{"id":166848,"date":"2023-02-20T12:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liora.io\/en\/?p=166848"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:55:22","slug":"kaggle-all-about-this-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liora.io\/en\/kaggle-all-about-this-platform","title":{"rendered":"Kaggle : All you need to know about this platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<b>If you&#8217;ve been doing data science for a while you&#8217;ve probably heard of Kaggle. And you haven&#8217;t, it won&#8217;t be long now. Let&#8217;s take a look at what Kaggle is and why it&#8217;s become an indispensable tool in the world of data science!<\/b>\n\n<br \/>\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]&gt;a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}\n<h3>What is Kaggle?<\/h3>\nKaggle is a <strong><a href=\"\/\">web platform<\/a><\/strong> that hosts the world&#8217;s largest Data Science community, with over <b>536,000 active members in 194 countries<\/b> and receives nearly 150,000 submissions per month, and provides it with powerful tools and resources to help achieve all data science advancements. Kaggle, like <b>Liora<\/b>, offers a customizable, configuration-free<b> Jupyter Notebooks environment<\/b>. GPUs and a large amount of data and code published by the community are <b>freely available<\/b>. Inside Kaggle, you&#8217;ll find all the code and data you need to complete your data science projects. There are over <b>50,000 public datasets and 400,000 public notebooks<\/b> available for everyone to use.&nbsp;\n\nThis platform is trusted by some of the largest Data Science companies in the world, such as <b>Walmart <\/b>or <b>Facebook<\/b>. The platform allows <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/liora.io\/en\/how-to-become-a-data-scientist\">data scientists<\/a><\/strong> and other developers to participate in machine learning contests or data challenges, <b>write and share code<\/b>, and host datasets.&nbsp;\n\nThe topics covered on Kaggle are extremely diverse, ranging from trying to <b>predict the onset of cancer<\/b> by examining patient records to <b>analyzing the sentiment of movie reviews<\/b>. The platform offers interesting and challenging projects where contributors can learn and practice, and <b>offers discussions<\/b> with industry leaders and experts.&nbsp;\n\nIn summary, on Kaggle a user can:\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Find and publish databases<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explore and build models on a web-enabled environment<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Work with other professionals and enthusiasts<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Compete to challenge each other on innovative topics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex is-content-justification-center\"><div class=\"wp-block-button \"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button \" href=\"\/en\/courses\/data-ai\/\">Learn to use Kaggle<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<br \/>\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(&#8211;spacer-size)}.e-con{&#8211;container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner&gt;.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con&gt;.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(&#8211;container-widget-width,var(&#8211;spacer-size));&#8211;align-self:var(&#8211;container-widget-align-self,initial);&#8211;flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner&gt;.elementor-widget-spacer&gt;.elementor-widget-container,.e-con-inner&gt;.elementor-widget-spacer&gt;.elementor-widget-container&gt;.elementor-spacer,.e-con&gt;.elementor-widget-spacer&gt;.elementor-widget-container,.e-con&gt;.elementor-widget-spacer&gt;.elementor-widget-container&gt;.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner&gt;.elementor-widget-spacer&gt;.elementor-widget-container&gt;.elementor-spacer&gt;.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con&gt;.elementor-widget-spacer&gt;.elementor-widget-container&gt;.elementor-spacer&gt;.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(&#8211;container-widget-height,var(&#8211;spacer-size))}\n<h3>Kaggle Competitions : What are we talking about?<\/h3>\nCompetitions are the mainstay of the Kaggle platform. They allow you to <b>challenge yourself by having rankings<\/b> as a performance benchmark and motivating factor. Although there is a competitive emulation, <b>the community is always benevolent<\/b> and your questions are welcome, the goal being to push data science innovations. Competitions are of 4 different types:\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Sponsored <\/b>: They are sponsored by companies, associations and even governments, with big prizes at stake.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Research <\/b>: They are research oriented and the prizes are much smaller.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Hiring<\/b> : Rarer, these competitions have a job offer by the sponsoring company at the end.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Affordable <\/b>: These competitions have no prizes, but they are tailored for new users with accessible topics and easily interpretable data. You can join at any time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<br \/>\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=&#8221;.svg&#8221;]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/liora.io\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/02\/Kaggle-competitions.png\" alt=\"Kaggle competitions\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<h3>How could I start using Kaggle?<\/h3>\nNow that you&#8217;re convinced of the value of Kaggle and you want to start practicing ? Here are some tips on how you can successfully join this community :\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Advance gradually<\/b> : The best way to get better is to go slowly but surely, starting with simple topics with easily interpretable data.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Get inspired by the codes with the most votes<\/b>: Kaggle offers for each competition a ranking of the &#8220;best&#8221; codes. These notebooks are often well explained and progressive.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Do not hesitate to use the forum <\/b>: As with <b>Liora training<\/b>, Kaggle offers a forum to ask for help from other users. There are no stupid questions and Kagglers are often very happy to answer other <b>enthusiasts<\/b>.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Work alone<\/b> : It is important to focus on yourself, to really challenge yourself and then work in a team to push the limits of your knowledge.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"\/en\/courses\/data-ai\/\"><strong>Follow the Data<\/strong><strong>scientest trainings<\/strong><\/a> to fully understand the concepts and become a professional <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/liora.io\/en\/data-scientist-vs-data-analyst-what-are-the-main-differences\">Data Scientist or Analyst<\/a><\/strong> !<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nPracticing data science can be technically challenging and Kaggle has <b>changed the landscape of data science<\/b> since 2010 by providing an accessible and comprehensive platform. The wide range of difficulties allows for content of all levels and for all tastes.&nbsp;\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex is-content-justification-center\"><div class=\"wp-block-button \"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button \" href=\"\/en\/courses\/data-ai\/\">Start a Data Science courses<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been doing data science for a while you&#8217;ve probably heard of Kaggle. And you haven&#8217;t, it won&#8217;t be long now. Let&#8217;s take a look at what Kaggle is and why it&#8217;s become an indispensable tool in the world of data science! .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]&gt;a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} What is Kaggle? 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