Books - Luca Massaron

Machine Learning for Tabular Data: XGBoost, Deep Learning, and AI

Authors: Mark Ryan, Luca Massaron

Publisher: Manning, 2025

Summary: Highly relevant for real-world business problems where structured (tabular) data is king. It bridges the gap between traditional tree-based models and modern deep learning for tables.

Tech: XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost, Deep Learning (TabNet, Neural Networks), TensorFlow, PyTorch, Vertex AI.

Translations: Chinese, Russian

Ratings and Reviews: 4.5 Amazon | 4.00 Goodreads

The Kaggle Workbook: Self-learning exercises and valuable insights for Kaggle data science competitions

Authors: Konrad Banachewicz, Luca Massaron

Publisher: Packt, 2023

Summary: A practical companion to The Kaggle Book, offering hands-on exercises to practice the "grandmaster" techniques used in competitive data science.

Tech: Python, Jupyter Notebooks, Kaggle API, Scikit-learn, Pandas.

Translations: Japanese

Ratings and Reviews: 4.2 Amazon | 4.63 Goodreads

The Kaggle Book, 2nd ed

Authors: Luca Massaron, Bojan Tunguz, Konrad Banachewicz

Publisher: Packt, 2022, 2025

Summary: Considered the definitive guide to competitive machine learning, condensing the knowledge of Grandmasters into strategies for feature engineering, validation, and ensembling.

Tech: Python, XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost, Autoencoders, CNNs, RNNs, Kaggle platform.

Translations: Japanese, Korean, Russian

Ratings and Reviews: 4.4 Amazon | 4.27 Goodreads

Machine Learning Using TensorFlow Cookbook

Authors: Alexia Audevart, Konrad Banachewicz, Luca Massaron

Publisher: Packt, 2021

Machine Learning Using TensorFlow Cookbook

Summary: A "recipe-based" guide to solving specific ML problems using the TensorFlow framework, useful for developers who need quick, copy-pasteable solutions.

Tech: Python, TensorFlow 2.x, Keras, CNNs, RNNs, Reinforcement Learning.

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Data Science Programming All-In-One For Dummies

Authors: John Paul Mueller, Luca Massaron

Publisher: Wiley, 2020

Data Science Programming All-In-One For Dummies

Summary: A comprehensive entry-level compendium that combines multiple "books" into one, covering the entire data science pipeline from math to coding.

Tech: Python, R, SQL, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn.

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Marketing Artificial Intelligence (AI) for dummies

Authors: Luca Massaron

Publisher: Wiley / Dataiku, 2019

Summary: Bridging the gap between technical AI and marketing strategy, this is relevant for stakeholders who need to understand how to apply ML to customer segmentation and churn.

Tech: AI Concepts, Predictive Analytics, Customer Clustering (High-level conceptual focus).

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Deep Learning For Dummies

Authors: John Paul Mueller, Luca Massaron

Publisher: Wiley, 2019

Summary: Demystifies deep neural networks for beginners, making complex topics like backpropagation and convolutions accessible without heavy math.

Tech: Python, Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Neural Networks.

Translations: German

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Artificial Intelligence For Dummies, 3rd ed

Authors: John Paul Mueller, Luca Massaron, Stephanie Diamond

Publisher: Wiley, 2018, 2021, 2024

Artificial Intelligence For Dummies 3rd ed

Artificial Intelligence For Dummies - German

Artificial Intelligence For Dummies - Italian

Artificial Intelligence For Dummies - Russian

Summary: A foundational overview of what AI actually is (vs. the hype), covering its history, uses, and ethical implications. The 2024 edition includes Generative AI updates.

Tech: AI Concepts, Logic, Search Algorithms, Generative AI (LLMs).

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Tensorflow Deep Learning Projects

Authors: Alexia Audevart, Pierre Geurts, et al.

Publisher: Packt, 2018

Tensorflow Deep Learning Projects - Korean

Summary: Project-based learning for those who prefer "learning by doing." It builds roughly 10 different apps to demonstrate TF capabilities.

Tech: Python, TensorFlow 1.x (Legacy), Keras, CNNs, GANs.

Translations: Korean

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Python Programming, B&N Edition

Authors: John Paul Mueller, Luca Massaron

Publisher: Wiley, 2017

Summary: A guide to learn for learning procedural, object- oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles using powerful programming language, it shows how to take advantage of Python programming to acquire, organize, process, and analyze large amounts of information

Tech: Python, Data Structures.

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Algorithms For Dummies, 2nd ed

Authors: John Paul Mueller, Luca Massaron

Publisher: Wiley, 2017, 2022

Summary: Essential for understanding the logic behind the code. It covers sorting, searching, and graph algorithms which are often asked in technical interviews.

Tech: Python, Algorithmic Logic, Big O Notation, Data Structures.

Translations: German, French

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Machine Learning For Dummies, 3rd ed

Authors: John Paul Mueller, Luca Massaron

Publisher: Wiley, 2016, 2021, 2025

Summary: One of the most popular introductory books for ML, focusing on making the math approachable and the coding practical.

Tech: Python, R, Scikit-learn.

Translations: German, French, Dutch, Portoguese

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Large Scale Machine Learning with Python

Authors: Bastiaan Sjardin, Luca Massaron, et al.

Publisher: Packt, 2016

Large Scale Machine Learning with Python

Summary: Focuses on the crucial problem of "Big Data"—how to scale ML models when the dataset doesn't fit in memory.

Tech: Python, Scikit-learn (out-of-core learning), Spark, Hadoop, MapReduce.

Translations: Korean

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Regression Analysis with Python

Authors: Luca Massaron, Alberto Boschetti

Publisher: Packt, 2016

Summary: a Deep dive into the most fundamental statistical technique. Useful for those specializing in financial forecasting or strictly numerical analysis.

Tech: Python, Statsmodels, Scikit-learn, Pandas.

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