Top KDnuggets tweets, Jun 22-29: Kaggle Machine Learning Tutorial in R; 50 Smartest Companies – shaping the #technology landscape
Free @Kaggle #MachineLearning Tutorial in R - learn how to compete; 50 Smartest Companies - shaping the #technology landscape; Excellent Tutorial on #Sequence #Learning using #Recurrent #Neural #Networks; How a #DataScientist buys a #car.
on Jun 30, 2015 in Kaggle, Machine Learning, R, Recurrent Neural Networks, Tesla, Tutorial, Uber
KDnuggets Interview: Amr Awadallah, CTO & Co-founder, Cloudera on the Need for Self-Service Analytics
We discuss the importance of enabling self-service analytics, partnership with Cask, Big Data vendor selection and competitive landscape.
on Jun 30, 2015 in Acquisitions, Amr Awadallah, Analytics, Cask, Cloudera, Hortonworks, Interview, MapR, Self-service, Vendors, Xplain.io
New KDnuggets Section: Tutorials, Overviews, How-Tos
New category brings you explanations of Why Deep Learning works, Recurrent Neural Networks, using Ensembles in Data Science competitions, Visualizing your Facebook network, and more.
on Jun 30, 2015 in Tutorials
Sentiment Analysis Symposium, New York City, July 15-16
2015 Sentiment Analysis Symposium is a dream event for data scientists and analysts working in text, social, and emotion analytics. Get discount with code KDNUGGETS.
on Jun 30, 2015 in New York City, NY, Sentiment Analysis, Text Analytics
Nine Laws of Data Mining, part 2
The second group data mining laws includes: There are always patterns, Data mining amplifies perception in the business domain, Prediction increases information locally by generalisation, Value law, Law of Change. Tom Khabaza explains.
on Jun 30, 2015 in CRISP-DM, Data Mining, Tom Khabaza
Upcoming Webcasts on Analytics, Big Data, Data Science – Jun 30 and beyond
The Perfect Fit: Scalable Graph for Big Data, Data Mining: Failure to Launch, Introduction to SparkR, Tips & Tricks for Customer Segmentation, and more.
on Jun 29, 2015 in Apache Spark, Graph Databases, Pivotal, R
Getting Business Value from Real-time Streaming Analytics
Get the white paper to learn how real-time streaming analytics can add value to business, including what is real-time streaming analytics, its characteristics, best ways to use it and implement it.
on Jun 29, 2015 in Impetus, IoT, Real-time, StreamAnalytix, Streaming Analytics
KDnuggets Interview: Amr Awadallah, CTO & Co-founder, Cloudera on the Future of Information Architecture Design
We discuss Cloudera’s achievements, story behind the name ‘Cloudera’, CTO role, and key attributes of information architecture designed for future.
on Jun 29, 2015 in Amr Awadallah, Cloudera, Hadoop, Information Management, Interview, Performance, Success
Nine Laws of Data Mining, part 1
Tom Khabaza, one of the authors of the Clementine data mining workbench and of CRISP-DM methodology for data mining process, proposes and explains 9 laws of data mining.
on Jun 29, 2015 in CRISP-DM, Data Mining, Tom Khabaza
Top stories for Jun 21-27: Popular Deep Learning Tools; Why Does Deep Learning Work?
Popular Deep Learning Tools - a review; Top 10 Machine Learning Videos on YouTube; Why Does Deep Learning Work?; Top 20 R Machine Learning and Data Science packages.
on Jun 28, 2015 in Top stories
Using Ensembles in Kaggle Data Science Competitions- Part 3
Earlier, we showed how to create stacked ensembles with stacked generalization and out-of-fold predictions. Now we'll learn how to implement various stacking techniques.
on Jun 27, 2015 in Competition, Data blending, Kaggle, Logistic Regression, Predictive Models
Big Data Big Impact on the Future of Advertising
Big data is ready to tack advertisement industry to a new height. Here, we captured how big data will shape the advertising in the future, its challenges and opportunities.
on Jun 26, 2015 in Big Data, Online advertising, Privacy
Excellent Tutorial on Sequence Learning using Recurrent Neural Networks
Excellent tutorial explaining Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) which hold great promise for learning general sequences, and have applications for text analysis, handwriting recognition and even machine translation.
