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• Top KDnuggets tweets last week, Dec 1-7: Hilarious ! If programming languages were vehicles; Big Data Scientists have the highest salaries

  Hilarious! If programming languages were vehicles; Data Scientists who know #BigData tools have the highest salaries; How Google "Translates" Pictures Into Words Using #DeepLearning; Scary! Change in temperature in Netherlands over the last century.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/12/top-tweets-dec01-07.html

• Apple: Senior Data Scientist, Retail – Online

  Design, develop, and field analyses that have direct and measurable impact to the management of the Apple Online and Retail Stores.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/12-07-apple-senior-data-scientist-retail-online.html

• Data Scientist: Owning Up to the Title

  Regardless of how Data Science or Data Scientist is defined, if you are going to use the word "scientist" in your title, you are going to be held accountable for it.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/12/data-scientist-owning-up-title.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Nov 26-28: Facebook AI team hires Vladimir Vapnik, father of SVM

  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.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/11/top-tweets-nov26-28.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Nov 24-25: Why So Many Data Ideas Fail: beware of building on public or others data

  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.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/11/top-tweets-nov24-25.html

• KDnuggets 14:n31, Update: Top LinkedIn Groups for Analytics; Cartoon: Thanksgiving Data Science

  Update: Top LinkedIn Groups for Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science; Cartoon: Thanksgiving and Turkey Data Science; 9 Must-Have Skills You Need to Become a Data Scientist, and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/11/pub-kdnuggets-14-n31.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets last week, Nov 17-23: Keep this #Python Cheat Sheet handy; Is #BigData The Most Hyped Technology?

  Keep this #Python Cheat Sheet handy when learning to code; Is #BigData The Most Hyped Technology Ever?; Huge advance by Stanford and Google: #AI software recognizes images, writes captions; 20 Insane Things That Correlate W/ Each Other.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/11/top-tweets-nov17-23.html

• Interview: Joseph Sirosh, Microsoft on Azure ML and the Emerging Data Science Economy

  We discuss what distinguishes Azure ML from its intense competition, the online machine learning university, current maturity level of Big Data solutions, important skills for data scientists and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/11/interview-joseph-sirosh-microsoft-azure-ml-data-science.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n31, Nov 25

  Features | Opinions | Interviews | Reports | News | Webcasts | Jobs | Academic | Publications | Tweets | CFP | Quote Features Update: Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/n31.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Nov 09-16: 8 Steps to Becoming a #DataScientist; Learn How Google Understands You

  8 Steps to Becoming a Data Scientist; Learn How Google Understands You; Workday #BigData Analysis can predict which employees likely to leave; A Very Good #DeepLearning Tutorial;

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/11/top-tweets-nov09-16.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets last week: P-values, the “gold standards” of statistical validity, are not as reliable

  P-values, the "gold standards" of statistical validity, are not as reliable; He Tweeted, She Tweeted: A Study on Romantic Breakups; A population density map of France from phone calls; Demystifying #DataScience.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/11/top-tweets-nov03-09.html

• Apple: Data Scientist

  The Maps Supply Chain Management team is looking for a skilled, experienced, and motivated Data Scientist to help us discover patterns and quality issues with our local data sets.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/11-05-apple-data-scientist.html

• More Data Mining with Weka

  Explore deeper tools and techniques using Weka in More Data Mining with Weka, a followup course to Data Mining with Weka, provided by University of Waikato.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/11/more-data-mining-with-weka.html

• Text Mining and Election Analytics in Massachusetts

  Election season is coming! Take a deeper look at some political dynamics with indico’s political analysis API.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/text-mining-election-analytics-massachusetts.html

• DM Radio: Predictive Tools Are Pervasive, with KDnuggets, Predixion, RedPoint, and Appnomic, Oct 30

  Today there are many companies offering predictive analytics tools and solutions. How, where, and when can these new tools be leveraged? Listen to DM Radio with KDnuggets, Predixion, RedPoint, and Appnomic, on Oct 30.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/dmradio-predictive-tools-kdnuggets-predixion-redpoint-appnomic-oct-30.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Oct 15-16: STOP and THINK cartoon; Math Model predicts Ebola to burn out in December

  STOP and THINK, sometimes the simplest caption is the best; This model tracks Ebola outbreak well so far, predicts Ebola to burn out in December; BAH launches online course "Explore Data Science"; Watch: R wizard Hadley Wickham dplyr tutorial at useR! 2014 conf.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/top-tweets-oct15-16.html

