Latest Data Mining, Analytics, and Big Data News, Jobs, Software, Courses, and more en-us Copyright 2013 KDnuggets http://www.kdnuggets.com/ Continuum Analytics released Wakari, an easy-to-use, cloud-based, collaborative Python environment for analyzing, exploring and visualizing large data sets. http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/wakari-continuum-in-browser-data-analytics-environment.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/wakari-continuum-in-browser-data-analytics-environment.html While Tableau is very much in the news, here are 7 Data Visualization companies you might not know about. http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/7-data-visualization-companies-you-might-not-know.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/7-data-visualization-companies-you-might-not-know.html Is #BigData like teenage sex? Everyone talks about it, nobody knows how to do it; Must read: On #BigData, Data Intelligence, the Mathematics of War; Data scientists don't scale - can you empower knowledge workers to do #BigData analytics? ; Open Data Stack Exchange, it is like Stackoverflow for Open Data http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/top-tweets-may22-may23.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/top-tweets-may22-may23.html Working on a new and challenging process mining project in collaboration with SAP,l on detailed analysis of data in enterprise systems, evaluation of existing techniques in such settings, and the enhancement of process mining techniques. Apply by June 25. http://www.kdnuggets.com/academic/13/05-24-tu-eindhoven-process-mining-sap.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/academic/13/05-24-tu-eindhoven-process-mining-sap.html SiSense in-chip columnar database turns any machine into data monster, says Bruno Aziza! 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Exclusive Tom HC Anderson Interview; @kdnuggets voted Top Big Data Tweeter; Also Features (11) | Software (1) | Webcasts (4) | Courses, Events (2) | Jobs (11) | Academic (1) | Competitions (3) | Publications (5) | Tweets (6) | NewsBriefs (1) | CFP (26) http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/pub-kdnuggets-13-n13-top-big-data-twitter-tomhcanderson-statistics-more-important.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/pub-kdnuggets-13-n13-top-big-data-twitter-tomhcanderson-statistics-more-important.html Learn how to get started with predictive modeling and overcome strategic and tactical limitations that cause data mining projects to fall short of their potential. Next webinar is Jun 12. http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/tma-webinar-data-mining-failure-to-launch-jun12.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/tma-webinar-data-mining-failure-to-launch-jun12.html The Big Data Republic judges voted for the must-follow tweeters from the #BigData100 list, and the top accounts were @kdnuggets, @kirkdborne, @revodavid, @hmason, and @sethgrimes. See the full list http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/kdnuggets-voted-best-big-data-twitter-account.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/kdnuggets-voted-best-big-data-twitter-account.html Get up to speed in data mining faster and more effectively than with any other training program available. Next courses in Denver, CO and San Jose, CA. http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/tma-predictive-analytics-data-mining-courses-denver-june-sanjose-august.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/tma-predictive-analytics-data-mining-courses-denver-june-sanjose-august.html Check these top-read articles from the inaugural issue of the Big Data journal (open access). http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/big-data-journal-top-articles-open-access.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/big-data-journal-top-articles-open-access.html Join NineSigma, GE and NFL for May 22 webinar to learn more about this $10 million challenge for methods that enable more accurate diagnoses of mild brain injury and prognosis for recovery. Submissions due July 1. http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/ge-nfl-10m-challenge-diagnosis-prognosis-brain-injuries.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/ge-nfl-10m-challenge-diagnosis-prognosis-brain-injuries.html See case studies how leading organizations deploy predictive analytics, get inspiration from keynotes, including Rayid Ghani, Chief Data Scientist for Obama for America, increase your knowledge with in-depth workshops, and more. http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/paw-7-reasons-predictive-analytics-world-chicago.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/paw-7-reasons-predictive-analytics-world-chicago.html Interact with clients to understand their business needs, and then work with our team to develop an analytical solution to those problems. Be evangelist for CRM and analytical methods. http://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/13/05-20-epsilon-sr-consultant-analytics.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/13/05-20-epsilon-sr-consultant-analytics.html Data Scientist at the CIA; Top 3 R resources for beginners #rstats; Statistics is becoming more important in #BigData era: Harvard Stats dept growth; The Next Big Thing in #BigData: People Analytics, powered by badges, cell phones http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/top-tweets-may17-may19.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/top-tweets-may17-may19.html Part 2 of KDnuggets interview with Tom H. C. Anderson, a pioneer in text mining, founder of NGMR Market Research group, a leader in Big Data and in Social media, an award winning blogger, and a very cool guy. http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/exclusive-interview2-tomhcanderson-big-data-market-analytics-text-analytics.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/exclusive-interview2-tomhcanderson-big-data-market-analytics-text-analytics.html KDnuggets talks with Tom H. C. Anderson, a pioneer in text mining, founder of NGMR Market Research group, a leader in Big Data and in Social media, an award winning blogger, and a very cool guy. Part 1 of the interview http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/exclusive-interview-tomhcanderson-big-data-market-analytics-text-analytics.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/exclusive-interview-tomhcanderson-big-data-market-analytics-text-analytics.html Knewton is building the world's most powerful adaptive learning engine, with the goal of making personalized and engaging education available to all. You will work with decision makers across the company to provide actionable, data-driven answers to their most challenging problems. http://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/13/05-19-knewton-data-scientist.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/13/05-19-knewton-data-scientist.html Ideation Challenge, seeking an overview of actionable concepts for leveraging big data in certain applications, identifying potential partners that can help develop Big Data opportunities. Deadline June 15. http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/innocentive-big-ideas-for-unlocking-power-big-data.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/innocentive-big-ideas-for-unlocking-power-big-data.html 10 Most Influential People in Data Analytics; New Poll: Predictive Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, Data Science Software Used; Top jobs: Data Scientist at Apple, Cupertino; Data Mining Scientist at Apple, Austin; http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/top-news-week-May-12.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/top-news-week-May-12.html Annotated dataset of tweets, for opinion retrieval in Twitter; Will 2014 be the beginning of the end for SAS and SPSS ? Poll Results: In the era of Big Data, Statistics Will Become More Important; Great thread on hacker news in response to "Most data isn't big" http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/top-tweets-may15-may16.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/05/top-tweets-may15-may16.html Working in The Architecture of Information Systems group, one of the leading computer science groups in the Netherlands and as the center of BPM and process mining research. Apply by June 15. http://www.kdnuggets.com/academic/13/05-16-tu-eindhoven-process-mining-techniques.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/academic/13/05-16-tu-eindhoven-process-mining-techniques.html Viscovery Visual data mining software suite is designed to help customers uncover high-value insights and interesting attributes in very high-dimensional data. 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Typically these problems will be of an unstructured nature, and the analyst will be expected to quickly assess the situation and develop a practical problem solving strategy. http://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/13/05-16-chase-senior-statistician-marketing-analytics.html http://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/13/05-16-chase-senior-statistician-marketing-analytics.html