on Jun 26, 2015 in Recurrent Neural Networks, Text Classification
Open Source Enabled Interactive Analytics: An Overview
Explaining the aspects of creating an interactive data driven dashboard using open source technologies i.e. MongoDB, D3.Js, DC.JS and Node JS.
on Jun 26, 2015 in Anmol Koul, D3.js, Data Visualization, Javascript, MongoDB
Using Ensembles in Kaggle Data Science Competitions – Part 2
Aspiring to be a Top Kaggler? Learn more methods like Stacking & Blending. In the previous post we discussed about ensembling models by ways of weighing, averaging and ranks. There is much more to explore in Part-2!
on Jun 26, 2015 in Competition, Data blending, Data Science, Kaggle, Netflix
Webinar: Data Mining: Failure to Launch
[July 9]
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 July 9.
on Jun 25, 2015 in Data Mining, Failure to Launch, The Modeling Agency, TMA
Using Ensembles in Kaggle Data Science Competitions – Part 1
How to win Machine Learning Competitions? Gain an edge over the competition by learning Model Ensembling. Take a look at Henk van Veen's insights about how to get improved results!
on Jun 25, 2015 in Competition, Correlation, Data Science, Kaggle, Machine Learning, Use Cases
Data Science and Mobile Devices: Joined at the Hip
As number of wearable and IoT devices have soared, there is a new big data market emerging at horizon. Here, we have scratched the surface of this giant and got few connections between mobile devices and data science.
on Jun 25, 2015 in Data Science, IoT, Mobile, Mobility
Top 20 R packages by popularity
Wondering which are the most popular R packages? Here's an analysis based on most downloaded R packages from Jan to May 2015 to identify the top trending packages in the R world!
on Jun 25, 2015 in CRAN, R, R Packages, Top list
Top 20 R Machine Learning and Data Science packages
We list out the top 20 popular Machine Learning R packages by analysing the most downloaded R packages from Jan-May 2015.
on Jun 24, 2015 in CRAN, Data Science, Machine Learning, R, R Packages, Top list
Global Big Data Conference, Santa Clara, Sep 1-3
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. KDnuggets discount.
on Jun 24, 2015 in Big Data, CA, Global Big Data Conference, Santa Clara
Interview: Anil Gadre, MapR on 3 Keys for Big Data Success: Reliability, Security, & Scalability
We discuss the origin of Apache Myriad, state of security in Big Data, MapR Quick Start Solutions, Hadoop vendor selection criteria, and more.
on Jun 24, 2015 in Anil Gadre, Future, Hadoop, Interview, MapR, Security, Success, Trends, Vendors
Top KDnuggets tweets, Jun 16-22: Deep Learning resources from O’Reilly; Free Kaggle Machine Learning Tutorial in R
#DeepLearning resources from @OReillyMedia to help you get started; Free @Kaggle #MachineLearning Tutorial in R - learn how to compete in #DataScience; Data Scientists, enjoy your fat salaries while you can; Computational Aesthetics #Algorithm Spots #Beauty That Humans Overlook.
on Jun 23, 2015 in Automation, Beauty, Deep Learning, Kaggle, O'Reilly, Text Mining
PAW: Boston Agenda Announced
Predictive Analytics World (PAW) for Business covers a wide range of business applications for predictive analytics across industry sectors. Special KDnuggets discount with code KDN150.
on Jun 23, 2015 in Boston, MA, PAW, Predictive Analytics World
Why Does Deep Learning Work?
Many researchers recently trying to open the “black-box” of the deep learning. Here we summarize these efforts of how neural nets of deep learning are evolve and how Spin Funnel and deep learning are related.
on Jun 23, 2015 in Deep Learning, Deep Neural Network, Neural Networks
Top 10 Machine Learning Videos on YouTube
The top machine learning videos on YouTube include lecture series from Stanford and Caltech, Google Tech Talks on deep learning, using machine learning to play Mario and Hearthstone, and detecting NHL goals from live streams.
on Jun 23, 2015 in Andrew Ng, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Geoff Hinton, Google, Grant Marshall, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Robots, Video Games, Youtube
Interview: Anil Gadre, MapR on What it takes to Automate Data-to-Action?
