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• DrivenData: Data Science Competitions for Social Good

  DrivenData plans to bring cutting-edge practices in data science and crowdsourcing to some of the world's biggest social challenges and the organizations taking them on.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/11/drivendata-data-science-competitions-social-good.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n29, Nov 5

  Features | Software | Opinions | News | Webcasts | Courses | Meetings | Jobs | Publications | Tweets | CFP | Quote Features Big Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n29.html

• Cartoon: Halloween Costume for Big Data

  New KDnuggets cartoon looks at the appropriate Halloween costume for Big Data and its companion, No Privacy.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/cartoon-halloween-big-data-privacy.html

• CRISP-DM, still the top methodology for analytics, data mining, or data science projects

  CRISP-DM remains the most popular methodology for analytics, data mining, and data science projects, with 43% share in latest KDnuggets Poll, but a replacement for unmaintained CRISP-DM is long overdue.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/crisp-dm-top-methodology-analytics-data-mining-data-science-projects.html

• Will Deep Learning take over Machine Learning, make other algorithms obsolete?

  Will deep learning will take over machine learning and make other algorithms obsolete, or is it too complex to use on simpler problems? We look at both sides of this discussion.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/deep-learning-make-machine-learning-algorithms-obsolete.html

• Big Data accelerates medical research? Or not?

  Take a look at how big data in healthcare brings big opportunities, but along with those opportunities come great risk if statistics aren't carefully applied to those large datasets.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/big-data-accelerates-medical-research-or-not.html

• TweetNLP: Twitter Natural Language Processing

  A short overview of Natural Language Processing tools and utilities developed by Prof. Noah Smith, CMU and his team to analyze Twitter data.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/tweetnlp-twitter-natural-language-processing.html

• Supermarket customers segmentation using Self-Organizing Mapping

  See how a leading European supermarket chain improved customer value and profitability and identified key customer groups by applying business intelligence and analytics techniques like self-organizing maps.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/supermarket-customers-segmentation-using-self-organizing-mapping.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n28, Oct 29

  Features | Software | Opinions | Reports | News | Webcasts | Courses | Meetings | Jobs | Academic | Publications | Tweets | CFP Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n28.html

• Interactive Network and Graph Data Repository

  The network repository currently hosts over 500+ graphs/networks that span 19 collections of graphs from social science, machine learning, scientific computing, and many others.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/interactive-network-graph-data-repository.html

• ADW, free software to measure semantic similarity

  ADW is a software for measuring semantic similarity of arbitrary pairs of lexical items, from word senses to texts, based on "Align, Disambiguate, and Walk", a WordNet-based state-of-the-art semantic similarity approach. Get it on github.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/adw-free-software-measure-semantic-similarity.html

• Develve statistical software, free for non-commercial use

  Check out Develve 2.0, a six-sigma tool, the new version featuring new utilities for measure system analysis and the design of sophisticated experiments.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/develve-statistical-software.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n27, Oct 22

  Features | Software | Opinions | Interviews | Reports | News | Webcasts | Courses | Meetings | Jobs | Academic | Publications | Tweets Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n27.html

• Perfume, computer programming, and Harvard

  What is the connection between Perfume, computer programming, and Harvard education? Peter Bruce explains.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/perfume-computer-programming-harvard.html

• Request: Top Business Analytics Journals?

  For a young business school professor in business analytics, what are the five to eight A-level journals in which he/she should try to publish?

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/request-top-business-analytics-journals.html

• Taming the Internet of Things – KNIME Case Study

  With increasing interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), see how KNIME can be applied to collect data from IoT sensors, enrich that data, transform it, analyze it, and finally visualize it.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/taming-internet-things-knime-case-study.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n26, Oct 8

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  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n26.html

• Automotive Customer Churn Prediction Results, part 2

  Learn how to apply neural networks and self-organizing maps to visualize the macroscopic relationships between clients and the maintenance evolution of cars over the years.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/automotive-customer-churn-prediction-results-part-2.html

• Automotive Customer Churn Prediction using SVM and SOM

  A Case Study of predicting customer churn using Life Time Cycle approach and advanced machine learning methods including SVM and Self-Organizing Mapping.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/automotive-customer-churn-prediction-svm-som.html

• Apache Spark: O’Reilly Certification, EU Training, University Program

  Recent news on Apache Spark includes developer certification from O'Reilly, upcoming training workshops in EU by Databricks, and Spark tutorial events at major universities.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/apache-spark-training-certification-program.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Sep 19-21: Dilbert funniest cartoons on #BigData, data mining; Guess which pattern is random

  Guess which pattern is random, which machine-generated? Dilbert 20 funniest cartoons on #BigData, data mining, privacy; Data Scientist Cartoon; Neural Networks and Deep Learning, free online book (draft).

