Top KDnuggets tweets, Feb 26-27: Facebook “Relationship Data Mining”; Non-human math: Wikipedia-size computer proof
The gap between data mining and predictive models in Facebook Relationship Data Mining; Non-human math: Computer proof is Wikipedia size; A look at pioneering women in #BigData ; MS in Data Analytics from CUNY: Online and Affordable.
on Feb 28, 2014 in CUNY, Erdos, Facebook, Mathematics, MS, Online Education, Relationships, Women
Vasant Dhar – New Editor-in-Chief of Big Data Journal
Vasant Dhar, Professor and Director of the Center for Business Analytics at the Stern School of Business, NYU is new Editor-in-Chief of Big Data Journal.
on Feb 28, 2014 in Big Data Journal, Editor-in-Chief, Journal, NYU, Vasant Dhar
Strata 2014 Santa Clara: Highlights of Day 3 (Feb 13)
Strata 2014 was a great conference, and here are key insights from some of the best sessions on day 3: Data Journalism, Analytics over Real-time Streaming Data, Facebook Graph Analysis with One Trillion Edges, Socializing Search by LinkedIn.
on Feb 28, 2014 in Apache Giraph, Facebook, Highllights, Impetus, LinkedIn, Santa Clara-CA, Strata 2014
Strata 2014 Santa Clara: Highlights of Day 2 (Feb 12)
Strata 2014 was a great conference, and here are key insights from some of the best sessions on day 2: Big Data Vendor Landscape, Machine Learning for Social Change, Secrets of Gertrude Stein, and Facebook Exascale Analytics.
on Feb 27, 2014 in change.org, Facebook, Highlights, Paxata, Santa Clara-CA, Strata 2014, SVDS
KDD 2014 Tutorial and Workshop Proposals
KDD 2014 is a leading research conference on Knowledge Discovery, Data Mining, and Data Science. Submit Workshop proposals by Mar 7, Tutorial proposals by Mar 15.
on Feb 27, 2014 in KDD, New York-NY, Proposals, Tutorials, Workshops
Top KDnuggets tweets, Feb 24-25: Applied R for the Social Scientist, free book; Great overview: Python Tools for Machine Learning
Applied R for the Quantitative Social Scientist - a free 100 page ebook! Great overview: Python Tools for Machine Learning; MIT TR 50 Smartest Companies has many #BigData companies; Wolfram releases demo of breakthrough knowledge-based language.
on Feb 27, 2014 in ebook, Machine Learning, MIT, Python, R, Social Science, Wolfram
MS in Data Analytics from CUNY: Online and Affordable
Learn about the affordable, fully online, MS in Data Analytics at CUNY SPS that prepares graduates to manage and analyze large amounts of data - March 11 info session.
on Feb 27, 2014 in CUNY, Data Analytics, Master of Science, Online Education
KDnuggets Pass to BigData TechCon: Learn HOW TO Master Big Data, Mar 31-Apr 2, Boston
Get a free KDnuggets Pass to BigData TechCon, Mar 31-Apr 2, in Boston, the HOW-TO big data event - see details.
on Feb 26, 2014 in Big Data, Boston-MA, Techcon
10 Most Influential Analytics Leaders in India
Analytics India Magazine’s annual ranking of the 10 Most Influential Analytics Leaders in India, in terms of Impact, Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Analytics evangelism.
on Feb 25, 2014 in 2014, Analytics Leader, India, Influencers
The Data Mining Group releases PMML v4.2 Predictive Modeling Standard
The Data Mining Group, a vendor-led consortium of companies and organizations developing standards for statistical and data mining models, announced the general availability of version 4.2 of the Predictive Model Markup Language (PMML).
on Feb 25, 2014 in Data Mining Group, FICO, PMML, Predictive Modeling
IARPA RFI: Emerging Events and Participating Entities
IARPA looks for creative ideas on the representation of emerging events and their participants, especially events that involve individual or small groups.
on Feb 25, 2014 in Forecasting, IARPA, Knowledge Representation, RFI
KNIME a 2014 Leader in Advanced Analytic Platform: Gartner Magic Quadrant
KNIME announced that Gartner has placed KNIME among the "Leaders" in its Magic Quadrant for Advanced Analytic Platforms in recognition of KNIME ability to execute and its completeness of vision.
