions of customers. The application deadline is May 14th. Find out how to apply: amzn.to/2OoGU9Y #AmazonAdvertising
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Rina Foygel Barber of The University of Chicago is the 2020 recipient of the prestigious COPSS Presidents' Award. Read an interview with her: magazine.amstat.org/blog/202…
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Why a lack of diversity hurts economics—and economists: amazon.science/why-a-lack-of… #AmazonScience #HowardForward
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Amazon to sponsor Howard University summer program aimed at increasing pipeline of minority economists: amazon.science/latest-news/a…
#AmazonScience #HowardForward #EconTwitter
Scalable Testing for Coronavirus blog.aboutamazon.com/company…
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Today's visits by our founder and CEO @JeffBezos to say thank you to Amazon fulfillment center and @WholeFoods employees. We're all incredibly proud of the thousands of our colleagues working on the front lines to get critical goods to people everywhere during this crisis.
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Prime Minister Trudeau says the federal government has a deal with Amazon Canada to distribute personal protective equipment to the provinces and territories. More here: ctv.news/gUkaUpV
Customer obsessed science! amazon.science/business-data…
Bummed I can’t make it to #NeurIPS2019 this week (it’s a very busy time in the getting stuff to people biz) but check out co-authors at nips.cc/Conferences/2019/Sch… (work done while all authors were at @MSFTResearch).
I’m hiring for some very cool science and engineering jobs in both Seattle and Vancouver. I won’t be able to join at NeurIPS next week, but plenty of Amazonians will be there and if you want to chat about why working here is awesome DM me for contact. amazon.jobs/en-gb/jobs/80102…
For those using biz DS for teaching in winter quarter/semester, here’s a great deal on bulk orders porchlightbooks.com/product/…
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Now available, free for ACM Members: "Business Data Science: Combining Machine Learning and Economics to Optimize, Automate, and Accelerate Business Decisions," by @MattTaddy. This primer includes a wealth of real-world examples throughout. bit.ly/2qwb4f3
