KDnuggets™ News 15:n25, Aug 5: Largest Dataset Analyzed? Big Data & the Dog Question; Impact of IoT

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  Features

• New Poll: Largest Dataset Analyzed/Data Mined?
• Cartoon: Big Data and the dog question
• Impact of IoT on Big Data Landscape
• Data is Ugly - Tales of Data Cleaning
• Big Data Best-Practice Checklist for Small and Medium Enterprises

 


  Software

• TheWalnut.io: An Easy Way to Create Algorithm Visualizations

  Opinions

• New Standard Methodology for Analytical Models

  Interviews

• Interview: Stefan Groschupf, Datameer on Balancing Accuracy and Simplicity in Analytics
• Interview: Andrew Duguay, Prevedere on the Hidden Value in Global Data Sets
• Interview: Andrew Duguay, Prevedere on Economic Intelligence from Integrating Public Datasets

  News

• Speaking Opportunity: Predictive Analytics World for Workforce
• Top stories for Jul 26 - Aug 1: Impact of IoT on Big Data Landscape; Data Science, Machine Learning Cheat Sheets
• CRN 10 Coolest Big Data Startups

  Webcasts and Webinars

• Upcoming Webcasts on Analytics, Big Data, Data Science - Aug 4 and beyond
• Webinar: Data Mining: Failure to Launch
  [Aug 18]

  Courses

• NYC Data Science Academy courses & bootcamps in Data Engineering, Data Science, R, Python, and Machine Learning

  Meetings

• 84 upcoming August - February Meetings in Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, Data Science
• IAPA Informed Australia roadshow with Data Scientist Patrick Hall
• Big Data TechCon, Nov 2-4, Chicago, the HOW-TO Big Data Event

  Jobs

• CSU East Bay: Faculty, Statistics/Biostatistics, Full-Time Tenure-Track
• SEC: Operations Research Analyst (Text Analytics)
• Columbia U.: Director of Data, Reporting & Analysis
• Columbia U.: Data and Research Analyst
• Coinalytics Co.: Sr. Machine Learning Engineer / Data Scientist
• City of Hartford: Statistician
• GuideOne: Predictive Modeler II

  Publications

• Book: Mining Human Mobility in Location-Based Social Networks

  Top Tweets

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Jul 28 - Aug 03: Very nice Visual Introduction to Machine Learning; Microsoft Capitulation and The End of Windows Everywhere

  CFP - Calls for Papers

• Due Aug 3, The 3rd Int. Workshop on High Dimensional Data Mining (HDM 2015)
• Due Aug 14, 2nd Workshop on Data Integration and Applications (DINA 2015)
• Due Aug 21, Human Computation 2015, Doctoral Consortium
• Due Aug 31, 4th ACM SIGSPATIAL Int. Workshop on Analytics for Big Geospatial Data (BigSpatial-2015)
• Due Sep 20, IEEE Big Data 2015 Call for Posters
• Due Dec 31, Special Issue "Human-Computer Interaction and the Social Web"

  

Quote

“Without big data analytics, companies are blind and deaf, wandering out onto the web like deer on a freeway.” – Geoffrey Moore, author and consultant