on Feb 25, 2014 in Advanced Analytics, Gartner, Knime, Magic Quadrant
PASS Business Analytics Conference, San Jose, May 7-9
The best in business analytics learning is back; featuring over 70 sessions during 2 full days on hot topics you can't afford to miss. Special KDnuggets discount.
on Feb 25, 2014 in Business Analytics, PASS, San Jose-CA, SQL Server
SAS, IBM, RapidMiner, Knime leaders in Gartner MQ for Advanced Analytics Platforms
Gartner new Magic Quadrant(tm) for Advanced Analytics Platforms names 4 companies as leaders: SAS, IBM, RapidMiner, and Knime. A copy of the report, with evaluations for 15 more companies, is available thanks to RapidMiner.
on Feb 24, 2014 in Advanced Analytics, Gartner, IBM, Knime, Magic Quadrant, RapidMiner, SAS
Top KDnuggets tweets, Feb 21-23: Vincent Granville salary history, career path; Graf.ly: Making beautiful, interactive graphs
Data Science Central founder Vincent Granville shares his salary history, career path; Graf.ly: Making beautiful, interactive graphs ; Qualitative Analytics: Why numbers do not tell the complete story? ; Leading US researcher Tom Mitchell deep insights on Machine Learning
on Feb 24, 2014 in Graf.ly, Interactive graphs, Machine Learning, Qualitative Analytics, Vincent Granville
Graf.ly: Making beautiful, interactive graphs
Visualize your spreadsheet data in 30 seconds by building beautiful, interactive graphs using three step process by Graf.ly.
on Feb 23, 2014 in Beautiful, Data Visualization, Graf.ly, Graphs, Interactive
Top stories for Feb 16-22
KDnuggets Exclusive: Interview with Yann LeCun, Deep Learning Expert, Director of Facebook AI Lab; One Page R: A Survival Guide to Data Science with R; Anaconda: Free, enterprise-ready Python for Big data; Why numbers do not tell the complete story.
on Feb 23, 2014 in Deep Learning, Facebook, Python, R, Yann LeCun
Qualitative Analytics: Why numbers do not tell the complete story?
Data scientists love numbers, yet not all data is numerical. Qualitative analytics should not be ignored, especially given the unique value it provides.
on Feb 21, 2014 in Customer Experience, Qualitative Analytics, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Analytics, Web Analytics
Low-cost Data Mining Training (Hands-On), New York City and other locations
Low cost hands-on data mining training seminars by Salford Systems. Fee includes 90-day access to the SPM Salford Predictive Modeler as well.
on Feb 21, 2014 in Hands-On, New York City, NY, Salford Systems, Training
Top KDnuggets tweets, Feb 18-20: The six types of conversations on Twitter; 25 Free eBooks on Artificial Intelligence
The six types of conversations on Twitter; 25 Free ebooks on AI: Introductions, Intelligent Agents, Vision; Practical Machine Learning: Innovations in Recommendation - free ebook download; First UK Data Science Summer School to open In August, free 5-week course.
on Feb 21, 2014 in AI, Free ebook, NodeXL, Summer School, Twitter, UK
INFORMS Business Analytics and Operations Research, Boston, Mar 30 – Apr 1
INFORMS is a top analytics conference, with over 100 practical talks providing "how we did it" information from hand-picked industry speakers, and keynote from industry thought leader Tom Davenport. Early rates until Mar 17.
on Feb 21, 2014 in Boston-MA, Business Analytics, Disney, INFORMS, Tom Davenport
DEAP, Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms in Python, Framework for Rapid Prototyping
DEAP is a novel evolutionary computation framework for rapid prototyping and testing of ideas, seeking to make algorithms explicit and data structures transparent. Free Download.
on Feb 20, 2014 in DEAP, Distributed, Evolutionary Algorithm, Python, Rapid Prototyping
KDnuggets Exclusive: Part 2 of the Interview with Yann LeCun
We discuss how far AI is likely to go, how Data Science to Statistics is like Computer Science was to Math, Big Data hype and reality, and advice to beginning Data Scientists.
on Feb 20, 2014 in AI, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Hype, NYU, Singularity, Yann LeCun
KDnuggets Exclusive: Interview with Yann LeCun, Deep Learning Expert, Director of Facebook AI Lab
We discuss what enabled Deep Learning to achieve remarkable successes recently, his argument with Vapnik about (deep) neural nets vs kernel (support vector) machines, and what kind of AI can we expect from Facebook.
on Feb 20, 2014 in Andrew Ng, Deep Learning, Facebook, Interview, NYU, Support Vector Machines, Vladimir Vapnik, Yann LeCun
Is data mining the new tool for gamers seeking pre-launch secrets?
