The Impact Cycle – how to think of actionable insights
The IMPACT Cycle provides a guiding framework for thinking about the steps for being effective analytical consultant, and can be a tool to help you drive effectiveness through your analytical teams.
on Jun 29, 2014 in Analytics Consultant, Business Analytics, Business Strategy, Data Analytics, Jean-Paul Isson
Do you need a Masters Degree to become a Data Scientist?
Leading analytics experts answer the question: "Do you need a Masters Degree to become a Data Scientist?" Read practical tips and interesting commentary.
on Jun 27, 2014 in Data Science Education, Data Scientist, LinkedIn Groups, Master of Science
Interview: Samaneh Moghaddam, Applied Researcher, eBay on Opinion Mining – Typical Projects and Major Challenges
We discuss typical sentiment analysis problems at eBay, underrated challenges, career motivation, important soft skills and more.
on Jun 27, 2014 in Advice, Challenges, eBay, Interview, Samaneh Moghaddam, Skills
Data Science Skills and Business Problems
Discover what skills a data scientist benefits from learning and how the concept of a data scientist, and what businesses expect of them, has developed over time.
on Jun 27, 2014 in Alex Jones, Business Analytics, Data Science Skills, DJ Patil, McKinsey, Unicorn
Domino – A Platform For Modern Data Analysis
Tools that facilitate data science best practices have not yet matured to match their counterparts in the world of software engineering. Domino is a platform built from the ground up to fill in these gaps and accelerate modern analytical workflows.
on Jun 26, 2014 in Business Analytics, Data Analysis, Data Science Platform, Domino, Tools
XLMiner solves Big Data Problems in Excel
XLMiner, a part of Analytic Solver Platform integrated software for predictive and prescriptive analytics - forecasting, data mining, optimization and simulation, lets you solve small or Big Data problems in Excel.
on Jun 26, 2014 in Data Mining, Excel, Forecasting, Optimization, XLMiner
CRN 50 Big Data Business Analytics Companies
We examine CRN top 50 Big Data Business Analytics companies. They are younger (average age is 10), and 44% are founded since 2010.
on Jun 25, 2014 in Big Data, Business Analytics, Companies, CRN
Does Deep Learning Have Deep Flaws?
A recent study of neural networks found that for every correctly classified image, one can generate an "adversarial", visually indistinguishable image that will be misclassified. This suggests potential deep flaws in all neural networks, including possibly a human brain.
on Jun 19, 2014 in Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Google, Image Recognition, Neural Networks
KDnuggets Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science Software Poll – Analyzed
We analyze the results of KDnuggets Software Poll, including correlations between tools, and relationships between commercial, free, and Hadoop/Big Data tools. We identify a potential capability gap. Download anonymized data and analyze it yourself.
on Jun 17, 2014 in Data Mining Software, Hadoop, Poll, R, RapidMiner
Cartoon: Big Data and World Cup Football
New KDnuggets Cartoon takes a fresh look on Big Data insights and World Cup 2014 in Soccer. What should a player do when Big Data predicts his behavior?
on Jun 17, 2014 in Big Data, Cartoon, World Cup
The Cardinal Sin of Data Mining and Data Science: Overfitting
Overfitting leads to public losing trust in research findings, many of which turn out to be false. We examine some famous examples, "the decline effect", Miss America age, and suggest approaches for avoiding overfitting.
on Jun 14, 2014 in Dean Abbott, John Ioannidis, Kirk D. Borne, Overfitting, S&P 500
NYU Data Science Program – Things to Know
Inside summary of NYU Data Science program launched last year, what it is, and what makes it special.
on Jun 13, 2014 in Data Science, Deep Learning, New York-NY, NYU, Ran Bi, Yann LeCun
The Algorithm that Runs the World Can Now Run More of It
The most important algorithm, used for optimizing almost everything, is linear programming. New advances allow linear programming problems to be solved faster using the new commercial parallel simplex solver.
on Jun 13, 2014 in Algorithms, FICO, Linear Programming, Optimization, Qi Huangfu, Simplex
Top 10 Data Analysis Tools for Business
Ten free, easy-to-use, and powerful tools to help you analyze and visualize data, analyze social networks, do optimization, search more efficiently, and solve your data analysis problems.
on Jun 13, 2014 in Data Analysis, Knime, RapidMiner, Tableau, Top 10, Wolfram
Huge Big Data Poster and Reference
A really Big poster "Do You Know Big Data" includes: What it is, Leading tools, What is a Data Scientist, What questions should we ask of databases, Visual techniques, Statistical algorithms, Privacy, and more.
on Jun 12, 2014 in Altamira, Big Data, Bob Gourley, CTOvision, Poster
DLib: Library for Machine Learning
DLib is an open source C++ library implementing a variety of machine learning algorithms, including classification, regression, clustering, data transformation, and structured prediction.
on Jun 10, 2014 in C++, DLib, Machine Learning, Open Source, Tools
The First Law of Data Science: Do Umbrellas Cause Rain?
Michael Brodie on the first law of data science, the role of data curation in Big Data analysis, and Thomas Piketty economic theories.
on Jun 9, 2014 in Causation, Confirmation Bias, Correlation, Data Curation, Michael Brodie, Piketty
KDnuggets 15th Annual Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science Software Poll: RapidMiner Continues To Lead
With over 3,000 data miners taking part in KDnuggets 15th Annual Software Poll, RapidMiner continues to lead. Free software is used much more outside US, and Hadoop usage grows fastest in Asia.
on Jun 7, 2014 in Data Mining Software, Excel, Hadoop, Knime, Poll, Python, R, RapidMiner, SAS, SQL, SQL Server, Weka
Data Lakes vs Data Warehouses
Data Warehouses, traditionally popular for business intelligence tasks, are being replaced by less-structured Data Lakes which allow more flexibility.
on Jun 7, 2014 in Business Intelligence, Data Lakes, Data Science Platform, Data Visualization, Data Warehouse, DataRPM
Data Science Last Mile
This post discusses the Data Science "Last Mile", the final work to take the discovered insights and deliver them a highly usable format or integrate into a specific application.
on Jun 6, 2014 in Alpine, Data Science, Joel Horwitz, Predictive Analytics
Big Data Strategy: Datafication
Datafication of everything enables new ways of creating value and becoming more competitive. Oracle Big Data Strategist Paul Sonderegger explains.
on Jun 5, 2014 in Datafication, Las Vegas-NV, Oracle, Paul Sonderegger, Strategy
OpenNN, An Open Source Library For Neural Networks
OpenNN is an open source class library written in C++ which implements neural networks, and runs on Windows, Apple, or Linux.
on Jun 2, 2014 in Neural Networks, Open Source, OpenNN
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