KDnuggets Interview: Juan Miguel Lavista, Microsoft Data Science Team
We discuss Randomized Controlled Experiments, common errors during A/B testing, Correlation vs. Causality, Big Data Myths and setting up realistic expectations from Big Data and more...
on Apr 30, 2014 in A/B Testing, Big Data Hype, Correlation, Interview, Juan Lavista, Microsoft
KDnuggets Interview: Michael Brodie on Data Curation, Cloud Computing, Startup Quality, Verizon (part 2)
The second part of our exclusive interview focuses on Data Curation, Cloud Computing, Data Tamer and Jisto startups, and his experience as a chief Scientist of Verizon - and how that relates to teenager never tidying a room for 60 years.
on Apr 28, 2014 in Cloud Computing, Data Curation, Data Tamer, Jisto, Michael Brodie, Startups, Verizon, Virtualization
Exclusive Interview: David Stringfellow, Chief Economist, State Utah Auditor
We discuss Analytics for Public Policy decisions, responsibilities of Utah Chief Data Officer, crowdsourcing analytics for resolving Government problems and most important skills for data science practitioners.
on Apr 25, 2014 in Crowdsourcing, David Stringfellow, Economist, Government, Privacy, Public Policy, Skills, Utah
Are Big Data and Privacy at odds? FICO Interview
We discuss privacy, FICO scores, balancing predictive power and non-discrimination, whether technology bringing big data and privacy closer, and most important privacy issues for FICO.
on Apr 23, 2014 in Andrew Jennings, Credit Risk, FICO, Marketplace, Privacy
Exclusive Interview: Michael Brodie, Leading Database Researcher, Industry Leader, Thinker
We discuss the most important database research advances, industry developments, role of relational, NoSQL, Graph databases, Computing Reality, and more.
on Apr 21, 2014 in Computing Reality, Hadoop, Interview, Michael Brodie, NoSQL, Relational Databases
Exclusive Interview: Peter Bruce, President Statistics.com
We discuss the mission of Statistics.com, selection of analytics courses and certificates, the future of analytics education, MOOCs, are Statistics disconnected from Big Data, the role of a data scientist, and more.
on Apr 17, 2014 in Analytics, Certificate, MOOC, Online Education, Peter Bruce, Predictions, Statisticians, Statistics.com
Beyond the Science of Data Science
The difference between what is required being a successful analytics consultant and what is taught in school.
on Apr 8, 2014 in Analytics Consultant, Data Science, Graph Theory, Network Maps
Learning and Teaching Machine Learning: A Personal Journey
Joseph Barr examines history and origins of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and recounts his personal journey from statistics to industry to teaching machine learning and running R on Unix clusters.
on Apr 5, 2014 in Analytics, Machine Learning, Perceptron, Statistics
Employee Churn 201: Calculating Employee Value
Much has been written about customer churn. This post examines employee churn - an equally important problem and its unique dynamics.
on Apr 4, 2014 in Employee Churn, Employee Value, GitHub, Pasha Roberts, R, Talent Analytics
HP Perspective on Big Data and Analytics: Interview with Mazhar Hussain
KDnuggets talks with Mazhar Hussain, HP Big Data & Analytics Services Leader, on key topics for the industry and 4 next big areas in Big Data.
on Apr 3, 2014 in Apache Spark, HP, Internet of Things, Privacy, Security, Vertica
Exclusive: Interview with Sriram Sankar – LinkedIn Economic Graph
KDnuggets talks with Sriram Sankar, Principal Staff Engineer at LinkedIn about LinkedIn’s “Economic Graph”, Entity-Oriented Search, and the biggest challenges towards delivering relevant, personalized search results.
on Apr 2, 2014 in Economic Graph, Entity-Oriented Search, Knowledge Graph, LinkedIn, Search Infrastructure
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