Despite great data analytics capabilities, gaming companies are facing an interesting data mining challenge from an unexpected end – their audience.
on Feb 20, 2014 in Data Mining, Gaming, Hacking, Secrets, Titanfall
IE Madrid: Master in Business Analytics and Big Data
IE is recruiting top students from all over the world to join the Master in Business Analytics & Big Data - accelerate your career and master the key areas for success in business analytics and big data - join our Mar 17 Virtual Insight Session.
on Feb 20, 2014 in Business Analytics, Madrid-Spain, Master of Science
Alpine Data Science Periodic Table
One of the most clever giveaways at the recent Strata Conference in Santa Clara was a Periodic Table of Data Science from Alpine.
on Feb 19, 2014 in Alpine, Data Science, Periodic-Table, Strata 2014
KDnuggets 14:n04, Text Analytics slow takeoff; Data Scientist Valentine Day; 3 Ways to test model accuracy
Latest analytics/data mining news, including surprisingly little change in Text Analytics use, Data Scientist Valentine Day, and Features (7) | News (10) | Software (2) | Webcasts (2) | Courses (2) | Meetings (2) | Jobs (10) | Academic (4) | Publications (6) | Tweets (6) | CFP (14) .
on Feb 19, 2014 in Accuracy, Text Analytics, Valentine's Day
Webinar: Data Mining: Failure to Launch [Mar 19]
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 Mar 19.
on Feb 19, 2014 in Failure to Launch, How to start, TMA
TMA Courses in Data Analytics [Apr: LA, May: DC]
Get up to speed in data mining faster and more effectively than with any other training program available. Next courses in LA and DC.
on Feb 19, 2014 in Los Angeles-CA, TMA, Vendor-neutral, Washington-DC
Top KDnuggets tweets, Feb 14-17: One Page R: A Survival Guide to Data Science with R; The Myth of the Bell Curve – human performance
One Page R: A Survival Guide to Data Science with R; The Myth of the Bell Curve - human performance usually follows Power Law; Pylearn2, an open source Machine Learning library; Anaconda: Free enterprise-ready Python for Big data, Predictive Analytics.
on Feb 18, 2014 in Anaconda, Bell Curve, Data Science, Dataholics, Pylearn2, Python, R
Poll Results: Text Analytics Use Shows No Significant Change
Surprisingly, latest KDnuggets Poll did not find a significant change in Text Analytics use over the past 2 years. While 66% make some use of text analytics, only 19% use it on the majority of their projects. Text Analytics seems to take off very slowly.
on Feb 18, 2014 in Poll, Text Analytics, Text Mining
PAW Predictive Analytics World San Francisco, KDnuggets Discount
PAW, March 16-21, 2014 in San Francisco is the business event for predictive analytics professionals, managers and commercial practitioners - get a KDnuggets discount.
on Feb 18, 2014 in PAW, Predictive Analytics World, San Francisco-CA
Strata 2014: Highlights from Keynote Speeches
Highlights from keynote speeches delivered by various eminent big data technology leaders from industry and academia at Strata 2014 Conference held in Santa Clara recently.
on Feb 17, 2014 in CA, Keynote Speech, Santa Clara, Strata
Top stories for Feb 9-15: Cartoon: Data Scientist Valentine Day Prediction; 3 Ways to Test the Accuracy of Predictive Models
Cartoon: Data Scientist Valentine Day Prediction; 3 Ways to Test the Accuracy of Your Predictive Models; One Page R: A Survival Guide to Data Science with R; Book: Mining of Massive Datasets, 2nd Edition, free download.
on Feb 16, 2014 in Accuracy, Cartoon, Predictive Models, R, Valentine's Day
Opening the Dataset: A Twelve-Step Program for Dataholics
Bruce Ratner, a functioning dataholic, writes dataiku verses, and paints swirling equations to relax. He shares his 12 step program that helps him, and others who love to data, to recover.