• Big Data Is Not Big Context

  Learn about common misconceptions when approaching big data problems, and how the ambiguity of human language requires more sophisticated techniques for more accurate understanding.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/big-data-not-big-context.html

• WPI: Professors (Open Rank), Data Science

  Join the strong team of existing data science faculty working on interdisciplinary research related to big data on real-world grand challenge problems with societal impact.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/academic/14/10-10-wpi-professors-open-rank-data-science.html

• Big Data & Analytics for Retail Summit 2014 Chicago: Day 2 Highlights

  Highlights from the presentations by Big Data leaders from The Hershey Company, Gongos, Clarks, and Mediacom on day 2 of Big Data & Analytics for Retail Summit 2014 in Chicago.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/big-data-analytics-retail-summit-chicago-day2.html

• Big Data & Analytics for Retail Summit 2014 Chicago: Day 1 Highlights

  Highlights from the presentations by Big Data leaders from Sony Pictures Entertainment, Macy's and Nuevora on day 1 of Big Data & Analytics for Retail Summit 2014 in Chicago.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/big-data-analytics-retail-summit-chicago-day1.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Oct 6-7: Great TED talk by @KnCukier “Big Data is better data”; Top 10 One-Person Startups

  Great TED talk by @KnCukier "Big Data is better data"; Top 10 One-Person Startups; 7 critical elements of effective dashboards and visualizations; Making Sense of Public Data - Wrangling Jeopardy.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/top-tweets-oct06-07.html

• Civis Analytics: Data Scientist – Unstructured Data

  Apply techniques from text analytics, machine learning, applied statistics, natural language processing, computer vision, and speech processing to the growing unstructured datasets collected at Civis.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/10-07-civisanalytics-data-scientist-unstructured-data.html

• Making Sense of Public Data – Wrangling Jeopardy

  Trifacta’s Alon Bartur & Will Davis detail their process for transforming or “wrangling” publicly available Jeopardy data found on the web for downstream analysis.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/10/trifacta-data-wrangling-jeopardy.html

• Civis Analytics: Data Scientist – Statistics (Senior and Junior roles)

  Civis was founded by a team from Obama 2012 and is helping companies, non-profits, and campaigns leverage their data. Apply state-of-the-art statistical methods and develop entirely new methods to use our data in new ways.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/10-07-civisanalytics-data-scientist-statistics.html

• Civis Analytics: Data Scientist – Engineering (Senior and Junior roles)

  Founded by a team from Obama 2012, we are helping companies, non-profits, and campaigns leverage their data. Integrate, scale, and optimize our team data science methods, techniques, and best practices to run on very large datasets at high speeds.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/10-07-civisanalytics-data-scientist-engineering.html

• Bell Labs: Research Data Scientist

  Solve challenging problems and build analytic products with real-world impact; design and implement efficient and accurate algorithms for large scale data.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/10-06-bell-labs-research-data-scientist.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 Hedge Fund: Data Scientist, Machine Intelligence Team

  Join the Machine Intelligence team at one of the world's top hedge funds, led by the former head of the IBM Watson Project. You will tackle a range of problems impacting the firm's investment, business, and talent management strategies.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/09-25-hedgefund-data-scientist.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Sep 15-16

  14 Awesome (and Free) Data Science Books on Statistical and Machine Learning; Mining Massive Datasets, free on Coursera, by top Stanford researchers - starts Sep 29; Nike: Senior Data Scientist.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/top-tweets-sep15-16.html

• Xerox (Bangalore): (Sr) Research Scientists – Text & Graph Analytics

  Work on challenging research problems with real life relevance pertaining to different business verticals such as Customer Care, Social Media, Healthcare, Education.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/09-13-xerox-bangalore-research-scientist-text-graph-analytics.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

• August 2014 Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining Acquisitions and Startups Activity

  August 2014 acquisitions, startups, and company activity in Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science: Infosys, Enlitic, Guavus, Google buys Jetpac, Algorithmia, MedAssets buys Sq2, Yahoo buys Zofari, Adatao.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/august-analytics-big-data-science-company-activity.html

• PAW: Predictive Analytics World London, October

  See Dr. John Elder in London at the leading Predictive Analytics conference, and get KDnuggets Discount - 15% off full conference passes to Predictive Analytics World London.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/paw-predictive-analytics-world-london-october.html

• KDD-2014 report, part 2: The Magic Module network and Privacy vs Big Data

  Here is part 2 of my report on KDD-2014, the biggest and the best Data Science meeting: The Magic Module genes, Privacy vs Big Data, and should we ask for consent of data subjects?