We discuss how analytics can impact the business “as-it-happens”, merging business analytics with production operations, transition challenges, and recently announced partnership with Teradata.
on Jun 23, 2015 in Anil Gadre, Business Analytics, Decision Making, Hadoop, Interview, MapR, Realtime Analytics, Teradata
Introduction to Big Data with Apache Spark
Apache spark, has been one of the exciting technologies in recent years for the big data development. Here, you can find why spark is better than its predecessors and what are its major pillars.
on Jun 23, 2015 in Apache Spark, Big Data, MapReduce
Upcoming Webcasts on Analytics, Big Data, Data Science – Jun 23 and beyond
Which Data Should You Move to Hadoop, Using Data from Hadoop to Improve Your Business, Tips and Tricks for Logistic Regression, Data Mining: Failure to Launch, and more.
on Jun 22, 2015 in Hadoop, Lavastorm, Logistic Regression, Salford Systems
New Poll: Primary Programming Language for Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science?
The Data Science Championship fight - R vs Python: What was your Primary Programming Language for Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science tasks?
on Jun 22, 2015 in Poll, Programming Languages, Python, Python vs R, R
Model-Based Machine Learning, Free Early Book Draft
Are you a newbie to machine Learning? Here's a fresh new perspective to learning it. It's called "Model-based machine Learning". It makes the process of creating effective machine learning solutions much more systematic for any newcomer!
on Jun 22, 2015 in Book, Free ebook, Machine Learning
10 reasons why I love data and analytics
As data science getting more and more traction in all the major industries. So, in this new, exciting and challenging field there are lots of opportunities. Here are few reasons why you should be a part of this.
By Paul Balm on Jun 22, 2015 in Big Data, Data Science, Decision Making, Predictive Analytics
Survey: Top Management Support and Data Mining Success
Participate in a research project that investigates if top management support is a contributing factor in making data mining projects successful. Short survey takes 5-10 minutes and results will be published on KDnuggets.
on Jun 21, 2015 in Data Mining, Success, Survey
Top stories for Jun 14-20: Which Big Data, Data Mining Tools go together? Popular Deep Learning Tools
Which Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science Tools go together?; Top 20 Python Machine Learning Open Source Projects; Popular Deep Learning Tools - a review; Decision Boundaries for Deep Learning and other Machine Learning classifiers.
on Jun 21, 2015 in Top stories
How to Visualize your Facebook Network
Recent restrictions to Facebook API has made it difficult to visualize it readily. But, here you can find a complete pipeline from collecting data, storing it and finally visualizing it as network graph.
on Jun 20, 2015 in Facebook, Graph Visualization, Linkurious, Network Graph
KDD-2015, Sydney, August 10-12, Early Bird Reg Deadline June 30
KDD-2015, the premier international forum for data science, data mining, knowledge discovery and big data research and practice, will feature plenary presentations, paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, tutorials, exhibits, and the KDD Cup competition. Early bird deadline is June 30.
on Jun 19, 2015 in Australia, KDD-2015, Sydney
Spark Summit 2015 San Francisco – Day 2 Keynote Highlights
Highlights from keynote speeches delivered by various eminent big data technology leaders from industry and academia at Spark Summit 2015 Conference held in San Francisco.
on Jun 19, 2015 in Apache Spark, AWS, Baidu, CIA, Cloudera, Databricks, Intel, Spark SQL, Toyota
IKANOW Cyber Analytics Platform revolutionizing cybersecurity
IKANOW is revolutionizing cybersecurity with their major new release to their cyber analytics platform.
on Jun 19, 2015 in Cybersecurity, IKANOW
Big Data Bootcamp, Austin, Aug 28-30
A fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape targeted towards technical and business people who want to understand the emerging world of Big Data. Special KDnuggets discount.
on Jun 19, 2015 in Austin, Big Data, Bootcamp, Developers, Global Big Data Conference, TX
Advancing Analytics – Global Analytics Leaders to Speak in Sydney, Aug 4
Seven global analytics leaders will talk in Sydney at Advancing Analytics 2015, on coping with 20 petabytes of data/year, sentiment analytics to understand customers, machine learning and IoT impact on the analytics industry, and more.
on Jun 18, 2015 in Australia, Claudia Perlich, IAPA, Sydney, Usama Fayyad
Strata + Hadoop World, New York City, Sep 29 – Oct 1, KDnuggets discount
Strata + Hadoop World in New York is where big data most influential business decision makers, strategists, architects, developers, and analysts gather to shape the future. Get 20% off with code KDNG.
on Jun 18, 2015 in Hadoop, New York City, NY, Strata
I’m a data scientist – mind if I do surgery on your heart?