on Feb 15, 2014 in Data Visualization, Dataholic, Noise, Twelve-Step
Viewpoint: Social Media Analysis: What is missing
Social Media Analysis is a powerful tool if we discover customer sentiment from millions of online sources and not just go behind the numbers. Businesses are using the power of social media to gain a better understanding of their markets.
on Feb 15, 2014 in Analysis, Impression, Metrics, Sentiment Analysis, Social Media
Anaconda: Free enterprise-ready Python for Big data, Predictive Analytics
125+ cross-platform tested and optimized Python packages for advanced analytics totally free, even for commercial use.
on Feb 15, 2014 in Anaconda, Cross-Platform, Free Enterprise-Ready, Python
One Page R: A Survival Guide to Data Science with R
A collection of useful one-page resources for a data miner, data scientist, and/or a decision scientist. The modules include code, lectures, and one-page recipes for getting things done.
on Feb 14, 2014 in
Kaggle March Machine Learning Mania
Can you turn 20 years of historical data into predictions for 2014 NCAA College Basketball Tournament, aka March Madness? Enter this Intel-sponsored tournament - predictions due Mar 19.
on Feb 14, 2014 in Basketball, Competition, Intel, Kaggle, March Madness
Top KDnuggets tweets, Feb 12-13: Where to start learning #DataScience; import.io Automatic Data Extraction
Where to start learning #DataScience for 1) statisticians, 2) coders, and 3) newbies; import.io Automatic Data Extraction - a very easy way to get data; Best Twitter keyboard shortcut is ? - a question mark; Cartoon: Data Scientist Valentine Day Prediction.
on Feb 14, 2014 in Cartoon, Data Science Education, import.io, Twitter shortcuts, Valentine's Day
KDnuggets talks to IBM: Data scientists: Hire an individual or team?
KDnuggets recent poll about Data Science - Individual vs Team has caught attention of IBM. Listen to the podcast where I discuss the unexpected findings of this poll and other Data Science topics.
on Feb 13, 2014 in Data Science Team, Gregory Piatetsky, IBM, Podcast, Poll
Cartoon: Data Scientist Valentine Day Prediction
New KDnuggets cartoon looks at a Data Scientist Valentine's Day prediction.
on Feb 13, 2014 in Cartoon, Data Scientist, Humor, Valentine's Day
Book: Mining of Massive Datasets, 2nd Edition, free download
The second edition of this landmark book adds Jure Leskovec as a coauthor and has 3 new chapters, on mining large graphs, dimensionality reduction, and machine learning. You can still freely download a PDF version.
on Feb 12, 2014 in Anand Rajaraman, Jeff Ullman, Jure Leskovec, Mining Massive Datasets, Stanford, Textbook
Top KDnuggets tweets, Feb 10-11: Data scientist cartoon – too busy recommending; Julia: One Language to Rule Them All
Data scientist cartoon - too busy recommending things ...; Julia: One Programming Language to Rule Them All; Anaconda: free enterprise-ready Python distribution for large-scale data processing; 10 Most Innovative Companies in #BigData: GE, Kaggle, Ayasdi, IBM, Mount Sinai ...
on Feb 12, 2014 in Anaconda, Ayasdi, Cartoon, GE, Julia, Kaggle, Python
Wikibon: Big Data market to reach $50 Billion by 2018
New Big Data Vendor market analysis projects growth from $18.6B is 2013 to $50B by 2017, driven by maturing technology and better focus on enterprise-grade capabilities. Lack of best practices and concerns over security and privacy remain major obstacles.
on Feb 11, 2014 in Big Data Market, Market Forecast, Mu Sigma, Palantir, Pivotal, Splunk, Wikibon
Watch Online: Strata 2014 – Making Data Work, Feb 12-13
If you cannot attend Strata Conference, Feb 11-13, 2014 in Santa Clara, CA, here is how you can watch Keynote presentations and more, both live (during the conference) and recorded, afterwards.
on Feb 11, 2014 in Conference, Santa Clara-CA, Strata, Watch online
EMVIC 2014: Eye Movements Verification and Identification Competition, 2nd call
The goal is to determine how people may be identified based on their eye movement characteristic. No special equipment required - the organizers provide a dataset of eye movement recordings.
