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• KDD-2012: Data Science, Big Data and Data Mining Leaders gather in Beijing [Meetings] - May 23, 2012.
  Beijing to Welcome Data Science, Big Data and Data Mining Leaders at KDD-2012, 18th Int. ACM Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Conference. The conference will also feature industry Expo, Largest KDD Cup competition, and summer school. Early registration until June 29.
• Manager - Advanced Analytics at Deloitte, National Flexible, Central (Chicago) Preferred [Jobs] - May 23, 2012.
  Developing and managing complex analytical modeling exercises, working with senior leaders to identify new and existing analytical needs, and managing analyses using advanced statistics and data mining techniques to enable better decision making.
• Analytics Executives and Data Scientists Gather in Boston, September 2012 [Meetings] - May 23, 2012.
  Our partners at IEG. would like to invite you to the Advanced Analytics and Big Data Forum on September 13-14 in Boston.
• GATE Open Source Text Mining course, June, U. of Sheffield, UK. [Courses, Events] - May 22, 2012.
  GATE is an open-source text mining framework and a set of free multi-lingual text mining components, including named entity recognition, information extraction, and sentiment analysis.
• Senior Research Fellow at REC Research & Engineering Center, Wroclaw, Poland [Jobs] - May 22, 2012.
  Work on an exciting project entitled "Computational Intelligence Platform for Evolving and Robust Predictive Systems (INFER)" funded by the European Commission.
• Statistics.com online courses on Text Analytics [Courses, Events] - May 21, 2012.
  Text is what makes Big Data big. The Institute for Statistics Education has several courses this summer devoted to text analytics and taught by Dr. Nitin Indurkhya.
• Top KDnuggets tweets, May 16-20: Rise of R, decline of SAS, SPSS in academia; Google fights cancer [Publications] - May 21, 2012.
  Rise of R, decline of SAS, SPSS in academia; How common is your birthday? Google fights cancer; What is your #BigData Score? and more.
• Competitions: Predict personality traits, Psychopathy based on Twitter usage [Competitions] - May 21, 2012.
  The 2 competitions will use anonymised dataset of users, their self assessed personality and psychopathy scores, and 337 variables derived from their Twitter information.
• Top news for May 13-19: New Poll: Analytics, DM, Big Data Software Used? 7 Reasons you need predictive analytics [Features] - May 20, 2012.
  New Poll: Analytics, Data Mining, Big Data Software Used?; 7 Reasons You Need Predictive Analytics; Is There Big Money in Big Data?
  Top jobs: BI Analyst at Sybron Dental; Scientist, Predictive Analytics at Playdom/Disney.
• Chief Algorithm Officer/Data Scientist, no prior healthcare experience required at Allazo Health, Telecommute, Philadelphia, or New York City [Jobs] - May 18, 2012.
  Allazo Health combines behavioral science with data mining and machine learning to help health insurers and pharmacy benefit management companies influence patients to adopt healthier behaviors.
• Hadoop Education is Vital to Big Data Analysis [Publications] - May 18, 2012.
  Hadoop is a key Big Data technology, but to date very few universities have included it in their undergraduate or graduate curriculums
• Angoss KnowledgeSEEKER® and KnowledgeSTUDIO® Version 8.0 New Features [News Briefs] - May 18, 2012.
  New features include Text Analytics - Integration with Lexalytics, in-memory analytics using 64-bit addressing, in-DB module integrated with Oracle, Teradata, SQL Server, Netezza, and more.
• Modeling Engineer at Quantcast, San Francisco, CA [Jobs] - May 17, 2012.
  Modeling Engineers are responsible for tackling Quantcast most persistent and complex data mining and machine learning problems.
• Summer School on Advanced Statistics and Data Mining (Madrid, Jun 25 - Jul 6) [Courses, Events] - May 17, 2012.
  The program includes 12 courses including Bayesian networks, Multivariate data analysis, Feature subset selection, Hot topics in intelligent data analysis, and more.
• Product Labs engineers and scientists at Quantcast, San Francisco, CA [Jobs] - May 17, 2012.