If I walked into an operating room and said I'm going to start dabbling in surgery I would be immediately thrown out. But people do that with statistics and data analysis all the time.
on Jun 18, 2015 in Data Analysis, Data Scientist, Healthcare, HealthKit, Medical
Simplilearn: Flat 30% off on 7-course Big Data package until June 22
Simplilearn updated All-in-one Big Data course packages now include latest databases like Apache Cassandra, Impala, and Google Big Table. Use Code ONLINE30 to get 30% Discount until 22nd June 2015.
on Jun 18, 2015 in Certification, Data Science Education, Hadoop, Online Education, SAS, Simplilearn
Popular Deep Learning Tools – a review
Deep Learning is the hottest trend now in AI and Machine Learning. We review the popular software for Deep Learning, including Caffe, Cuda-convnet, Deeplearning4j, Pylearn2, Theano, and Torch.
on Jun 18, 2015 in Convolutional Neural Networks, CUDA, Deep Learning, GPU, Pylearn2, Python, Ran Bi, Theano, Torch
Big Data Developer Conference and Training, Raleigh, Aug 24-26
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. KDnuggets discount.
on Jun 18, 2015 in Big Data, Developers, Global Big Data Conference, NC, Raleigh
Webcast: Tech expert Phil Simon on exploring data
Phil Simon, award-winning author, talks about how data visualization can help improve data quality, promoting the exploratory mindset, telling good stories with data, and more. On demand webcast.
on Jun 17, 2015 in Data Exploration, Data Quality, Data Visualization, JMP
Spark Summit 2015 San Francisco – Day 1 Keynote Highlights
Highlights from keynote speeches delivered by various eminent big data technology leaders from industry and academia at Spark Summit 2015 Conference held in San Francisco.
on Jun 17, 2015 in Apache Spark, Conference, Databricks, Highlights, Hortonworks, IBM, MapR, Matei Zaharia, NASA
Interview: Joseph Babcock, Netflix on Curiosity and Courage – Key for Success in Data Science
We discuss discovery vs. personalization, advice, trends, desired skills in data scientists, and more.
on Jun 17, 2015 in Advice, Career, Hiring, Interview, Joseph Babcock, Metrics, Netflix, Trends
In Machine Learning, What is Better: More Data or better Algorithms
Gross over-generalization of “more data gives better results” is misguiding. Here we explain, in which scenario more data or more features are helpful and which are not. Also, how the choice of the algorithm affects the end result.
on Jun 17, 2015 in Big Data Hype, Data Quality, IMDb, Machine Learning, Quora, Xavier Amatriain
Big Data Developer Conference and Training, Seattle Aug 17-19
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. KDnuggets discount.
on Jun 17, 2015 in Big Data, Developers, Global Big Data Conference, Seattle, WA
Become a Predictive Analytics Superhero
Attend PAW Boston 2015 events, Sep 27 - Oct 1, to develop the skills and strategies necessary to take your data to the next level.
on Jun 16, 2015 in Boston, MA, PAW, Predictive Analytics World
Top KDnuggets tweets, Jun 09-15: Which Big Data, Data Mining, Data Science Tools go together? Good Comparison of ML classifiers
Which #BigData, #DataMining and #DataScience Tools go together? Good Comparison of ML classifiers: Decision Trees, Regression, SVM, #NeuralNets; In #machinelearning, what is better more #data or better algorithms? Need both.
on Jun 16, 2015 in Data Mining Software, Data Visualization, Decision Boundaries, Machine Learning, Painting
OCR The 50 Best Masters in Data Science, BI – critical review
OnlineCourseReport provides ranking of 50 Best Masters in Data Science according to Affordability, Flexibility, and Requirements. We find the ranking controversial, but the information useful.
on Jun 16, 2015 in Data Science Education, Online Education
Interview: Joseph Babcock, Netflix on Genie, Lipstick, and Other In-house Developed Tools
We discuss role of analytics in content acquisition, data architecture at Netflix, organizational structure, and open-source tools from Netflix.
on Jun 16, 2015 in Data Science, ETL, In-house, Interview, Joseph Babcock, Netflix, Open Source, Tools
New Machine Learning and Data Science Books – Save 20%
New books include Statistical Learning with Sparsity: The Lasso and Generalizations, Statistical Reinforcement Learning: Modern Machine Learning Approaches, and Healthcare Data Analytics. Use Promotion Code GZP42 to save 20% off.