on Feb 11, 2014 in Biometrics, Competition, Eye Movements, IEEE, IJCB
Big Data Innovation Summit, Santa Clara, April 9-10
Most organizations are only analyzing about 12% of their data. Find out how to maximize the potential of your data at the Big Data Innovation Summit, Apr 9-10, Santa Clara, CA.
on Feb 11, 2014 in Big Data Summit, IE Group, Santa Clara-CA
Viewpoint: How analytics will drive the future
The president of Verisk Innovative Analytics explains the paradigm shift from company-centric to customer-centric and the role of big data and bigger analytics.
on Feb 10, 2014 in Behavorial Economics, Customer-centric, Predictive Analytics, Real-time, Spectrum, Verisk Analytics
FastCompany 10 Most Innovative Companies in Big Data
Big Data-driven companies can now map your genome, find the best fit for clothing, and improve student grades, but it all comes at the expense of much reduced privacy. Here are 10 most innovative Big Data companies according to Fast Company.
on Feb 10, 2014 in Ayasdi, Fast Company, GE, IBM, Innovation, Kaggle, Knewton, The Weather Company
Comments on “Why your company should NOT use Big Data”
Highlights from comments on a provocative article on NOT using Big Data. Big Data can be revolutionary, but it is not a substitute for thinking about the right goals and objectives.
on Feb 10, 2014 in Big Data, Goals, Objectives, ROI
Top KDnuggets tweets, Feb 7-9: 3 ways to test predictive models; 90% of top-paying IT jobs Big Data related
3 ways to test Predictive Models accuracy; 90% of top-paying IT jobs are related to #BigData, R; 10 Emerging Analytics Startups in India ; CMSR Data Miner/Rule-Engine Software - free academic use.
on Feb 10, 2014 in Accuracy, CMSR, Data Mining Software, India, Predictive Models, Startups
Top stories for Feb 2-8: Predicting Sochi Olympics Medals; 3 Ways to Test Predictive Models
Using Data Mining to Predict the Winter Olympics Medal Counts in Sochi; Top stories in January: Tutorial: Data Science in Python; 3 Ways to Test the Accuracy of Your Predictive Models; Viewpoint: Statistical Data Science, The Data Analysis Side.
on Feb 10, 2014 in Accuracy, Python, Python Tutorial, Sochi, Winter Olympics
3 Ways to Test the Accuracy of Your Predictive Models
3 different methods for testing accuracy of predictive models from 3 leading analytics experts - Karl Rexer, John Elder, and Dean Abbott explain using lift charts, randomization testing, and bootstrap sampling.
on Feb 8, 2014 in Bootstrap sampling, Dean Abbott, Decile tables, John Elder, Karl Rexer, Lift charts, Predictive Models, Randomization, Target shuffling
Analytically Speaking Webcast with David J. Hand, Mar 5
Join "Analytically Speaking" webcast with David J. Hand, a 2-time president of the Royal Statistical Society, who will explain the commonplace nature of extraordinary events, laws behind chance moments in life, and the great importance of statistics.
on Feb 7, 2014 in David J. Hand, JMP, Royal Statistical Society, Statistics
10 Emerging Analytics Startups in India
India is becoming a powerhouse in Analytics, and here are 10 emerging Indian Analytics startups to watch in 2014: Crayon Data, Flutura, Axtria, Flytxt, Sapience Analytics, SIBIA Analytics, Ideal Analytics, FORMCEPT, IQR Consulting, and StatLabs.
on Feb 7, 2014 in Chennai-India, Crayon Data, Flutura, India, Kolkata-India, Startups
Get the Most from Your Data at PASS Business Analytics Conference, San Jose, May 7-9
The best in business analytics learning returns to San Jose with top Business Analytics, BI, and Data Science experts from Intuit, Microsoft, SurveyMonkey, Wells Fargo, and more – plus, special KDnuggets offer.
on Feb 7, 2014 in Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, PASS, Power Pivot, San Jose-CA
Top KDnuggets tweets, Feb 5-6: A Deep Learning expert wins Dogs vs Cats competition; An alternative to R and Python: Julia
A Deep Learning expert wins Dogs vs Cats competition with an almost perfect result; An alternative to R and #Python: Julia; Spark is a hot trend in #BigData but what is it exactly? Here is a explanation; etcML - Free Text-Analysis Tool - Machine Learning as a Service.
