K. Mohaideen Abdul Kadhar - Data Science with Raspberry Pi: Real-Time Applications Using a Localized Cloud

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In modern times data can be thought of as a valuable commodity like oil or gold because we can get a lot of useful information from data with the help of some scientific methods, and we can make intelligent decisions based on that information and convert it into money. Data science is the process of extracting knowledge/useful information from the data.

For example, IBM forecasted that the demand for skilled people in data science will increase by 28 percent in 2020. Many industries use data science concepts in different aspects of their business such as checking whether they have achieved their targets, finding the root cause of failures, etc. Recently, data science has been effectively implemented in politics to develop strategies, identify the weak regions, predict the emotions and expectations of the people, etc. Further, local governments utilize the data collected from the people of their town to devise the planning and policies for the development of the town. Data science is also successfully applied in the agricultural domain in areas like drought assessment, crops yield and remote sensing, etc. This shows that the applications related to data science concepts are emerging nowadays across multiple domains.

Most of the recent books have focused on applying data science techniques to some open and standard dataset. This book is specifically about applying data science concepts in the Raspberry Pi board. The Raspberry Pi can act as a single on board computer and can also interact with the real-time environment via sensors as most of the local servers cant do this task.

The book will start with a brief introduction to data science followed by which there will be a dedicated chapter for explaining the concepts of Python starting from the installation of the software to the various data types and modules available. The next two chapters will introduce the readers to Raspberry Pi devices, their hardware description, and the setting up of the devices for gathering real-time data. The next four chapters will deal with the different operations in data science with respect to real time applications using Raspberry Pi hardware. The penultimate chapter of the book will discuss about the concepts that will enable the Raspberry Pi to learn from the data. The last chapter will have few case studies that will give the readers an idea of the range of domains where these concepts can be applied.

First, I wish to thank the almighty Allah for giving me strength and courage in writing this book. Writing a book is more complex than I thought. We struggled many times when developing the content of this book because this book focuses not only the concepts but also on the real-time implementation details on the Raspberry Pi.

My sincere thanks to my family, especially my mom and dad. Without them, I would not have attained this level of achievement.

A very special thanks to my wife Mrs. M. Jashima Parveen for her support and love. She always set me free for writing this book. In my hard times, her support and encouragement gave me strength and courage. I could not have done it without her.

My sincere thanks to chief editor Mr. Aaron Black and book coordinator Ms. Jessica Vakkili for their enormous support. Even when some of the chapters were delayed, they gave their support in developing the contents of the book.

My heartfelt thanks to the management of Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, especially, I thank to my Head of the Department, Dr. R. Sudhakar, Professor, for his encouragement and trust in my work and knowledge.

Last but not least, special thanks to my colleague G. Anand for his support and coordination in writing the book.