on Jun 15, 2015 in Charu Aggarwal, CRC Press, Healthcare, Lasso, Reinforcement Learning, Robert Tibshirani, Statistical Learning, Trevor Hastie
Upcoming Webcasts on Analytics, Big Data, Data Science – Jun 16 and beyond
Using electronic health records for better care, Using Data from Hadoop to Improve Your Business, Tips & Tricks for Logistic Regression, Data Mining: Failure to Launch, and more.
on Jun 15, 2015 in Lavastorm, Salford Systems, Stanford, TMA
Interview: Joseph Babcock, Netflix on Discovery and Personalization from Big Data
We discuss the steps involved in Discovery process at Netflix, impact due to multitude of devices, system generated logs, and surprising insights.
on Jun 15, 2015 in Experimentation, Insights, Interview, Joseph Babcock, Knowledge Discovery, Netflix, Personalization
Advancing Analytics 2015, Sydney, Australia, August 4, 2015
Hear from the leading thinkers on the analytics that drives business. The Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia (IAPA) annual event features CERN, Barclays Bank, Fonterra, Oxford University, GILT, CISCO and Dstillery, Aug 4 - a week before KDD-15.
on Jun 15, 2015 in Australia, Claudia Perlich, IAPA, Sydney, Usama Fayyad
Decision Boundaries for Deep Learning and other Machine Learning classifiers
H2O, one of the leading deep learning framework in python, is now available in R. We will show how to get started with H2O, its working, plotting of decision boundaries and finally lessons learned during this series.
on Jun 15, 2015 in Decision Boundaries, Deep Learning, H2O, Machine Learning, SVM
The Big Data EMeetup, as mass online role playing game, July 7
This meetup uses mass multiplayer online role playing platform with live presentations, virtual exhibition halls with virtual booths and enhanced networking capabilities. Free registration.
on Jun 15, 2015 in Big Data, Meetup, Online Games
Top stories for Jun 7-13: Top 20 Python Machine Learning Projects; Which Big Data, Data Mining, Data Science Tools go together?
Top 20 Python Machine Learning Open Source Projects; Which Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science Tools go together? Best Big Data, Data Science, Data Mining, and Machine Learning podcasts.
on Jun 14, 2015 in Top stories
Scala By the Bay (Aug 13-16) + Big Data Scala (Aug 16-18), Bay Area
77 best talks from the leading companies using Scala, Spark, and other Scala-based projects in production, including Twitter, Salesforce, Cloudera, Verizon, with innovative end-to-end pipeline training on Aug 16.
on Jun 12, 2015 in Alexy Khrabrov, Big Data, CA, Oakland, Scala, Twitter
Is Analytics Career Right for You?
An analytical way to decide whether you should pursue a career in analytics. We shared some economic ways to getting started and mind-set required for entering into this exciting field.
on Jun 12, 2015 in Advice, Career, Data Science Skills, Skills
Cognitive Computing: Solving the Big Data Problem?
With a shortage of data scientists, what are the alternatives for making sense of Big Data? We examine Cognitive Computing, its strengths, and how it can fit into the current Big Data landscape.
on Jun 12, 2015 in Cognitive Computing, DeepMind, Google, IBM Watson, Qualcomm, Rick Delgado
Big Data Developer Conference and Training, Boston, Aug 10-12
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. KDnuggets discount.
on Jun 12, 2015 in Big Data, Boston, Developers, Global Big Data Conference, MA
Interview: Beth Smith, General Manager of the IBM Analytics Platform business, on Analytics, Hadoop, Spark
We discuss coming Analytics surprises, what has changed, Open Source, Hadoop, Apache Spark, Open Data Platform, new analytics roles, IBM resources for analytics educations, and more.
on Jun 12, 2015 in Apache Spark, Beth Smith, Hadoop, IBM
PAW: Predictive Analytics in the Financial Industry, Boston, Sep 27 – Oct 1
Predictive Analytics World for Business in Boston is launching a dedicated track focusing on applications of predictive analytics to the financial industry. Use code KDN150 by June 26 and save up to $800.
on Jun 11, 2015 in Boston, Finance, MA, PAW, Predictive Analytics World
Which Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science Tools go together?
