This book is for intermediate Python developers who want to engage with the use of public APIs to collect data from social media platforms and perform statistical analysis in order to produce useful insights from data. The book assumes a basic understanding of the Python Standard Library and provides practical examples to guide you toward the creation of your data analysis project based on social data.

If you are a programmer or a data analyst familiar with the Python programming language and want to perform analyses of your social data to acquire valuable business insights, this book is for you. The book does not assume any prior knowledge of any data analysis tool or process.

If you are a programmer who wants to get started with data mining, then this book is for you.

作者简介： Robert Layton 计算机科学博士，网络犯罪问题和文本分析方面的专家。多年来一直热衷于Python编程，参与过scikit-learn库等很多开源库的开发，曾担任2014年度“谷歌编程之夏”项目导师。他曾与全球几大数据挖掘公司密切合作，挖掘真实数据并研发相关应用。他的公司dataPipeline为多个行业提供数据挖掘和数据分析解决方案。 译者简介： 杜春晓 英语语言文学学士，软件工程硕士。其他译著有《电子达人——我的第一本Raspberry Pi入门手册》《Python数据分析》。新浪微博：@宜_生。

作者简介： Robert Layton 计算机科学博士，网络犯罪问题和文本分析方面的专家。多年来一直热衷于Python编程，参与过scikit-learn库等很多开源库的开发，曾担任2014年度“谷歌编程之夏”项目导师。他曾与全球几大数据挖掘公司密切合作，挖掘真实数据并研发相关应用。他的公司dataPipeline为多个行业提供数据挖掘和数据分析解决方案。 译者简介： 杜春晓 英语语言文学学士，软件工程硕士。其他译著有《电子达人——我的第一本Raspberry Pi入门手册》《Python数据分析》。新浪微博：@宜_生。

This book is for data scientists who are already familiar with some basic data mining techniques such as SQL and machine learning, and who are comfortable with Python. If you are ready to learn some more advanced techniques in data mining in order to become a data mining expert, this is the book for you!

Lei Tang（唐磊） 2010年于亚利桑那州立大学获博士学位，现为雅虎实验室研究员。他的研究方向包括：社会计算、数据挖掘和社会媒体挖掘，尤其是混杂网络的关系学习、群体进化、特征抽取和影响建模以及社会媒体中的集体行为建模与预测。他是ACM和IEEE会员。 Huan Liu（刘欢） 南加州大学获博士学位，现为亚利桑那州立大学计算机科学与工程教授。他的研究方向包括：数据/网络挖掘、机器学习、社会计算、人工智能等。他是社会计算、行为建模和预测（SBP）国际会议/专题研讨会（http://sbp.asu.edu/）的发起者，同时是AAAI、ACM、ASEE和IEEE的会员。

Lei Tang（唐磊） 2010年于亚利桑那州立大学获博士学位，现为雅虎实验室研究员。他的研究方向包括：社会计算、数据挖掘和社会媒体挖掘，尤其是混杂网络的关系学习、群体进化、特征抽取和影响建模以及社会媒体中的集体行为建模与预测。他是ACM和IEEE会员。 Huan Liu（刘欢） 南加州大学获博士学位，现为亚利桑那州立大学计算机科学与工程教授。他的研究方向包括：数据/网络挖掘、机器学习、社会计算、人工智能等。他是社会计算、行为建模和预测（SBP）国际会议/专题研讨会（http://sbp.asu.edu/）的发起者，同时是AAAI、ACM、ASEE和IEEE的会员。

OpenCV is considered to be one of the best open source computer vision and machine learning software libraries. It helps developers build complete projects in relation to image processing, motion detection, or image segmentation, among many others. OpenCV for Python enables you to run computer vision algorithms smoothly in real time, combining the best of the OpenCV C++ API and the Python language.In this book, you'll get started by setting up OpenCV and delving into the key concepts of computer vision. You'll then proceed to study more advanced concepts and discover the full potential of OpenCV. The book will also introduce you to the creation of advanced applications using Python and OpenCV, enabling you to develop applications that include facial recognition, target tracking, or augmented reality. Next, you'll learn machine learning techniques and concepts, understand how to apply them in real-world examples, and also explore their benefits, including real-time data production and faster data processing. You'll also discover how to translate the functionality provided by OpenCV into optimized application code projects using Python bindings. Toward the concluding chapters, you'll explore the application of artificial intelligence and deep learning techniques using the popular Python libraries TensorFlow, and Keras.By the end of this book, you'll be able to develop advanced computer vision applications to meet your customers' demands.

This book is designed for business analysts, BI analysts, data scientists, or junior level data analysts who are ready to move from a conceptual understanding of advanced analytics to an expert in designing and building advanced analytics solutions using Python. You’re expected to have basic development experience with Python.