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/top-tweets-sep19-21.html

• Most Viewed Web Mining Lectures

  Discover interesting lectures on topics like mining information networks and identifying influential members of online communities in this list of the top viewed web mining lectures on videolectures.net.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/most-viewed-web-mining-lectures-videolectures.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n25, Sep 24

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  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n25.html

• Rattle package for Data Mining and Data Science in R

  Try the newly-released version of Rattle, the open source R package for data mining, and enjoy accessing a huge array of data mining algorithms through a convenient interface.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/rattle-data-mining-data-science-r.html

• Most Viewed Machine Learning Talks at Videolectures

  Discover lectures from a variety of summer schools and conference tutorials on machine learning in this list of the top lectures on the subject from videolectures.net.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/most-viewed-machine-learning-talks-videolectures.html

• Hiring Data Scientists: What to look for?

  Know key characteristics of what makes up a good data scientist based upon the three authors’ consulting and research experience, having collaborated with many companies world-wide on the topics of big data and analytics.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/hiring-data-scientist-what-to-look-for.html

• Most Viewed Data Mining Talks at Videolectures

  Watch the top 25 most viewed popular data mining lectures on VideoLectures.NET to learn about topics ranging general big-data tutorials to monetizing data mining startups.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/most-viewed-data-mining-talks-videolectures.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n24, Sep 18

  Features | Software | News | Opinions | Interviews | Reports | Webcasts | Courses | Meetings | Jobs | Academic | Publications | Tweets Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n24.html

• Cartoon: Robot Labor Day 2050

  Amidst all the discussion about robots and automation taking over human jobs, new KDnuggets cartoon looks at how Labor Day can evolve by 2050.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/cartoon-robot-labor-day-2050.html

• Dataiku Data Science Studio

  Data Science Studio (DSS) from Dataiku is a complete Data Science software tool for developers and analysts, which significantly shortens the time-consuming load-clean-train-test-deploy cycles of building predictive applications. A community edition and a free trial available.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/dataiku-data-science-studio.html

• Deep Learning – important resources for learning and understanding

  New and fundamental resources for learning about Deep Learning - the hottest machine learning method, which is approaching human performance level.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/deep-learning-important-resources-learning-understanding.html

• Sibyl: Google’s system for Large Scale Machine Learning

  A review of 2014 keynote talk about Sibyl, Google system for large scale machine learning. Parallel Boosting algorithm and several design principles are introduced.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/sibyl-google-system-large-scale-machine-learning.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n23, Sep 3

  Features | Software | News | Opinions | Interviews | Reports | Webcasts | Courses | Meetings | Jobs | Academic | Publications | Tweets Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n23.html

• Interview: Pedro Domingos: the Master Algorithm, new type of Deep Learning, great advice for young researchers

  Top researcher Pedro Domingos on useful maxims for Data Mining, Machine Learning as the Master Algorithm, new type of Deep Learning called sum-product networks, Big Data and startups, and great advice to young researchers.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/interview-pedro-domingos-master-algorithm-new-deep-learning.html

• Four main languages for Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science

  New KDnuggets Poll shows the growing dominance of four main languages for Analytics, Data Mining, and Data Science: R, SAS, Python, and SQL - used by 91% of data scientists - and decline in popularity of other languages, except for Julia and Scala.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/four-main-languages-analytics-data-mining-data-science.html

• Top Research Leaders in Data Mining, Data Science, and KDD

  We identify the top researchers in Data Mining, Data Science, and KDD. Jiawei Han, Philip Yu, and Christos Faloutsos remain the leaders, but they are joined by many fast rising young researchers - the leaders of tomorrow.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/top-research-leaders-data-mining-data-science.html

• Interesting Social Media Datasets

  Learn about some of the many interesting social media datasets available to you, some of which are quite new, and the different features and challenges they offer you for your next big data science project.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/interesting-social-media-datasets.html+