We analyze the associations between the top Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science tools based on the results of 2015 KDnuggets Software Poll. Download anonymized data and analyze it yourself.
on Jun 11, 2015 in Apache Spark, Data Mining Software, Excel, Hadoop, Knime, Poll, Python, R, RapidMiner, SQL
Big Data Developer Conference and Training, Santa Clara, July 15-17
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. KDnuggets discount.
on Jun 11, 2015 in Big Data, CA, Developers, Global Big Data Conference, Santa Clara
Webinar: Tips & Tricks to Improve Your Logistic Regression, June 25
Learn more advanced and intuitive machine learning techniques that improve on standard logistic regression in accuracy and other aspects. A step-by-step presentation that you can repeat on your own.
on Jun 10, 2015 in Gradient Boosting, Logistic Regression, Salford Systems
May 2015 Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining Acquisitions and Startups Activity
May 2015 acquisitions, startups, and company activity in Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science: Elon Musk, Google buys Timeful, Lexalytics Wizard GUI, Banjo $100M, Unicorn myth and reality.
on Jun 10, 2015 in Baidu, Elon Musk, Google, Lexalytics, Startups
Interview: Ranjan Sinha, eBay on Winner Insights from International Sorting Competitions
We discuss advancements in the field of Personalization, lessons from winning sorting competitions, Data Science trends, career advice, and more.
on Jun 10, 2015 in Advice, Career, Competition, eBay, Insights, Interview, Personalization, Ranjan Sinha, Recommendation, Trends
TDWI Boston, July 26-31, 2015 – The Analytics Experience
Join us at The Analytics Experience to explore the art and science of realizing business value from data. We are bringing together industry experts, solution providers, and practitioners to dig deep into analytics competencies, practices, and technologies. Special 10% Discount code before June 26.
on Jun 10, 2015 in Boston, MA, TDWI
Top KDnuggets tweets, Jun 2-8: Starting salaries for #DataScientists have gone north of $200,000
Starting salaries for #DataScientists have gone north of $200K; Top 20 #Python #MachineLearning #OpenSource Projects; Neural Networks and Deep Learning, free online book (draft); #Airbnb announces #Aerosolve, an #OpenSource #MachineLearning #software package.
on Jun 9, 2015 in AirBnB, Free ebook, Machine Learning, Open Source, Python, Salary
Interview: Ranjan Sinha, eBay on Advanced Hadoop Cluster Management through Predictive Modeling
We discuss categorization of e-commerce analytics, opportunities/ challenges of Big Data, Astro predictive model for Hadoop cluster management, and Apache Kylin.
on Jun 9, 2015 in Apache Hive, Apache Kylin, Astro, Customer Experience, eBay, Ecommerce, Hadoop, Interview, Predictive Modeling, Ranjan Sinha
Best Big Data, Data Science, Data Mining, and Machine Learning podcasts
We present the top 12 Data Science & Machine Learning related Podcasts by popularity on iTunes. Check out latest episodes to stay up-to-date & become a part of the data conversations!
on Jun 9, 2015 in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Data Science, Machine Learning, Podcast
Ontotext: RDF Graph Databases in the Cloud, June 11 Webinar
Ontotext webinar will provide an in-depth look at the graph database-as-a-service (DBaaS) available on the Ontotext S4 platform. Space is limited - register now.
on Jun 9, 2015 in Graph Databases, Ontotext, RDF
Upcoming Webcasts on Analytics, Big Data, Data Science – Jun 9 and beyond
Improve Customer Experience Management with Text Analytics, Data Mining - Failure to Launch, Why and When to Embed Business Intelligence, On-Demand RDF Graph Databases in the Cloud, By Ontotext, and more.
on Jun 9, 2015 in Daedalus, Looker, Ontotext, Salford Systems, Stanford, TMA
Top stories for May 31 – Jun 6: Top 20 Python Machine Learning Open Source Projects
Top 20 Python Machine Learning Open Source Projects; Top 30 Social Network Analysis and Visualization Tools; R vs Python for Data Science; Love, Sex and Predictive Analytics.
on Jun 7, 2015 in Top stories
Interview: James Taylor, Salesforce on Phoenix + HBase – The Future of Big Data
We discuss the advantages of Phoenix, upcoming features, soon coming-up support for transactions, trends, advice, and more.