on Feb 7, 2014 in Apache Spark, Deep Learning, etcML, Julia, Machine Learning
Twitter Data Grants for Researchers – submit a proposal by Mar 15
Researchers can get access to a comprehensive and very large set of Twitter data - submit a proposal to Twitter Data Grants pilot program by March 15.
on Feb 6, 2014 in Data, Gnip, Research proposal, Twitter
New book on Mining User Generated Content – Save 25%
This book focuses on mining and applications of UGC (user-generated content) including social annotation, music information retrieval, social networks, and sentiment analysis.
on Feb 6, 2014 in Community Mining, Network Graph, Sentiment Analysis, UGC, User Generated Content
NYU Stern Groundbreaking MS in Business Analytics
The NYU Stern MS in Business Analytics teaches experienced professionals how to understand the role of evidence-based data in decision-making and to leverage data as a valuable and predictive strategic asset. 5 modules starting May 2014.
on Feb 6, 2014 in Business Analytics, Master of Science, NYU
Top KDnuggets tweets, Feb 3-4: How to Lie With Statistics; Data to the People – J&J opens clinical trial data
Great reading: How to Lie With Statistics; Give the Data to the People! Johnson & Johnson makes all its clinical trial data open; Pie Analytics - Keepin it Simple; Data scientists will love Aunsight, new data science platform
on Feb 5, 2014 in Aunsight, Lie with Statistics, Open Data, Pie chart
Aunsight: New Data Science Platform from Aunalytics
Aunsight , a powerful new Data Science Platform, will let data scientists easily design and customize powerful workflows, integrate disparate data sources, add new algorithms, and focus on solving big data problems.
on Feb 5, 2014 in Aunalytics, Aunsight, Data Science Platform, South Bed-IN, Strata
Deep Learning Wins Dogs vs Cats competition on Kaggle
A Deep learning expert wins Kaggle Dogs vs Cats image competition with an almost perfect result.
on Feb 5, 2014 in Cats, Competition, convnet, Deep Learning, Dogs, Facebook, Kaggle
NASA Disk Detective – Find the Birthplace of Planets
Disk Detective crowdsourcing project helps to find dusty debris disks, which indicate early stages of forming planetary systems. Learning more about these stars can tell us how our Solar System formed.
on Feb 5, 2014 in Debris Disks, Disk Detective, NASA, WISE Mission, YSO Disks
KDnuggets 14:n03, Top Trends ahead of Strata; New Poll: Using Text Analytics? Cartoon: Watson and AI
Latest analytics/data mining news, including Features (9) | Software (4) | Webcasts (2) | Courses, Events (9) | Meetings (1) | Jobs (9) | Academic (3) | Competitions (1) | Publications (7) | Tweets (7) | NewsBriefs (3) | CFP (14) .
on Feb 5, 2014 in
Learn to identify complex and dynamic relationships in multi-level data
This advanced class provides a conceptual understanding of multilevel linear models (MLM) and multilevel generalized linear models (MGLM).
on Feb 4, 2014 in Generalized Linear Models, MGLM, MLM, Multilevel Models, Online Education, SAS
Best KDnuggets tweets in January: Data Science Venn Diagram v2.0: “unicorns”; Great map of #DataScience skills
Data Science Venn Diagram v2.0 - how to find "unicorn" data scientist; Great map of #DataScience skills (Biz, ML, #BigData, Coding, Stats) vs Roles; Dilbert takes on #BigData Analysis and Salaries of Top Performers - hilarious! Learning from Data: Caltech free online course, now with captions in 40+ languages.
on Feb 4, 2014 in Caltech, Data Science, Dilbert, Online Education, Skills, Unicorn, Venn Diagram
Top stories in January: Tutorial: Data Science in Python; Learning from Data, Caltech free online course
Tutorial: Data Science in Python; Learning from Data: Caltech free online course, now with captions in 40 languages; Hadoop - Elephants in the Cloud; MADlib: Big Data Machine Learning in SQL; Mass Big Data.