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/09/kdd-2014-magic-module-privacy-vs-big-data-part2.html

• ACM Data Science Camp, San Jose, Oct 25

  ACM Data Mining Camps, held since 2009, are renamed this year to Data Science Camp to be more inclusive of Big Data & Data Science. Propose or organize sessions and attend this great meeting.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/acm-data-science-camp-san-jose-oct-25.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Aug 27-28: Worst Venn Diagram ever? KDD-2014: Biggest and Best Data Science Meeting

  Worst Venn Diagram ever?; New Microsoft Azure SQL Database service tiers with reduced pricing; KDD-2014 - The Biggest, Best, and Booming Data Science Meeting; NYTimes on KDD-2014: Looking to the Future of Data Science.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/top-tweets-aug27-28.html

• Microsoft: Principal Data Scientist, Skype

  Responsible for analyzing call quality for Skype and Lync and driving improvements into the product, to make Skype and Lync have the best audio and video communication experience possible.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/08-29-microsoft-skype-data-scientist.html

• Interview: Debora Donato, StumbleUpon on the Secret Sauce of Impressive Content Curation

  We discuss the role of data science at StumbleUpon, the shift from search to discovery, metrics for user engagement, the art of collaborative filtering, how native ads improve user experience, major trends, advice and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/interview-debora-donato-stumbleupon-content-curation.html

• KDD-2014 Awards Winners

  KDD-2014, the leading and the largest conference in data mining, data science, and knowledge discovery, recognizes the key researchers and contributors through several awards - read about the winners.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/kdd-2014-awards-winners.html

• INFORMS The Business of Big Data 2014: Day 1 Highlights

  Highlights from the presentations by Big Data technology practitioners from Teradata, Booz Allen Hamilton, Databricks and ProbabilityManagement.org during INFORMS The Business of Big Data in San Jose.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/informs-business-big-data-2014-day1.html

• Data is not a fad

  Learn why Big Data drives the need for companies to adopt data leadership and why Chief Data Officers are likely to join the C-suite in large organizations.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/data-is-not-fad.html

• Interview: Sujee Maniyam, Elephant Scale on the Best Free Online Resources to Learn Hadoop

  We discuss the startup - Elephant Scale, DIY Hadoop learning, best free online resources for learning Hadoop, getting a good job in Big Data, and the experience of authoring a book - Hadoop Illuminated (available for free).

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/interview-sujee-maniyam-learn-hadoop-free.html

• July 2014 Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining Acquisitions and Startups Activity

  July 2014 acquisitions, startups, and company activity in Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science: Twitter buys Madbits, WalmartLabs buys Luvocracy, Zillow buys Trulia, Apple buys Booklamp, Yahoo buys Flurry, Salesforce buys RelateIQ, Couchbase, GE, Databricks, and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/july-analytics-big-data-science-company-activity.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Jul 30-31

  What are the differences between Data Science, Data Mining, Machine Learning, etc; Where do the most romantic US singles live?; 7 signs you're too smart for the job? Not a #BigData problem; Guidelines for statistical education.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/08/top-tweets-jul30-31.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Jul 28-29: Data Scientists are among the highest-paid professions

  Data Scientists are among the highest-paid professions; Top countries with $1B Internet firms; Key paper on #DeepLearning: Dropout; KDnuggets Free Pass to Strata Conference + Hadoop World, New York.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/07/top-tweets-jul28-29.html

• KDnuggets™ News 14:n20, Aug 6

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

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

• Big Data & Analytics in Healthcare Summit 2014 Philadelphia: Day 1 Highlights

  Highlights from the presentations by Healthcare Analytics leaders from GlaxoSmithKline, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Adventist Health and Mayo Clinic on day 1 of Big Data & Analytics in Healthcare Summit 2014 in Philadelphia.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/07/big-data-analytics-healthcare-summit-2014-day1.html

• Interview: Cliff Lyon, Stubhub on Mastering the Art of Recommendation and Personalization Analytics

  We discuss challenges in designing recommendation and personalization systems, how to select the right metrics, and learning regarding presentation of recommendation on different channels.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/07/interview-cliff-lyon-stubhub-recommendation-personalization-analytics.html

• Interview: Piero Ferrante, BCBS on Why Healthcare is Rich in Data but Poor in Information

  We discuss role of analytics in healthcare payer firms, major challenges in leveraging healthcare data, shift to value-based payments, personal motivation towards analytics, career advice and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/07/interview-piero-ferrante-bcbs-kansas-city-healthcare-analytics.html