  The Product Labs team, part of our core R&D group, builds products based on mining our data in new and creative ways.
• Data Mining Scientist at Yahoo!, Boca Raton, FL [Jobs] - May 17, 2012.
  Design data modeling/analysis services used to mine enterprise systems and applications for knowledge and information that enhance business processes.
• Postdoc position, Modular Learning Systems at U. of Bristol, UK [Academic] - May 17, 2012.
  Work with Professor Nello Cristianini and his team on an EU funded project concerning the composition of modular learning systems.
• Lavastorm Analytics Free Software Edition [News Briefs] - May 17, 2012.
  Lavastorm Desktop Public Edition brings the proven power of the Lavastorm Analytics Engine to the mass market
• KDnuggets 12:n12, Poll: Analytics, Data Mining, Big Data Software Used? [Publications] - May 17, 2012.
  Latest analytics/data mining news, including Features (7) | Courses, Events (1) | Webcasts (1) | Software (1) | Jobs (6) | Academic (1) | Competitions (3) | Meetings (1) | Publications (2) | NewsBriefs (2) | CFP (12)
• Predictive Analytics World Chicago (Jun 25-26) - experts from top companies - KDnuggets discount [Meetings] - May 16, 2012.
  Listen to experts from top companies, including Allstate, BBC, eBay, HP, Mazda, Microsoft. Attend over 40 sessions, hands-on workshops. Network with peers and top solution providers, and much more, and save with KDnuggets discount.
• Skytree Webinar (May 30): Exploring The Universe with Machine Learning [Webcasts] - May 16, 2012.
  Learn how Canadian astronomers are using Skytree high performance and scalable machine learning system in the cloud.
• Video Series: Big Data and Predictive Analytics [Publications] - May 16, 2012.
  Watch this video series to learn more about Predictive Analytics Drivers & Benefits, Operationalizing Analytics, Predictive Analytics in the Cloud, and more.
• Relevant Data names Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro to Scientific Advisory Board [News Briefs] - May 16, 2012.
  Relevant Data names predictive analytics expert Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, Ph.D., senior technology strategist to Scientific Advisory Board. Relevant Data proprietary search and analytics platform monitors big data streams in real-time.
• New Poll: Analytics, Data Mining, Big Data Software Used? [Features] ( comments) - May 16, 2012.
  New, largest ever, KDnuggets Poll: What analytics, data mining, Big Data software you used in the past 12 months ? Please vote
• Sr. Statistical Analyst, Product Innovation at Netflix, Los Gatos, CA [Jobs] - May 16, 2012.
  A talented statistical analyst to help us optimize our product, an excellent opportunity if you excel in analytic disciplines and are passionate about delighting customers.
• Senior Data Scientist at Netflix, Los Gatos, CA [Jobs] - May 16, 2012.
  An outgoing, curious, interdisciplinary data expert to work as a statistician, data miner, and business analyst across many areas, including financial, operational, web, and consumer behavior.
• Top KDnuggets tweets, May 11-15: DS Hackathon; Genome Platform; Action vs Hackers [Publications] - May 16, 2012.
  Data Science Hackathon in NYC; Yahoo Genome Platform; "Machine Learning in Action" vs "Machine Learning for Hackers"; and more.
• Text Analytics Summit, June 12-13: NASA shares insights on analyzing really big (unstructured) data [Meetings] - May 15, 2012.
  NASA shares insights on analyzing really big (unstructured) data at Text Analytics Summit, June 12-13, Boston. Discount for KDnuggets readers.
• Scientist, Predictive Analytics at Playdom/Disney Interactive Media Group, Palo Alto, CA [Jobs] - May 15, 2012.
  Work with engineers and business owners to prototype and deploy algorithms and quantitative models to improve monetization and operating efficiency across multiple areas of games business
• Yahoo Genome Platform, a Big Data online advertising solution [News Briefs] - May 15, 2012.
  Yahoo! Genome Platform as nothing to do with genomics and everything with advertising - it combines Yahoo! data with interclick third party data and advertisers first party data.
