The Download 05: 9 New Datasets, Balyasny Invests in Data Company, Challenges for Geo-Location Data

Update Balyasny invests in geo-location alternative data provider, Cubiq.(Integrity Research)
Update Geo-location data provider, Reveal Mobile, is facing challenges for receiving unauthorized user data from AccuWeather. (ZeroDay, TechCrunch)
- Removed Tutela, another mobile data company, discontinued selling data to investors.
Update YipitData launches new datasets for Camping World (CWH), FedEx (FDX) and China Education (EDU, TAL).
Update Meltwater acquires AI news tracker Algo, bolstering its analytical capabilities for investment research. (Integrity Research)
Added Skopos Labs uses machine learning to predict federal/state legislation outcomes.
Added Tailwind uses aircraft to fly under clouds to collect high-resolution aerial imagery.
Other new providers:
- Added Alternative Data Group - data consultant.
- Added Finweavers - alternative data marketplace.
- Added Omytis - consultant for alternative data in emerging markets.

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Web scraped listings help predict a decline in US retail employment. (Financial Times)
Verified list of 140 alternative data providers, and counting. (AlternativeData.org)
Data "gold rush" continues amidst different concerns for data sources. (Financial Times)
NYU is starting a data science Ph.D. program in September. “The university plans to ramp up its Ph.D. program to include 50 to 100 students in five years. Newly minted doctorates stand to make a lot of money -- $200,000 plus a bonus -- at a hedge fund, estimated Adam Zoia, head of recruiting firm Glocap.” (Information Management)
NYU Computer Science Professor, Anasse Bari, shares how he prepares students to become data scientists and how predictive analytics delivers value to hedge funds. (Predictive Analytics World)
How learning SQL made me a better analyst. (Forbes)

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