• Unity Technologies: Big Data Backend Engineer

  This position offers the unique opportunity of building a data intelligence platform on top of an existing but untapped dataset of unprecedented size and fidelity.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/07-15-unity3d-big-data-backend-engineer.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Jul 7-10: IBM #Watson Swear Filter; How Birth Year Influences Political Views

  Appropriate after #BrazilvsGermany - IBM #Watson gets a Swear Filter; How Birth Year Influences Political Views; Analytics methods that "think" like Humans; Why lists of experts in Statistics, Data Science rarely intersect.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/07/top-tweets-jul7-10.html

• Upcoming Webcasts on Analytics, Big Data, Data Science – July 8 and beyond

  Machine Learning w. SAS and Hadoop, Data Lakes, Quality First, MongoDB, Text Mining, Driving business value with text analytics, Graph Analytics on Hadoop, and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/07/upcoming-webcasts-jul8-analytics-big-data-science.html

• Upcoming Webcasts on Analytics, Big Data, Data Science – Jun 30 and beyond

  CAP Theorem (key Big Data idea), Analytics and Machine Learning, SAS and Hadoop, MongoDB, Data Lakes, Data Visualization, and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/upcoming-webcasts-jun30-analytics-big-data-science.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

• Upcoming Webcasts on Analytics, Big Data, Data Science – Jun 23 and beyond

  Reducing employee churn, Wolfram language, Rise of Machine Learning, Analytics with Hadoop, Social Media Analytics for Healthcare, and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/upcoming-webcasts-jun23-analytics-big-data-science.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Jun 20-22: Great visualization of English letters; Good list of R functions to manipulate data

  Great visualization: English letters in words; Good list of R functions to manipulate data; Watch: Practical Deep-Learning Lecture: Machine Perception and Applications; Wikipedia Usage Statistics - analyze this 4TB data set in AWS cloud.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/top-tweets-jun20-22.html

• Optimizing the Netflix Streaming Experience with Data Science

  How Netflix uses data science and Big Data analytics to improve the Quality of streaming experience for its members.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/optimizing-netflix-streaming-data-science.html

• Netflix: Senior Data Scientist, Streaming Science & Algorithms

  Join Streaming Science and Algorithms team, find ways to improve the streaming Quality of Experience using algorithms applied to big data.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/06-18-netflix-senior-data-scientist.html

• DST: Big Data Platform Architect

  Support Machine Learning Engineers and Data Scientists by implementing analytic and sampling jobs in MapReduce and build new products by building large scale ETL processes and high performance architectures.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/06-16-dst-big-data-platform-architect.html

• LivingSocial: Data Scientist

  Delivering insightful solutions to complex problems to impact the next generation of products at LivingSocial. Analyzing enormous volumes of data on customers, merchant offers and channels, and developing advanced statistical algorithms to solve unique problems.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/06-11-livingsocial-data-scientist.html

• Moving from Data-Rich to Decision-Smart: INFORMS Conference The Business of Big Data 2014

  We interview the co-chairs of INFORMS Conference The Business of Big Data 2014 (June 22-24, 2014) on Big Data maturity, opportunities assessment, analytics for operations research, conference agenda and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/interview-chairs-informs-business-big-data-2014.html

• Interview: Lloyd Tabb, Chairman & CTO, Looker on Front-line Analytics and Data Democratization

  We discuss the capabilities of Looker, data democratization across organization, change in the tools being used by analytics-savvy business managers, front-line analytics, competitive landscape and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/interview-lloyd-tabb-looker-analytics-data-democratization.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

• Interview: Tom Kern, Risk Modeling Manager, Paychex on Risk Analytics and Sales Anticipation Model

  We discuss the role of Risk Analytics at Paychex, strategic importance of Sales Anticipation Model, optimizing business processes by leveraging Big Data, and advice for companies thinking about Big Data as well as aspiring students.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/interview-tom-kern-risk-modeling-paychex-analytics-sales.html

• Interview: Kirk Borne, Data Scientist, GMU on Decision Science as a Service and Data Science curriculum

  We discuss Kirk's role at Syntasa, the concept of "Decision Science as a Service", key components of a well-designed Data Science education curriculum, advice for young aspirants and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/interview-kirk-borne-decision-data-science-curriculum.html

• Big Data for Executives 2014: Day 2 Highlights

  Highlights from the presentations by Big Data experts from McKinsey Solutions, SAP, Techfetch, Weather Analytics on Day 2 of Big Data for Executives 2014.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/big-data-executives-highlights-day-2.html

