Additions to KDnuggets Directory in February

New entries for companies, datasets, education, meetings, software, solutions, websites.

In Companies :: Consulting

• Blue Guava, we leverage strengths in Business, Technology and advanced statistical, data-mining and machine learning methods to deliver actionable recommendations for our clients.
• MarkTab, @MarkTabNet, offers training and consulting for data mining and predictive analytics, particularly for Microsoft and SAS. Atlanta, GA.
• STAT-BEHR, specialized in assisting scientists, students, industries and businesses with their regular data analysis help with over 10 years of experience. Ontario, Canada.
• Tiger Analytics, a boutique consulting company in the area of advanced data analytics. San Jose, CA; Raleigh, NC, and Chennai, India.

In Datasets

• Datacatalogs.org, open government data from US, EU, Canada, CKAN, and more.
• Jerry Smith dataset collection, with Finance, Government, Machine Learning, Science, and other data.

In Education :: Asia

• Master of Business Analytics, Deakin University, Melbourne.

In Education :: Europe

• Bournemputh U. MSc in Applied Data Analytics, 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time. Dorset, UK.
• Imperial College MSc Data Science & Management, London, UK.
• Oxford Undergraduate Advanced Diploma in Data and Systems Analysis, Oxford, UK.
• U. of Dundee MSc in Data Science, Dundee, UK.

In Analytics/Data Mining Education

• Analytics and Data Mining Education: Australia and Pacific

In Education :: Online and web-based

• Predictive Analytics Applied - An Online Introduction, 5.5 hour introductory online course from the founder of Predictive Analytics World.

In Education :: USA/Canada

• NYU Center for Data Science, 2-year MS program,accepting applications in February 2013, classes begin in Fall 2013.
• George Mason U. BS Computational & Data Sciences, Fairfax, VA.
• George Mason U. MS Computational Science, Fairfax, VA.
• ASU MS in Business Analytics, at W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State U., Tempe, AZ.

In Meetings

• Feb 27-28, Big Data Summit Europe, Vienna, Austria.
• Mar 1-2, MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, Boston, MA, USA.
• Mar 18-20, PyData, Changing the way scientists, engineers, and analysts perceive big data. Santa Clara, CA, USA.
• Mar 20-21, GigaOM Structure Data, New York, NY, USA.
• Apr 3-4, Big Data Paris, Paris, France.
• Apr 11-12, Big Data Innovation Summit, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Apr 14-18, eMetrics Summit, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Apr 18-19, Big Data 2013, Melbourne, Australia.
• Apr 30, Data 2.0 Summit 2013, a conference for top executives, influencers and entrepeneurs interested in the ideas driving data innovation.
• Apr 30-May 1, Big Data Innovation Summit, London, UK.
• Jun 10-13, eMetrics Summit, Chicago, IL, USA.
• July 29-31, 25th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• Sep 18-19, PAW: Predictive Analytics World Government, Washington, DC, USA.
• KDIR 2013: The International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval, Vilamoura, Portugal.
• Sep 25, 3rd Global TechMining Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA.
• Sep 29 - Oct 3, PAW: Predictive Analytics World, Boston, MA, USA.
• Sep 29 - Oct 3, eMetrics Summit, Boston, MA, USA.
• Oct 2-4, TAW: Text Analytics World, Boston, MA, USA.
• Oct 23-24, PAW: Predictive Analytics World, London, UK.
• Nov 4-5, PAW: Predictive Analytics World, Berlin, Germany.
• Dec 8-11, ICDM '13: The 13th IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, Dallas, TX, USA.
• Dec 18-20, DMSI-13: Int. Conference on Advances in Data Mining and Security Informatics, Tumkur (near Bangalore), India.

In Software :: Data Transformation, Data Cleaning

• The Software Bureau, providing Cygnus and SwiftSort innovative data quality software.

In Solutions :: Twitter Analytics

• Simply Measured, has several free social analytics tools available, including Free Twitter Follower Report.
• TweetCharts, runs a report on any hashtag, word, phrase, username, or URL.

In Websites :: Statistics

• Statistics Resources for Businesses and Educators, maintained by Stacy Kozak.