Top KDnuggets tweets, Oct 11-14:
Excel 2010 for analytics; What is Data Science ?

1. Excel 2010 for analytics: larger data size, many functions, power pivot, Data Analysis Expressions bit.ly/RR2Pjg
2. "What is Data Science ? The Art of Turning Data into Insights and Products", Manu Sharma, Data Scientist at LinkedIn bit.ly/SOBhvE
3. NASA, NSF, DOE Launch Big Data Challenge bit.ly/Rcl7bS
4. 2 new books: "The Half-Life of Facts" and "The Signal and The Noise" say algorithms can't replace human judgment bit.ly/UQU2BN
5. from DataWeek: Data Science at LinkedIn, Innovation and Insights at Scale bit.ly/SOBhvE
6. Fresh Air talks to a leading statistician Nate Silver about his book, The Signal and The Noise bit.ly/RhnCJW
7. Political Data Mining: You don't want your analytical efforts to be obvious because voters get creeped out nyti.ms/P2sLKq
8. Telefonica Digital Insights will offer analytical insights based on users anonymised location data. bit.ly/Qa3jgG
9. Is Big Data a Big Ruse? Stephen Few and James Kobielus fight it out, Neil Raden referees bit.ly/QlVOFN
10. SFBay ACM talk: Netflix Recommendations: Beyond the 5 Stars, by Xavier Amatriain, Oct 22, Mountain View, CA bit.ly/OVZ4dS

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Troy McConaghy, @TroyMc Astronomers have star parties; Statisticians have R parties.