• Gaming Analytics Summit 2014: Day 1 Highlights

  Highlights from the presentations by Gaming Analytics experts from Activision, Valve, Microsoft and Broken Bulb Studios on Day 1 of Gaming Analytics Summit 2014.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/gaming-analytics-summit-2014-highlights-day-1.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, May 23-25: Data Science vs. Statistics: one big difference; A SQL query walks into a bar

  Data Science vs. Statistics: one big difference in Data Science focus; TGIF: A SQL query walks into a bar, approaches two girls at two tables ...; Amazing demo - IBM #Watson analyzes topic, presents a speech, can debate opponents; Microsoft #Kinect as Inexpensive #BigData Tool.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/top-tweets-may23-25.html

• Experian: Chief Scientist

  Lead, manage and develop the technical team concentrating on new data asset evaluation and acquisition as well as new product development.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/05-24-experian-chief-scientist.html

• Big Data for Executives 2014: Day 1 Highlights

  Highlights from the presentations by Big Data experts from Sears Holdings, PWC, Oracle, Altamira, Tesora on Day 1 of Big Data for Executives 2014.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/big-data-executives-highlights-day-1.html

• FirstFuel: Data Scientist

  FirstFuel Software is using energy analytics to help utilities and government agencies deliver scalable energy efficiency. Data Scientist will develop state of the art Statistical/Machine Learning algorithms and deploy them to a scalable, secure, cloud-based architecture.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/05-16-firstfuel-data-scientist.html

• Interview: Gary Shorter, Quintiles on Future of Heathcare and Big Data Skills

  We discuss how Big Data is shaping the future of Healthcare industry and advice for career in Analytics.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/interview-gary-shorter-quintiles-evolution-healthcare-industry.html

• Interview: Gary Shorter, Director of Data Science, Quintiles on Big Data for Healthcare

  We discuss the rising medical costs, how can Big Data help, key features of Quintiles Inforsario and Topological Data Analysis.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/interview-gary-shorter-quintiles-big-data-healthcare.html

• Social Media & Web Analytics Innovation Summit 2014: Day 2 Highlights

  Highlights from the presentations by analytics experts from Youtube, Evernote and Wikia on day 2 of Social Media & Web Analytics Innovation Summit 2014 in San Francisco.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/social-media-web-analytics-summit-san-francisco-talks-day-2.html

• Big Data BootCamp: Highlights of talks on Day 3

  Highlights from the presentations by big data technology practitioners from Hortonworks, Intel, Rackspace, SciSpike, and Yahoo at Big Data Bootcamp 2014 in Santa Clara.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/big-data-bootcamp-santa-clara-talks-day-3.html

• Big Data BootCamp Santa Clara: Highlights of talks on Days 1-2

  Highlights from the presentations by big data technology practitioners from Caspida, Datastax, ElephantScale, Hortonworks, MapR and Qubole at Big Data Bootcamp 2014 in Santa Clara.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/big-data-bootcamp-santa-clara-talks-day-1-2.html

• DemandBase: Data Engineer

  If you like to work on unique Big Data problems using leading edge technology, enjoy collaborative, friendly and flexible work environment, then join our innovative Data Engineering team.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/05-06-demandbase-data-engineer.html

• Employee Churn 202: Good and Bad Churn

  This post extends the “quantitative scissors” approach to employee churn and examines the factors that underlie attrition cost.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/employee-churn-202-good-bad-churn.html

• Interview: Vasanth Kumar, Principal Data Scientist, Live Nation

  We discuss challenges in analyzing bursty data, real-time classification, relevance of statistics and advice for newcomers to Data Science.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/05/interview-vasanth-kumar-principal-data-scientist-live-nation.html

• Globys: Research Scientist – Data Mining and Customer Insights

  Data Science experience of a lifetime: use Python to implement Machine Learning and complex analytics on Big Data for real-time marketing and meaningful insights.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/05-01-globys-research-scientist-data-mining-customer-insights.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

• Big Data Innovation Summit 2014 Santa Clara: Highlights of Selected Talks on Day 2

  Highlights from the presentations by big data technology practitioners from NYSE, Glassdoor, Slice and Paychex on day 2 of Big Data Innovation Summit 2014 in Santa Clara.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/04/big-data-innovation-summit-2014-talks-day2.html

• Big Data Innovation Summit 2014 Santa Clara: Highlights of Selected Talks on Day 1

  Highlights from the presentations by big data technology practitioners from eBay, YarcData, LinkedIn, Trulia, and other leading companies on day 1 of Big Data Innovation Summit 2014 in Santa Clara.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/04/big-data-innovation-summit-2014-talks-day1.html