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n22, Aug 20

  Features | News | Opinions | Interviews | Webcasts | Courses | Meetings | Jobs | Publications | Tweets | Quote Features Four main languages Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n22.html

• OpenML: Share, Discover and Do Machine Learning

  OpenML is designed to share, organize and reuse data, code and experiments, so that scientists can make discoveries more efficiently. It is an interesting idea to build a network of machine learning.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/openml-share-discover-do-machine-learning.html

• Interview: Michael Berthold, President and Founder of KNIME, on Data Mining, Startups, and Visual Workflow

  We discuss KNIME key features and how it compares to competition, KNIME business model, Pharma, planned development, and transition from an academic project to a company.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/interview-michael-berthold-knime-data-mining-startup-visual-workflow-part1.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n21, Aug 13

  Features | Software | News | Opinions | Interviews | Reports | Webcasts | Courses | Meetings | Jobs | Tweets | Quote Features Certificates Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n21.html

• BAT: China’s Three Big Data Leaders

  We examine the “three big mountains” in Chinese Internet and Big Data industry: Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent (together called BAT), and look into their different strategy and focus.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/bat-china-three-big-data-leaders.html

• Book: Data Classification: Algorithms and Applications

  Learn a wide variety of data classification techniques and their methods, domains, and variations in this comprehensive survey of the area of data classification.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/book-charu-aggarwal-data-classification-algorithms-applications.html

• 18 essential Hadoop tools

  Hadoop tools develop at a rapid rate, and keeping up with the latest can be difficult. Here we detail 18 of the most essential tools that work well with Hadoop.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/18-essential-hadoop-tools.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n20, Aug 6

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  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n20.html

• Interview: Sastry Malladi, StubHub on Designing Big Data Architecture for the Unknown Future

  We discuss the Big Data architecture at StubHub, important factors in architecture design, hybrid approach of using Big Data along with traditional data warehouses, challenges, importance of meta-data and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/07/interview-sastry-malladi-stubhub-big-data-architecture.html

• Containers: The Enabler of YARN

  The evolution of a data-center operating system is discussed along with the underlying challenges and approaches being followed. Containers play a big role in enabling the required abstraction and deliver additional benefits.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/07/containers-yarn-enabler.html

• Data for Good: data-driven projects for social good

  Data for Good is an exciting new non-profit seeking to highlight the various data science projects and resources that can ultimately contribute to the social good.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/07/data-for-good-data-driven-projects-social-good.html

• Spotting Bad Data Visualizations

  Good (or bad) Data visualizations can significantly help (or hurt) your case. Learn more about how poorly people can spot bad data visualizations.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/07/spotting-bad-data-visualizations.html

• MicroStrategy Analytics Desktop – visual tool, free download

  MicroStrategy Analytics Desktop is a fast, easy, and beautiful way to explore data and share your insights. Effortlessly build dashboards with a wide range of interactive visualizations. Free download.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/07/microstrategy-analytics-desktop-visual-tool-free-download.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n19, Jul 30

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  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n19.html

• How Xbox, Big Data & Statistical Analysis Can Measure Public Opinion

  Could the Xbox gaming platform and Big Data hold the key to generating accurate measures of public opinion, such as election polling? A team of statistical scientists think so.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/07/xbox-big-data-statistical-analysis-public-opinion.html

• When Watson Meets Machine Learning

  Our report on a recent Cognitive Systems meetup co-sponsored by IBM Watson and NYU Center for Data Science, IBM Watson Ecosystem, and machine learning applications, from healthcare to cognitive toys. You will want Fang!

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/07/watson-meets-machine-learning.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n18, Jul 16

  Features (6) | Software (2) | Opinions (7) | News (4) | Webcasts (3) | Courses (1) | Meetings (4) | Jobs (9) | Tweets Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n18.html

• The Impact Cycle – how to think of actionable insights

  The IMPACT Cycle provides a guiding framework for thinking about the steps for being effective analytical consultant, and can be a tool to help you drive effectiveness through your analytical teams.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/impact-cycle-actionable-insights.html

• Do you need a Masters Degree to become a Data Scientist?

