KDnuggets™ News 14:n32, Dec 3

Features

• Geoffrey Hinton talks about Deep Learning, Google and Everything - Dec 1, 2014.
  A review of Dr. Geoffrey Hinton's Ask Me Anything on Reddit. He talked about his current research and his thought on some deep learning issues.
• Most Popular Slideshare Presentations on Data Science - Nov 25, 2014.
  Top SlideShare data science presentations provide a unique view on topics like data science management, using Python and NumPy in your data science project, and leveraging data science for enterprise big data.
• Upcoming Dec - May Meetings in Analytics, Big Data, Mining, Data Science - Dec 2, 2014.
  Coming soon: TDWI Orlando, IEEE ICDM, Big Data Las Vegas, INFORMS, EGC, IKDD, PAW San Francisco, PAW for Workforce, Big Data TechCon, and more.
• PAW: Predictive Analytics World for Workforce, San Francisco - Dec 2, 2014.
  Co-located with Predictive Analytics World for Business, Text Analytics World, the new PAW Workforce has an engaging program with keynotes from top experts, useful sessions, and leading-edge workshops.

Software

• WordStat 7: Shifting Text Analytics Into High Gear - Dec 2, 2014.
  WordStat 7 lets users get valuable and actionable insights from text faster, connect unstructured and structured information, and provides better help for the creation and validation of accurate text-categorization dictionaries.
• LION Intelligent Learning and Optimization News - Nov 26, 2014.
  LION intelligent learning and optimization adds full support for Java packages, new visualization neatly explains overfitting, and get "The LION way" book on Kindle (free if you qualify).

Opinions

• Big Data Top Trends in 2015 - Nov 28, 2014.
  Big Data may bring increased usage of in-memory databases, data democratization, sensor data, customer and HR analytics, and big data-driven corporate insights in 2015, according to Josie King of Innovation Enterprise.
• Surfing the Big Data Wave at H2O World - Nov 25, 2014.
  Recent H2O World event showcased its open-source, scalable machine learning in the cloud, intended for people familiar with R but limited by its scalability. H2O can run on Hadoop and also on Apache Spark.

News

• Top 10 Big Data Companies by Revenue - Dec 1, 2014.
  IBM, HP, Dell, and SAP lead the list of Big Data companies with the most revenue from big data hardware, software, and IT services.
• Additions to KDnuggets Directory in November - Dec 1, 2014.
  TDWI Orlando, Big Data Innovation Summit Las Vegas, Oracle BIWA Summit, Text Analytics World SF, and more meetings, education, and software in Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science.
• Top stories for Nov 23-29: Update: Top LinkedIn Groups for Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science - Nov 30, 2014.
  Update: Top LinkedIn Groups for Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science; 9 Must-Have Skills You Need to Become a Data Scientist; Cartoon: Thanksgiving, Big Data, and Turkey Data Science; Most Popular SlideShare Presentations on Data Science.

Webcasts and Webinars

• Panel on Data Science Education, Dec 4 - Nov 30, 2014.
  Watch an all-star panel of experts on Data Science Education: What it is now, what is (and is not) needed, and what it can be in the future. Palo Alto (free attendance) or online.
• Upcoming Webcasts on Analytics, Big Data, Data Science - Dec 2 and beyond - Dec 1, 2014.
  NoSQL Database Architecture, Big Data Use Cases, IBM Watson Analytics, The 2015 Predictions, Big Data Landscape, and more.

Courses

• Northwestern Online MS in Predictive Analytics - Dec 2, 2014.
  Build in-demand skills for the growing analytics field, prepare for leadership-level career opportunities, and learn from distinguished Northwestern faculty with Online MS in Predictive Analytics.
• Practical Machine Learning for Engineers, New York, Jan 19-21 - Dec 2, 2014.
  Learn the fundamental concepts of machine learning by working on a dataset of moderate size, using open source software tools. Special KDnuggets discount.
• Data Science at University of Minnesota - Nov 26, 2014.
  A rigorous degree for students who want to learn state-of-the-art methods to manage and analyse Big Data, and the theory behind the methods.

Meetings

• PAW: Predictive Analytics World for Workforce, San Francisco - Dec 2, 2014.
  Co-located with Predictive Analytics World for Business, Text Analytics World, the new PAW Workforce has an engaging program with keynotes from top experts, useful sessions, and leading-edge workshops.

Jobs

• Boeing: Parallel Database Systems Engineer - Nov 25, 2014.
  Looking for experienced software researchers and developers with emphasis on massively parallel processing database architectures as applied to diverse data sets in the aerospace industry.
• Boeing: Aerospace Systems Modeling and Simulation Engineer - Nov 25, 2014.
  We are interested in those experienced in aerospace systems modeling and software development with emphasis on simulation and visualization of diverse information sets using diverse system architectures.
• Boeing: Advanced Technologist - Modeling - Nov 25, 2014.
  Modeling, using formal languages for system specification, requirements formalization, application of formal methods to safety analysis, vehicle health management, and test-case generation.
• Boeing: Advanced Technologist - Nov 25, 2014.
  Innovative researchers with interests and experience in methods for machine learning, pattern recognition, machine vision, multi-modal sensor data fusion and visualization.

Academic and Research positions

• American Public University System: Part-Time Faculty - Business Analytics - Nov 26, 2014.
  Deliver online or face-to-face lessons to undergraduate and/or graduate students; Initiate, facilitate, interact and moderate online/face-to-face classroom discussions.
• DePaul: Assistant Professor in Data Science - Nov 25, 2014.
  Join one of the fastest growing and most highly recognized data science programs in the country - our graduate program in Predictive Analytics was ranked first in 2014.

Publications

• Most Popular Slideshare Presentations on Big Data - Nov 28, 2014.
  Hadoop, the cloud, and Microsoft Azure are just a few of the many topics covered by the top Big Data SlideShare presentations retrieved from the SlideShare API.

Top Tweets

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Nov 24-30 - Dec 1, 2014.
  Linguistic Mapping Reveals How Word Meanings Sometimes Change Overnight;
  Practical #DataScience Cookbook, helps data practitioner;
  Facebook #AI team hires Vladimir Vapnik, father of #SVM;
  Starting data analysis/wrangling with R: Things I wish I'd been told.
• Top KDnuggets tweets, Nov 26-28 - Nov 29, 2014.
  Facebook's #AI team hires Vladimir Vapnik, father of popular #SVM algorithm;
  Starting data analysis/wrangling with R: Things I wish I'd been told;
  How to deal with missing values - advice from @Knime #DataMining;
  Understanding The Various Sources of #BigData - Infographic.
• Top KDnuggets tweets, Nov 24-25 - Nov 28, 2014.
  Why So Many Data Ideas Fail: beware of building on public or others data;
  #BigData Top Trends in 2015: In-memory DBs, Non-Data Scientists, Sensor Data ...;
  Hackathon pits data scientists against social problems;
  Great course: Intro to Statistical Learning, with Applications in R.

CFP - Calls for Papers

• Due Dec 21, Trends in Data Analytics, special issue of IT Professional , Guest Editors: Seth Earley, Jinan Fiaidhi, Vladimir Dimitrov, Maria R. Lee
• Due Jan 12, SDM 2015 Workshop on Mining Networks and Graphs , Vancouver, BC, Canada. Apr 30-May 2, 2015
• Due Jan 17, Social Web for Disaster Management , Co-located with WWW 2015 in Florence, Italy. May 18, 2015
• Due Jun 2, 7th Int. Joint Conf. on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - IC3K 2015 , Lisbon, Portugal

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