2018 Feb News, Features

• McKinsey Analytics Online Hackathon, 10 March, 2018 - Feb 28, 2018.
  Calling all coders and data scientists to join McKinsey 24-hour hackathon on March 10, 2018. Win All-expenses paid trip to a tech conference of your choice.

  Tags: Advanced Analytics, Hackathon, Machine Learning, McKinsey, Recommender Systems

• A powerful new IDE to build, test, and run Apache Spark applications on your desktop for free! - Feb 23, 2018.
  Build enterprise-grade functionally rich Spark applications with the aid of an intuitive drag-and-drop user interface and a wide array of pre-built Spark operators.

  Tags: Apache Spark, Impetus, StreamAnalytix

• Gartner 2018 Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning – Read the report - Feb 23, 2018.
  Read Gartner 2018 Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, courtesy of Domino, and learn which data science platform is right for your organization and why Domino was named a Visionary.

  Tags: Data Science Platform, Domino, Gartner, Machine Learning, Magic Quadrant

• Age of AI Conference 2018 – Day 2 Highlights - Feb 23, 2018.
  Here are some of the highlights from the second day of the Age of AI Conference, February 1, at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco.

  Tags: Adversarial, AI, CA, Conference, D-Wave Systems, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Quantum Computing, San Francisco, Security

• Age of AI Conference 2018 – Day 1 Highlights - Feb 21, 2018.
  Here are some of the highlights from the first day of the Age of AI Conference, January 31, at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco.

  Tags: AI, CA, Conference, DeepMind, Generative Adversarial Network, Neural Networks, San Francisco, Self-Driving Car, Wolfram

• KDnuggets part-time, paid internship in Data Science/Machine Learning Journalism. - Feb 20, 2018.
  KDnuggets is looking for graduate students in AI, Analytics, Data Science, or Machine Learning for a part-time (5-10 hrs/week) paid internship to do data journalism, research and write blogs, and help run KDnuggets site.

  Tags: About KDnuggets, Internship

• The Data Scientist’s Guide to Apache Spark™ - Feb 16, 2018.
  How data scientists can leverage Spark for advanced analytics.

  Tags: Advanced Analytics, Apache Spark, Data Scientist, Databricks, Matei Zaharia

• 2018 IEEE Big Data Cup - Feb 16, 2018.
  The IEEE Big Data conference series started in 2013 has established itself as the top tier research conference in Big Data. We invite industrial, government, and academic organizations to submit proposals to organize a Data Challenge for the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Big Data.

  Tags: Big Data, Challenge, Competition, IEEE

• Cartoon: Machine Learning Problems in 2118 - Feb 14, 2018.
  For Valentine's day, new KDnuggets cartoon looks at some problems Machine Learning can face in 2118.

  Tags: Cartoon, Machine Learning, Robots, Valentine's Day

• Insurance AI – the roadmap to impact (exclusive whitepaper Blue Cross, Zurich, Unum & CCA Global Partners) - Feb 13, 2018.
  Understanding where and how AI will impact insurance is crucial to deliver growth and true business value. Download the whitepaper “Insurance AI – The Roadmap to Impact” which includes partners' AI plans for 2020 and which steps they are taking today to achieve this vision.

  Tags: AI, Insurance, Insurance Nexus, White Paper

• 7 Steps of a Data Science PoC – Get The Guidebook - Feb 12, 2018.
  Download a free copy of the white paper The 7 Steps to Driving a Successful Data Science POC for a detailed walk-through of the seven steps to running a successful POC.

  Tags: Data Science, Dataiku, Proof-of-concept, White Paper