  Leading analytics experts answer the question: "Do you need a Masters Degree to become a Data Scientist?" Read practical tips and interesting commentary.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/masters-degree-become-data-scientist.html

• Interview: Samaneh Moghaddam, Applied Researcher, eBay on Opinion Mining – Typical Projects and Major Challenges

  We discuss typical sentiment analysis problems at eBay, underrated challenges, career motivation, important soft skills and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/interview-samaneh-moghaddam-ebay-projects-challenges.html

• Data Science Skills and Business Problems

  Discover what skills a data scientist benefits from learning and how the concept of a data scientist, and what businesses expect of them, has developed over time.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/data-science-skills-business-problems.html

• Domino – A Platform For Modern Data Analysis

  Tools that facilitate data science best practices have not yet matured to match their counterparts in the world of software engineering. Domino is a platform built from the ground up to fill in these gaps and accelerate modern analytical workflows.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/domino-platform-modern-data-analysis.html

• XLMiner solves Big Data Problems in Excel

  XLMiner, a part of Analytic Solver Platform integrated software for predictive and prescriptive analytics - forecasting, data mining, optimization and simulation, lets you solve small or Big Data problems in Excel.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/xlminer-solve-big-data-problems-excel.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n17, Jul 2

  Features (4) | Software (2) | Opinions (7) | News (6) | Webcasts (1) | Courses (1) | Meetings and Reports (2) | Jobs (4) Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n17.html

• CRN 50 Big Data Business Analytics Companies

  We examine CRN top 50 Big Data Business Analytics companies. They are younger (average age is 10), and 44% are founded since 2010.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/crn-50-big-data-business-analytics-companies.html

• Does Deep Learning Have Deep Flaws?

  A recent study of neural networks found that for every correctly classified image, one can generate an "adversarial", visually indistinguishable image that will be misclassified. This suggests potential deep flaws in all neural networks, including possibly a human brain.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/deep-learning-deep-flaws.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n16, Jun 25

  Features (5) | Software (1) | Opinions (2) | News (2) | Webcasts (1) | Courses (1) | Meetings and Reports (6) | Jobs (7) Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n16.html

• KDnuggets Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science Software Poll – Analyzed

  We analyze the results of KDnuggets Software Poll, including correlations between tools, and relationships between commercial, free, and Hadoop/Big Data tools. We identify a potential capability gap. Download anonymized data and analyze it yourself.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/analytics-data-mining-data-science-software-poll-analyzed.html

• Cartoon: Big Data and World Cup Football

  New KDnuggets Cartoon takes a fresh look on Big Data insights and World Cup 2014 in Soccer. What should a player do when Big Data predicts his behavior?

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/cartoon-big-data-world-cup-football.html

• The Cardinal Sin of Data Mining and Data Science: Overfitting

  Overfitting leads to public losing trust in research findings, many of which turn out to be false. We examine some famous examples, "the decline effect", Miss America age, and suggest approaches for avoiding overfitting.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/cardinal-sin-data-mining-data-science.html

• NYU Data Science Program – Things to Know

  Inside summary of NYU Data Science program launched last year, what it is, and what makes it special.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/nyu-data-science-program-overview.html

• The Algorithm that Runs the World Can Now Run More of It

  The most important algorithm, used for optimizing almost everything, is linear programming. New advances allow linear programming problems to be solved faster using the new commercial parallel simplex solver.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/fico-algorithm-that-runs-world.html

• Top 10 Data Analysis Tools for Business

  Ten free, easy-to-use, and powerful tools to help you analyze and visualize data, analyze social networks, do optimization, search more efficiently, and solve your data analysis problems.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/top-10-data-analysis-tools-business.html

• Huge Big Data Poster and Reference

  A really Big poster "Do You Know Big Data" includes: What it is, Leading tools, What is a Data Scientist, What questions should we ask of databases, Visual techniques, Statistical algorithms, Privacy, and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/huge-big-data-poster.html

• DLib: Library for Machine Learning

  DLib is an open source C++ library implementing a variety of machine learning algorithms, including classification, regression, clustering, data transformation, and structured prediction.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/dlib-library-machine-learning.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n15, Jun 18

  Features (6) | Software (3) | Opinions (6) | News (2) | Webcasts (1) | Courses (1) | Jobs (7) | Academic (1) | Publications Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n15.html

• The First Law of Data Science: Do Umbrellas Cause Rain?