• Big Data Innovation Summit 2014: Highlights of Keynote Speeches on Day 2

  Highlights from keynote speeches by big data experts from Facebook, RedPoint Global, Quintiles, Samsung, GMU, PayPal, and others on Day 2 of Big Data Innovation Summit 2014 in Santa Clara.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/04/big-data-innovation-summit-2014-highlights-day2.html

• Big Data Innovation Summit 2014: Highlights of Keynote Speeches on Day 1

  Highlights from keynote speeches by big data technology leaders from industry and academia on first day of Big Data Innovation Summit 2014 in Santa Clara.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/04/big-data-innovation-summit-2014-highlights-day1.html

• Exclusive Interview: Peter Bruce, President Statistics.com

  We discuss the mission of Statistics.com, selection of analytics courses and certificates, the future of analytics education, MOOCs, are Statistics disconnected from Big Data, the role of a data scientist, and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/04/exclusive-interview-peter-bruce-president-statistics-com.html

• Oracle Academy – Teaching Students Around The World

  Oracle academy teaches millions on students around the world, supports Oracle and open-source applications, with courses ranging from computer science for kids to Big Data education.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/04/oracle-academy-teaching-students-around-world.html

• JPMorgan Chase: Analytics Manager for New Customer Engagement

  Manage a team of data scientists and business analysts using statistics, machine learning or data mining techniques to optimize operations by increasing revenues and reducing costs.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/04-15-chase-analytics-manager-new-customer-engagment.html

• Globys: Research Scientist – Dynamic Bayesian Networks

  Developing core science into advanced technical capabilities that work on real-world problems at scale, presenting to stakeholders, and delivering the output to software architects.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/03-31-globys-research-scientist-dynamic-bayesian-networks.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

• Predictive Analytics Marketplaces: Viable Solution to the Data Scientist Shortage Crisis?

  We examine strengths and weaknesses of several approaches for alleviating the shortage of data scientists.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/03/predictive-analytics-marketplaces-solution-data-scientist-shortage.html

• Boston AnalyticsWeek: Big Data and Analytics Unconference, March 24-28

  Boston first week-long Big Data And Analytics Unconference wants to bring the limelight back to Analytics, bringing 5 evenings of leading industry speakers and panels, and with registration at nominal $10 to cover expenses.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/03/boston-analyticsweek-big-data-unconference-march-24-28.html

• MS in Data Mining, Analytics, and Knowledge Discovery at University Paris 13

  This MSc focuses on data mining, business analytics, and knowledge discovery and is well-suited for students with BA in CS/Math/Stats.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/03/ms-data-mining-analytics-knowledge-discovery-university-paris-13.html

• Best Practice Partners: Data Scientist

  Help fix fundamental problems in the healthcare industry, leverage proprietary health care and claims data to create huge financial and societal benefit.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/03-04-bestpracticepartners-data-scientist.html

• Strata 2014 Santa Clara: Highlights of Day 3 (Feb 13)

  Strata 2014 was a great conference, and here are key insights from some of the best sessions on day 3: Data Journalism, Analytics over Real-time Streaming Data, Facebook Graph Analysis with One Trillion Edges, Socializing Search by LinkedIn.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/02/strata-2014-santa-clara-highlights-day3.html

• Strata 2014 Santa Clara: Highlights of Day 2 (Feb 12)

  Strata 2014 was a great conference, and here are key insights from some of the best sessions on day 2: Big Data Vendor Landscape, Machine Learning for Social Change, Secrets of Gertrude Stein, and Facebook Exascale Analytics.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/02/strata-2014-santa-clara-highlights-day2.html

• The Chartis Group: Data Manager

  Lead the team providing high quality data and analytic support for client engagements and internal research and development initiatives within the firm.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/02-27-chartis-data-manager.html

• Groupon: Relevance Algorithms Engineer

  Conceive, code, and launch the next-generation in Groupon ranking and personalization system; your algorithms will improve the daily experience of the entire Groupon user base.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/02-13-groupon-relevance-algorithms-engineer.html

• Top 10 KDnuggets tweets, Jan 20-21: Data scientists who use OS tools earn more; JHU #DataScience Specialization

  Data scientists who master open source tools R, Python, Hadoop earn more; JHU offers 9-Course #DataScience Specialization via Coursera; The Life of a Data Scientist, Relentless, but in a Lazy Way; MADlib, a solution for #BigData Analytics