• Online Master of Science in Predictive Analytics at Northwestern [Courses, Events] - May 15, 2012.
  Northwestern MS in Predictive Analytics program can be the path to a promising new leadership career for professionals in virtually any industry.
• Yottamine Analytics in the Cloud [Software] - May 15, 2012.
  Yottamine Analytics delivers fast, accurate predictive models by combining the high scalability of cloud computing with advanced predictive analytics.
• White Paper: 7 Reasons You Need Predictive Analytics [Publications] - May 14, 2012.
  Download this white paper today and discover how you can gain strategic insights about your customers, integrate social data and text analytics, achieve greater relevancy by way of more precisely targeted marketing, and more. Get it now.
• Business Intelligence Analyst at Sybron Dental Specialties, Anaheim, CA [Jobs] - May 14, 2012.
  Are you an innovative and analytical thinker with who loves working directly with users to create business solutions with data? If so, we want to speak with you about an exciting career opportunity!
• PhD positions: Interactive Storytelling, Mining of User Generated Content at KU Leuven, Belgium [Academic] - May 14, 2012.
  Two open PhD positions towards a PhD in Engineering Computer Science at KU Leuven, Belgium, financed for 4 years by prestigious projects. Apply by May 21.
• Challenge: Identify Private vs. Public Information on Massive Scale [Competitions] - May 14, 2012.
  Propose a trustworthy mechanism to distinguish private vs. public information in a massive stream of online information. Deadline: May 21
• Top news for May 6-12: New online certificates in Data Mining; Largest dataset analyzed [Features] - May 13, 2012.
  Stanford: New Online Certificates in Data Mining, Stats; Poll Results: Largest Dataset Analyzed; Analytics to predict crime?
  Top jobs: Researchers at Huawei Noah Ark Lab, Hong Kong; Analytics Solutions Architect at Predixion Software, telecommute.
• May 24-25: Salford Analytics and Data Mining Conference: Visa, Capital One, more [Meetings] - May 12, 2012.
  In-Flight Scoring, Fraud Detection, Transformation Prediction - Don't miss Visa and Capital One at the Salford Analytics and Data Mining Conference!
• Data Modeling/Management Specialist at InGrain, Houston, TX [Jobs] - May 12, 2012.
  InGrain is commercializing ground breaking technology to provide rock properties by numerical simulation, and provides oil and gas companies with comprehensive and accurate measurements of reservoir rock properties.
• Crowdanalytix contest: Predicting the Euro 2012 Soccer (Football) Winners [Competitions] - May 11, 2012.
  Develop an algorithm that can predict the ranking & outcome of each of the participating nations playing in the Euro 2012 Soccer (Football) championship.
• Is There Big Money in Big Data? [Features] ( comments) - May 11, 2012.
  Many entrepreneurs foresee vast profits in mining data from online activity and mobile devices. One Wharton business school professor strongly disagrees.
• Top KDnuggets tweets, May 7-10: 2-minute R tutorials; Tawlk: Real-time search of social media [Publications] - May 11, 2012.
  Including 90 two-minute R tutorials, Tawlk: new tool for real-time search of social media, "Analyzing Big Data with Twitter" course at UC Berkeley, and more.
• VAST Challenge 2012: Big Data Visualization [Competitions] - May 10, 2012.
  How do you visualize a network with 1M computers so that you can perceive its state and identify problems? How to identify unusual events occuring in one of regional offices?
• Sales Strategy & Operations Analyst at Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Stamford, CT [Jobs] - May 10, 2012.
  Help drive sales strategy, customer-facing initiatives, and performance management support across the global Starwood Sales Organization; support leadership team with data analysis to solve business problems.
• KDnuggets 12:n11, Largest Dataset Analyzed; Analytics to prevent crime? Google BigQuery [Publications] - May 10, 2012.
  Latest analytics/data mining news, including Features (5) | Courses, Events (3) | Software (3) | Jobs (5) | Academic (2) | Competitions (2) | Publications (7) | NewsBriefs (4) | CFP (9)

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