  Michael Brodie on the first law of data science, the role of data curation in Big Data analysis, and Thomas Piketty economic theories.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/first-law-data-science-correlation-causation.html

• KDnuggets 15th Annual Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science Software Poll: RapidMiner Continues To Lead

  With over 3,000 data miners taking part in KDnuggets 15th Annual Software Poll, RapidMiner continues to lead. Free software is used much more outside US, and Hadoop usage grows fastest in Asia.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/kdnuggets-annual-software-poll-rapidminer-continues-lead.html

• Data Lakes vs Data Warehouses

  Data Warehouses, traditionally popular for business intelligence tasks, are being replaced by less-structured Data Lakes which allow more flexibility.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/data-lakes-vs-data-warehouses.html

• Data Science Last Mile

  This post discusses the Data Science "Last Mile", the final work to take the discovered insights and deliver them a highly usable format or integrate into a specific application.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/data-science-last-mile.html

• Big Data Strategy: Datafication

  Datafication of everything enables new ways of creating value and becoming more competitive. Oracle Big Data Strategist Paul Sonderegger explains.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/big-data-strategy-datafication.html

• OpenNN, An Open Source Library For Neural Networks

  OpenNN is an open source class library written in C++ which implements neural networks, and runs on Windows, Apple, or Linux.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/opennn-open-source-library-neural-networks.html

• Interview: Kirk Borne, Data Scientist, GMU on Big Data in Astrophysics and Correlation vs. Causality

  We discuss how to build the best data models, significance of correlation and causality in Predictive Analytics, and impact of Big Data on Astrophysics.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/interview-kirk-borne-big-data-astrophysics-correlation-causality.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n14, Jun 10

  Features (8) | Software (3) | Opinions (14) | News (6) | Webcasts (3) | Courses (1) | Meetings and Reports (9) | Jobs (6) Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n14.html

• Vowpal Wabbit: Fast Learning on Big Data

  Vowpal Wabbit is a fast out-of-core machine learning system, which can learn from huge, terascale datasets faster than any other current algorithm. We also explain the cute name.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/vowpal-wabbit-fast-learning-on-big-data.html

• Where to Learn Deep Learning – Courses, Tutorials, Software

  Deep Learning is a very hot Machine Learning techniques which has been achieving remarkable results recently. We give a list of free resources for learning and using Deep Learning.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/learn-deep-learning-courses-tutorials-overviews.html

• Interview: Richard Wendell, VP, Data Science, TE Connectivity on Strategy for Analytics Projects

  We discuss the last mile of the execution path of Analytics projects, five critical pillars of success and data-driven decision making through advanced analytics.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/interview-richard-wendell-te-connectivity-analytics-projects.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n13, May 28

  Features (5) | Software (3) | Opinions (5) | News (1) | Webcasts (1) | Courses (1) | Meetings and Reports (3) | Jobs (5) Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n13.html

• Stacking the Deck: The Next Wave of Opportunity in Big Data

  A leading venture capitalist explains why Big Data infrastructure market is mostly mature and where lies the next big area of opportunities related to Big Data.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/stacking-deck-next-wave-opportunity-big-data.html

• Exclusive: Tamr at the New Frontier of Big Data Curation

  Our exclusive profile of Tamr (former Data Tamer), the latest startup from legendary Michael Stonebraker, which emerged from stealth mode to address the new field of Big Data Curation.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/tamr-new-frontier-big-data-curation.html

• Poll Results: Data Types/Sources Analyzed

  Trends in data sources for data mining include: table data dominates, followed by time series and text; audio, JSON grows in popularity, while itemsets decline; 70% access DB engines, but only 20% access NoSQL stores; Hadoop, MongoDB used more for text; Europe is lagging in NoSQL usage.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/poll-results-data-types-sources-analyzed.html

• Predict Soccer World Cup 2014 Winner, Get Prizes from RapidMiner

  Use a free edition of RapidMiner to have fun and bring sports predictions to another level by making a prediction of Soccer (Futbol) World Cup 2014, which starts on June 12 in Brazil.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/predict-world-cup-2014-winner-rapidminer-contest.html

• Big Data Landscape, v 3.0, analyzed

  We analyze the Big Data Landscape and identify the most popular market segments in Analytics, Infrastructure, Applications, Open Source, and Data Sources categories. It is still early - only 4.5% of companies had exits.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/big-data-landscape-v30-analyzed.html

• Guide to Data Science Cheat Sheets

  Selection of the most useful Data Science cheat sheets, covering SQL, Python (including NumPy, SciPy and Pandas), R (including Regression, Time Series, Data Mining), MATLAB, and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/guide-to-data-science-cheat-sheets.html

