Additions to KDnuggets Directory in October

In Companies » Bioinformatics

• IxioLabs, developing novel products and platforms in Dermatology and Cosmetics, using computational modeling of biological processes based on big complex data. Spain.

In Companies » Consulting

• Hybridstat Predictive Analytics, consulting, statistical analysis, and data mining for biological, clinical, social or business problems. Greece.

In Datasets

• Azure Data Marketplace (Microsoft)
• data.com (Salesforce.com)
• DataMarket.com
• InfoChimps, Data Marketplace and Big Data Platform

In Education » Certificates

• INFORMS Analytics Certification, coming April 2013.
• U. of Washington Certificate in Data Science, Seattle, WA, USA.

In Meetings

• Nov 13-14, 10th Text Analytics Summit West, San Francisco, CA, USA. B
• Nov 14, Chief Data Scientist Summit, Chicago, IL, USA. B
• Nov 15-16, Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit, Chicago, IL, USA. B
• Nov 15-16, Business Intelligence Innovation Summit, Chicago, IL, USA. B
• Nov 26-27, Advanced Analytics & Big Data Forum, Mumbai, India. B
• Dec 10-11, Data Informed Live!, San Jose, CA, USA. B
• Jan 30-31, 2013 Business Analytics Innovation Summit, Las Vegas, NV, USA. B
• Jan 30-31, 2013 Big Data Innovation Summit, Las Vegas, NV, USA. B
• Feb 26-28, 2013 Strata Conference, Making Data Work, Santa Clara, CA. B
• Apr 8-10, 2013 BigData TechCon, features practical how-to classes and workshops. Boston, MA, USA. B
• Jun 11-12, 2013 PAW: Predictive Analytics World, Chicago, IL, USA. B
• Jun 26-29, 2013 The 5th Mexican Conference on Pattern Recognition (MCPR2013), Queretaro, Mexico. R
• July 29-31, 2013 2nd Int. Conference on Data Technologies and Applications (DATA 2013), Reykjavik, Iceland. R
• Oct 28-30, 2013 Strata Conference + Hadoop World, Making Data Work, New York, NY, USA. B

In Software » Neural Network approaches

• GMDH Shell, creates classifiers based on GMDH-type neural networks.

In Software » Estimation and Forecasting

• GMDH Shell, forecasting software that creates predictive models based on artificial neural networks.