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/01/top-tweets-jan20-21.html

• Split on Data Science Skills: Individual vs Team Approach

  The results of latest KDnuggets poll show an almost equal split between those who favor individual and those who favor the team approach. See the counterintuitive regional differences and interesting comments.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/01/split-on-data-science-skills-individual-vs-team-approach.html

• Bosch: Senior Manager/Project Lead, Data Mining

  The data mining team researches data mining and large-scale machine learning algorithms and systems which impact Bosch products and services in Predictive Maintenance, Health Informatics, Vehicle Diagnostics, Manufacturing, Large-Scale Simulations, and other areas.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/01-16-bosch-senior-manager-project-lead-data-mining.html

• FirstFuel: Data Scientist

  FirstFuel uses energy intelligence software to help utilities engage their commercial customers and rapidly achieve energy efficiency across commercial building portfolios.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/14/01-16-firstfuel-data-scientist.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Jan 13-14: Data Science in Python, Free Tutorial; How Netflix Got Analytics Wrong, Then Right

  Data Science in Python Tutorial, free tutorial; How Netflix Got Analytics Wrong, Then Right; Cartoon: Lets solve this problem by using #BigData none of us have any idea what to do with ; "Data Scientist" fever in Japan is gone?

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/01/top-tweets-jan13-14.html

• Interpreting Model Performance with Cost Functions

  Cost functions are critical for the correct assessment of performance of data mining and predictive models. This series goes deep into the statistical properties and mathematical understanding of each cost function and explores their similarities and differences.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/01/salford-interpreting-model-performance-with-cost-functions.html

• 2014 Jan: Courses and Events: Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining and Data Science

  All (69) | News, Software (19) | Courses, Events (20) | Publications (15) JMP Analytically Speaking Webcasts: Rob Reul (Jan 29), Michael Schrage (Feb 12) Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/01/courses-events-old.html

• Additions to KDnuggets in December

  MicroStrategy Analytics Express and Data Mining Services, Skytree Machine Learning platform, Ubiq Analytics, and more education, meetings, and software.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/01/added-to-kdnuggets-in-december.html

• Unicorn Data Scientists vs Data Science Teams

  A recent post has generated an intense discussion about finding "unicorn" data scientists with a combination of all the needed skills, or whether that skillset is best filled by a team. Here are the highlights, including a proposal how to train well-rounded data scientists.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/12/unicorn-data-scientists-vs-data-science-teams-discussion.html

• Statistics Software

  commercial | free Analyse-it!, accurate low-cost statistical software for Microsoft Excel. Appricon's Analysis Studio, a statistical analysis and modeling software with advanced logistic regression modeling, Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/software/statistics.html

• Software for Intelligent Agents and Bots

  Artificial Life, develops, markets and supports intelligent robots for the Internet. Autonomy provides bayesian-based infrastructure for user profiling, aggregation, categorization, and personalization of unstructured information. Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/software/agents-bots.html

• Bioinformatics Companies

  A B C D E F G H IJ K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ A2IDEA is Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/companies/bioinformatics.html

• Statistical Community and Big Data disconnect: Discussion Highlights

  Highlights from a vigorous discussion on Statistical community and Big Data, including: Are data scientists reinventing statistics? Did statisticians miss the boat in 1990s? Is more data always better? Statistics 2.0?

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/12/statistical-community-big-data-disconnect-discussion.html

• Predictive Analytics in 2014: Monetizing, Not Managing, Big Data

  Guest blog of SkyTree CEO Martin Hack looks at 2 Key Trends in Predictive Analytics in 2014: high performance machine learning will penetrate the mainstream, and privacy issues associated with Big Data will be debated by business owners and consumers alike.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/12/predictive-analytics-2014-monetizing-not-managing-big-data.html

• LIONbook Chapter 16: Visualizing Graphs and Networks

  The LIONbook on machine learning and optimization, written by co-founders of LionSolver software, is provided free for personal and non-profit usage. Chapter 16 looks at Visualizing graphs and networks by nonlinear maps.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/12/lionbook-chapter-16-visualizing-graphs-networks.html

• Machine Leaning Engineer/Data Scientist

  Work on both research and development projects to help build the next generation of products that will allow digital marketers to maximize revenue and expand their brand presence.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/13/11-20-adobe-data-scientist.html

• Senior Knowledge Analyst

  All aspects of advanced analytics, from helping to create relevant service offerings to executing analytics work and continuing to expand the analytical foundation and competitive value proposition.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/13/11-25-bcg-senior-knowledge-analyst.html