• Cartoon: Data Visualization meets 3-D Printer

  New KDnuggets Cartoon looks at what happens when Data Visualization meets 3-D Printer.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/cartoon-data-visualization-3d-printer.html

• Did Target Really Predict a Teen’s Pregnancy? The Inside Story

  We examine the origin and the facts behind this explosive story, the importance of headlines, and how unsubstantiated assumptions gain traction and mainstream attention and help create myths around Predictive Analytics.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/target-predict-teen-pregnancy-inside-story.html

• JMP White Paper: Advantages of Bootstrap Forest for Yield Analysis

  This white paper highlights practical examples on how to use partitioning techniques for semiconductor manufacturing data. These methods also have wider applicability.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/jmp-white-paper-advantages-bootstrap-forest-yield-analysis.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n12, May 21

  Features (11) | Software (4) | Opinions (9) | News (7) | Webcasts (1) | Courses (3) | Meetings and Reports (10) | Jobs (14) Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n12.html

• Poincare Conjecture, Perelman way, and Topology of social networks

  We examine the connections between the $1 million proof of Poincare conjecture by a reclusive math genius and the topological behavior and information diffusion over social networks.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/poincare-conjecture-perelman-topology-social-networks.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n11, May 7

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  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n11.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n10, Apr 30

  Features (9) | Opinions (5) | Software (3) | News (6) | Webcasts (1) | Courses (3) | Meetings (4) | Jobs (10) | Academic Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n10.html

• Cartoon: Data Scientist Salary Negotiation

  New KDnuggets Cartoon looks at Data Scientist Salary Negotiation situation.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/04/cartoon-data-scientist-salary-negotiation.html

• 9 Free Books for Learning Data Mining and Data Analysis

  Whether you are learning data science for the first time or refreshing your memory or catching up on latest trends, these free books will help you excel through self-study.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/04/9-free-books-learning-data-mining-data-analysis.html

• New Book: Social Media Mining – free PDF download

  Social Media Mining integrates social media, social network analysis, and data mining to enable students, practitioners, researchers, and managers to understand the basics and potentials of this field.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/04/book-social-media-mining-free-download.html

• Elusive Data Scientists Driving High Salaries

  Recent study tracks experience, salary, industry and location of Data scientists, finds they are earning base salaries over $200K. Download free report.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/04/elusive-data-scientists-driving-high-salaries.html

• Interactive Big Data Timeline

  A very interesting interactive Big Data timeline takes you from the beginning of information overload in 1880s to Business Intelligence, World Wide Web, Hadoop, Cloud, and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/04/interactive-big-data-timeline.html

• 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.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/04/employee-churn-201-calculating-employee-value.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n09, Apr 16

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  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n09.html

• Is Data Scientist the right career path for you? Candid advice

  Candid advice from an industry veteran reveals the true picture behind the much-talked-about Data Scientist "glamour" and helps people have the right expectations for a Data Science career.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/03/data-scientist-right-career-path-candid-advice.html

• Fractal Analytics Interview Highlights

  Fractal Analytics CEO on starting the company, competing with the best, managing attrition, attributes he looks for when hiring, 4 different analytics career tracks, strategic bets, and advice for starting data scientists.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/03/fractal-analytics-interview-highlights.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n08, Apr 3

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  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n08.html

• Gartner 2014 Magic Quadrant for Advanced Analytics Platforms – view report

  Pioneering predictive analytics vendor RapidMiner was positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the first "Gartner Magic Quadrant for Advanced Analytics Platforms" - view the full report.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/03/rapidminer-leader-gartner-2014-magic-quadrant-advanced-analytics-platforms.html

• Data Scientists Salary Survey: US, Canada, Australia lead

  Data Scientists Salary Survey shows that industry data scientists are in a sweet spot, especially in US, Canada, and Australia, with average salary $135K. European and Asian data scientists salaries are significantly lower.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/03/data-scientists-salary-survey-us-canada-australia-lead.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n07, Mar 26

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  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n07.html

• Machine Learning in 7 Pictures

  Basic machine learning concepts of Bias vs Variance Tradeoff, Avoiding overfitting, Bayesian inference and Occam razor, Feature combination, Non-linear basis functions, and more - explained via pictures.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/03/machine-learning-7-pictures.html

• Evolution of Fraud Analytics – An Inside Story

  The amazing analytic innovations in payment fraud prevention can be grouped into three major categories: large data-set modeling, sparse data-set modeling, and false-positive reductions - a view from the inside.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/03/evolution-fraud-analytics-inside-story.html

• How Many Data Scientists are out there?