on Jun 6, 2015 in Apache Phoenix, Distributed Systems, Future, HBase, Interview, James Taylor, Salesforce
Top May stories: Most popular Predictive Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science software; R vs Python
Poll: Predictive Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science software used; R leads RapidMiner, Python catches up, Big Data tools grow, Spark ignites; R vs Python for Data Science: The Winner is ...; Most Viewed Big Data Videos on YouTube.
on Jun 6, 2015 in Top stories
Top KDnuggets tweets, May 26 – Jun 1: Step by Step Guide to Learn #DataScience on R
Creator of @ApacheSpark @Matei_Zaharia wins @ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award; LeaRning Path: Step by Step Guide to Learn #DataScience with R; Top 20 #Python #MachineLearning #OpenSource Projects; R vs #Python for #DataScience.
on Jun 5, 2015 in ACM, Deep Learning, Google, Matei Zaharia, Python vs R, R
Interview: James Taylor, Salesforce on Apache Phoenix – RDBMS for Big Data
We discuss the beginning of Phoenix project, decision of making it open source, relational database layer on HBase, and key reasons for the superior performance of Apache Phoenix.
on Jun 5, 2015 in Apache Phoenix, HBase, Interview, James Taylor, Open Source, Performance, RDBMS, Salesforce
Love, Sex and Predictive Analytics
Here, we are trying to understand the working mechanisms of dating sites, algorithms used and role of predictive analytics while matchmaking. We have also gleaned some interesting analytical insights from them.
on Jun 4, 2015 in Love, Match.com, OkCupid, Online Dating, Predictive Analytics, Recommendation, Tinder
Interview: Sheridan Hitchens, Auction.com on Data Science Evolution from a Nerdy Hobby to a Strategic Priority
We discuss the evolution of Data Science expectations, Data Science as a career, advice, and more.
on Jun 4, 2015 in Advice, Auction, Career, Data Science, Future, Interview, Sheridan Hitchens, Skills
77 upcoming June – December 2015 Meetings in Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, Data Science
Coming soon: Predictive Analytics World and Manufacturing Chicago, Spark Summit, In-Memory Computing Summit 2015, TDWI The Analytics Experience, KDD-2015 (Sydney), and more.
on Jun 3, 2015 in Australia, Boston, CA, Chicago, IL, MA, San Francisco, Sydney
Data Mining and Predictive Analytics Glossary
Here, we have collected definitions of common terminologies used in data science and big data.
on Jun 3, 2015 in Algolytics, Data Mining, Data Science Jargon, Glossary
Big Data Developer Conference, Hyderabad, India, June 19-21
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. KDnuggets discount.
on Jun 1, 2015 in Big Data, Developers, Global Big Data Conference, Hyderabad, India
Upcoming Webcasts on Analytics, Big Data, Data Science – Jun 2 and beyond
Data Mining - Failure to Launch, Improve Customer Experience Management with Text Analytics, Why and When to Embed Business Intelligence, Tips & Tricks for Logistic Regression, and more.
on Jun 1, 2015 in Daedalus, Logistic Regression, Looker, TMA
Webinar: Data Mining: Failure to Launch [June 10]
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 June 10.
on Jun 1, 2015 in Failure to Launch, The Modeling Agency, TMA
Top 30 Social Network Analysis and Visualization Tools
We review major tools and packages for Social Network Analysis and visualization, which have wide applications including biology, finance, sociology, network theory, and many other domains.
on Jun 1, 2015 in Data Science Tools, Graph Visualization, Social Network Analysis
Top 20 Python Machine Learning Open Source Projects
We examine top Python Machine learning open source projects on Github, both in terms of contributors and commits, and identify most popular and most active ones.
on Jun 1, 2015 in GitHub, Machine Learning, Open Source, Python, scikit-learn
Top /r/MachineLearning Posts, May: Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks, Time-Lapse Mining
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks, Time-lapse mining from Net photos, Deep Learning Textbook Part I, Kaggle R Tutorial, and Free Machine Learning ebooks.
on Jun 1, 2015 in Deep Learning, Free ebook, Grant Marshall, Kaggle, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, R, Recurrent Neural Networks, Reddit
MSc in Data Science/Executive Big Data Analysis in Paris or Nice
Get MSc in Data Science or an MSc in Executive Big Data Analysis with DSTI intensive programmes in Paris or Nice campuses.
on Jun 1, 2015 in Data ScienceTech Institute, DSTI, France, MS in Data Science, Nice, NVIDIA, Paris
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