• Knowledge Expert, Operations Analytics

  All aspects of Operations analytics, from helping to create relevant service offerings by working with priority global Practice Areas, to leading the execution of analytics work and continuing to expand the analytical foundation.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/13/11-25-bcg-knowledge-expert-operations-analytics.html

• Knowledge Expert, Marketing & Sales Analytics

  Responsible for all aspects of Marketing & Sales analytics, from helping to create relevant service offerings by working with priority global Practice Areas, to leading the execution of analytics work and continuing to expand the analytical foundation and competitive value proposition.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/13/11-24-bcg-knowledge-expert-marketing-sales-analytics.html

• Knowledge Analyst

  Responsible for executing technical analytics that deliver valuable insights to BCG clients in collaboration with BCG case teams.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/13/11-24-bcg-knowledge-analyst.html

• Top 10 trends in text analytics

  Data Driven Business recently interviewed forward thinking text analytics professionals from leading companies like Bank of America, Home Depot and PayPal, on challenges they are face, overcoming them, and the industry as a whole.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/11/top-10-trends-text-analytics.html

• LIONbook Chapter 13: Bottom-up (agglomerative) clustering

  The LIONbook on machine learning and optimization, written by co-founders of LionSolver software, is provided free for personal and non-profit usage. Chapter 13 looks at Bottom-up (agglomerative) clustering.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/11/lionbook-chapter-13-bottom-up-agglomerative-clustering.html

• Senior NLP Engineer

  We develop technologies that enable real understanding of human expression. Our platform extracts detailed emotion-based insights from text content.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/13/11-09-kanjoya-senior-nlp-engineer.html

• Additions to KDnuggets Directory in October

  Asia Analytics, Corral Big Data repository, Chordalysis, IBM IMARS, SQLPASS 2014, Quantcell, and more Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science companies, datasets, education, faq, meetings, and software.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/11/added-to-kdnuggets-in-october.html

• Data Mining, Data Science, and Analytics
  Features, News, and Software – Oct 2013

  All (109) | News, Software (30) | Courses, Events (28) | Jobs | Academic | Publications (32) Chordalysis: Free software for Log-linear analysis of Big Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/10/news-software.html

• LIONbook Chapter 12: Top-down clustering: K-means

  The LIONbook on machine learning and optimization, written by co-founders of LionSolver software, is provided free for personal and non-profit usage. Chapter 11 looks at Top-down clustering: K-means.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/10/lionbook-chapter-12-top-down-clustering-k-means.html

• September Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining companies and startups activity

  The September 2013 acquisitions, startups, and company activity in Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science: SAP buys KXEN, Rocket Fuel IPO, Clarabridge Indisys, Narrative Science, Practice Fusion and more.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/10/september-analytics-big-data-mining-companies-startups.html

• Exclusive: Cognitive Mining, Data Mining, and StatSoft – Interview with Dr. Thomas Hill

  What is the relationship between Cognitive Mining and Data Mining? I discuss this, what makes StatSoft different, achieving user satisfaction, Big Data and Privacy with StatSoft VP Dr. Thomas Hill.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/10/cognitive-mining-data-mining-interview-statsoft-thomas-hill.html

• Data Mining / Analytic Publications News, Jul 2013

  Features (18) | Software (9) | Courses, Events (25) | Jobs | Academic | Competitions (3) | Publications (32) | News Briefs (5) Top KDnuggets tweets, Read more »

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/07/publications-news.html

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Sep 20-22: Statistics vs Data Mining; Data Science for Business: What You Need to Know

  Statistics vs Data Mining: Statistics begins after data cleaning is done; Data Science for Business: What You Need to Know; The bursting of the #BigData bubble is imminent, says @mathbabedotorg; A book by Dorian Pyle, Data Preparation for Data Mining, free PDF

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/09/top-tweets-sep20-22.html

• Top news for Sep 15-21: KDnuggets Cartoon: Next Trend after Big Data; WekaMOOC: Data Mining with Weka, online course;

  KDnuggets Cartoon: Next Trend after Big Data; WekaMOOC: Data Mining with Weka, online course;
  Top jobs: Machine Learning Scientists at Amazon, Bangalore; Faculty (Open Rank), Biomedical Informatics, Big Data Mining at VCU.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/09/top-news-week-Sep-15.html

• Senior Modeler

  Designing and implementing processes related to predictive / analytical modeling, data mining, and research on large scale, complex data and planning, leading/collaboration with various internal and vendor teams.

  https://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/13/09-12-jpmorganchase-senior-modeler.html