  We examine indeed, LinkedIn, Kaggle, and other sources to investigate how many data scientists - in name and in function - are out there, and how strong is the demand.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/03/how-many-data-scientists-are-there.html

• Introduction to Random Forests® for Beginners – free ebook

  Random Forests is of the most powerful and successful machine learning techniques. This free ebook will help beginners to leverage the power of Random Forests.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/03/introduction-random-forests-free-ebook.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n06, Mar 19

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  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n06.html

• The Do’s and Don’ts of Data Mining

  Leading data mining and analytics experts give their favorite do's and don'ts, from "Do plan for data to be messy" to "Do not underestimate the power of a simpler-to-understand solution".

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/03/data-mining-do-and-dont.html

• 10 Most Influential Analytics Leaders in India

  Analytics India Magazine’s annual ranking of the 10 Most Influential Analytics Leaders in India, in terms of Impact, Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Analytics evangelism.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/02/10-most-influential-analytics-leaders-india.html

• SAS, IBM, RapidMiner, Knime leaders in Gartner MQ for Advanced Analytics Platforms

  Gartner new Magic Quadrant(tm) for Advanced Analytics Platforms names 4 companies as leaders: SAS, IBM, RapidMiner, and Knime. A copy of the report, with evaluations for 15 more companies, is available thanks to RapidMiner.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/02/gartner-mq-for-advanced-analytics-platforms.html

• Qualitative Analytics: Why numbers do not tell the complete story?

  Data scientists love numbers, yet not all data is numerical. Qualitative analytics should not be ignored, especially given the unique value it provides.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/02/qualitative-analysis-why-numbers-dont-tell-complete-story.html

• KDnuggets Exclusive: Part 2 of the Interview with Yann LeCun

  We discuss how far AI is likely to go, how Data Science to Statistics is like Computer Science was to Math, Big Data hype and reality, and advice to beginning Data Scientists.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/02/exclusive-yann-lecun-deep-learning-facebook-ai-lab-part2.html

• KDnuggets Exclusive: Interview with Yann LeCun, Deep Learning Expert, Director of Facebook AI Lab

  We discuss what enabled Deep Learning to achieve remarkable successes recently, his argument with Vapnik about (deep) neural nets vs kernel (support vector) machines, and what kind of AI can we expect from Facebook.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/02/exclusive-yann-lecun-deep-learning-facebook-ai-lab.html

• Alpine Data Science Periodic Table

  One of the most clever giveaways at the recent Strata Conference in Santa Clara was a Periodic Table of Data Science from Alpine.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/02/alpine-data-science-periodic-table.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n05, Mar 5

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  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n05.html

• Anaconda: Free enterprise-ready Python for Big data, Predictive Analytics

  125+ cross-platform tested and optimized Python packages for advanced analytics totally free, even for commercial use.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/02/anaconda-free-enterprise-ready-python-big-data-predictive-analytics.html

• One Page R: A Survival Guide to Data Science with R

  A collection of useful one-page resources for a data miner, data scientist, and/or a decision scientist. The modules include code, lectures, and one-page recipes for getting things done.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/02/one-page-r-survival-guide-data-science-with-r.html

• Cartoon: Data Scientist Valentine Day Prediction

  New KDnuggets cartoon looks at a Data Scientist Valentine's Day prediction.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/02/cartoon-data-scientist-valentine-day-prediction.html

• Book: Mining of Massive Datasets, 2nd Edition, free download

  The second edition of this landmark book adds Jure Leskovec as a coauthor and has 3 new chapters, on mining large graphs, dimensionality reduction, and machine learning. You can still freely download a PDF version.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/02/book-mining-massive-datasets-2nd-edition-free-download.html

• 3 Ways to Test the Accuracy of Your Predictive Models

  3 different methods for testing accuracy of predictive models from 3 leading analytics experts - Karl Rexer, John Elder, and Dean Abbott explain using lift charts, randomization testing, and bootstrap sampling.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/02/3-ways-to-test-accuracy-your-predictive-models.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n04, Feb 19

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  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n04.html