KDnuggets™ News 09:n23, Dec 2

New Poll: Industries / Fields where you applied Data Mining in 2009? - Nov 28, 2009.
please vote on www.KDnuggets.com
KDnuggets RSS Feed - subscribe now - Nov 30, 2009.
How many books data miners buy? Nov 25, 2009.
The median answer was 2 books, and average 2.5 books. See also KDnuggets pages for Introductory Data Mining Books and Professional Data Mining Books
CSNA Distinguished Dissertation Award Nominations, due Feb 1. Nov 24, 2009.
The Classification Society Distinguished Dissertation Award supported by Chapman and Hall/CRC
Most viewed items from KDnuggets 09:n22, Nov 22, 2009.
1. PMML and Open Source Data Mining - Predictive Analytics on the go!
Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Data Mining and KM - Dec 1, 2009.
This 2 year course is based in 6 universities in 4 countries: France, Romania, Italy, and Spain

Data Mining: Levels I, II & III (Dec, Las Vegas; Feb, Orlando) - Dec 1, 2009.
Learn how experts mine data in Las Vegas or Orlando. The next offerings of The Modeling Agency's vendor-neutral, application-oriented data mining course series are Dec 7-11 in Las Vegas, and Feb 8-12 in Orlando

Supervisor - Inventory Control at HSN, Roanoke, VA. Nov 25, 2009.
daily cycle counting, inventory reconciliations and providing accuracy data to the Inventory Control and DC Management Teams
Quantitative Java Developer at LYZ Capital Advisors LLC, Stamford, CT. Nov 24, 2009.
We invite applications from motivated IT professionals to develop cutting-edge trading systems, risk management systems, and portfolio analytics tools.
Product Head - Loyalty Analytics at Manthan Systems, Bangalore (India), UK, USA. Nov 24, 2009.
This role demands entrepreneurial qualities to organically grow this line of business while owning P&L responsibility
Regional Sales Director at KXEN, Multiple Locations across the United States. Nov 23, 2009.
develop opportunities, demonstrate, advise on, promote and sell KXEN's software.

Postdoc in Bioinformatics at U. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA. Nov 23, 2009.
work on datamining method and tool development in genomics, proteomics, and/or drug discovery, and collaborate on several visible and productive NIH funded projects.

Book: Data Preparation for Data Mining - download available - Nov 30, 2009.
by Dorian Pyle, Morgan Kaufmann, 1999, PDF, 560 pages, 5 MB.
NYTimes: Can SAS adapt to increased competition? - Nov 29, 2009.
At a Software Powerhouse, the Good Life Is Under Siege
Q&A With Avinash Kaushik, Google Analytics Evangelist & Customer Insight Guru - Nov 28, 2009.
The most important part of my role is that I am a small part of larger effort to create a data democracy in the online world.
Predicting Holiday Sales 2009 Nov 19, 2009.
New Foundation Confronts Offshoring Cover-Up, Nov 21, 2009.
Market Research Clients and Providers Call for Transparency in Data Collection and Analytics Offshoring Practices

Predictive Analytics World, Feb 16-17, San Francisco - Dec 1, 2009.
Predictive Analytics World is the business-focused event for predictive analytics professionals, managers and commercial practitioners - special offer for KDnuggets readers
Call For Participation � EGC�2010, Jan 26-29, Tunisia - Nov 26, 2009.
6th Annual Text Analytics Conference in Boston, Nov 21, 2009.
will be held 25 - 26 May 2010, Radisson Hotel, Boston, MA, USA

ORNL, partners helping scientists deal with data deluge - Nov 28, 2009.
DataONE (http://dataone.org) is a global data access and preservation network
Indian analytics company Manthan Systems raises $15M. Nov 25, 2009.
Manthan plans to use funding to target leadership position in Retail Business Intelligence & Analytics
Next-Generation Marketing Insights: New Company Launch, Nov 21, 2009.
IBM Launches Business Analytics Cloud, Nov 19, 2009.

Do Mental Arithmetic With Frequencies, Not Proportions

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