Using data science and machine learning for improved customer support

In this blog post, the author discusses three data science tricks that have been used to solve real problems for customer support groups and customers. These include language classification, fuzzy string matching, and threat identification. The author emphasizes the importance of refining data before processing it through machine learning algorithms to achieve improved results without changing the underlying strategies. They also highlight how understanding the limits of a given classification algorithm can help develop an approach that complements it. Additionally, they share their experience with optimizing fuzzy string matching approaches and using multiple dimensions for threat identification. The author concludes by stating that data science techniques have significantly improved their ability to build new functionality and highlights the importance of preprocessing data in optimizing processing pipelines.