on Feb 4, 2014 in Caltech, Hadoop, MADlib, Mass Big Data, Online Education, Python Tutorial, Top stories
Viewpoint: Statistical Data Science, The Data Analysis Side
There is no way a term like ‘Data Science’ be interpreted without including data analysis and statistics. The statistics toolbox is a large irreplaceable part of the lingua franca of science.
on Feb 4, 2014 in Applied Statistics, Data Science, Econometricians, Quants, Statisticians
INFORMS Conference on The Business of Big Data, San Jose, June 22-24
The new INFORMS conference would help Analytics Professionals and Operations Researchers to get from data discovery to real business value. Sign up now at the early rates.
on Feb 4, 2014 in Business, INFORMS, San Jose-CA
CMSR Data Miner and Rule-Engine Software Suite – free academic use
CMSR - Cramer Modeling, Segmentation and Rules - is data miner and rule-engine suite having rule-engines as a unique feature. Rule-engines provide rule-based predictive model evaluation.
on Feb 4, 2014 in CMSR, Cramer, Rosella Software, Rule Engines, Sequential Rule Engine
New Poll: How much did you use Text Analytics?
New KDnuggets Poll is asking: How much did you use text analytics / text mining in the past 12 months? Please vote on www.kdnuggets.com .
on Feb 4, 2014 in Poll, Text Analytics
Webinar, Feb 18: Fine-tune your analytics strategy for 2014
Join analytics experts from Johnson & Johnson, InterContinental Hotels, and HP on Feb 18 to fine-tune your analytics strategy.
on Feb 4, 2014 in Analytics Strategy, Data-Driven Business, Deployment, Integration, Johnson & Johnson
Feb-May 2014 Meetings in Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science
Upcoming meetings include Strata Santa Clara, Data Science/Hadoop/Predictive Analytics Innovation Summits, PAW San Francisco, WSDM-2014, iKDD in India, Open Analytics Chicago, BigData Techcon, INFORMS Boston, and much more.
on Feb 3, 2014 in Big Data, Boston-MA, Innovation, Predictive Analytics, San Francisco-CA, Summit
January Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining Companies and Startups Activity
January 2014 acquisitions, startups, and company activity in Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science: DeepMind, Avigilon, TaKaDu, Nest, Path, FirstFuel, API Healthcare, Kana Software, ImgUR, IMS Health.
on Feb 3, 2014 in Acquisitions, DeepMind, Google, Healthcare, Startups
Top KDnuggets tweets, Jan 31 – Feb 2: Free books on statistical learning; Intro: Machine Learning and Apache Mahout
3 Free books on statistical learning; Machine Learning and Apache Mahout : very good Introduction; 16 Top #BigData Analytics Platforms; Knowledge Graph, Google giant database of all the facts in the world
on Feb 3, 2014 in Apache Mahout, Data journalism, Knowledge Graph, Statistical Learning
Learn How to Predict Influence with Uplift Modeling at PAW San Francisco, Mar 16-21
Uplift modeling is the hot analytical method to predict influence, and its adoption is rapidly growing. Learn if uplift modeling is for you, the required expertise, analytical complexity, and the latest state of the art at Predictive Analytics World San Francisco, Mar 16-21.
on Feb 3, 2014 in PAW, San Francisco-CA, Uplift Modeling
Top stories for Jan 26 – Feb 1: Online Courses in Analytics, ML, Data Science; Top Trends in Analytics, Big Data
Online Courses in Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science; Top Trends in Analytics and Big Data ahead of Strata 2014 Santa Clara; Viewpoint: Why your company should NOT use "Big Data"; "Human Analytics" at the Sentiment Analysis Symposium.
on Feb 2, 2014 in 2014 Trends, Online Education, Strata, Trends
useR 2014: attend, sponsor R Analytics and Data Science conference
Open invitation to attend and sponsor the main annual event of the R community, the useR! conference to be held in Los Angeles on Jul 1-3.
on Feb 1, 2014 in Los Angeles-CA, Open Source, R
Additions to KDnuggets Directory in January
dotplot, Linkurious, Gray Matter Analytics, Flutura, new Data Science education options, new companies, Big Data and Data Mining meetings, and software for recommendation and visualization.
on Feb 1, 2014 in Added to KDnuggets, Data Science Education, Linkurious, Meetings
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