- Still Searching for ROI in Big Data Analytics? You’re Not Alone! - Oct 7, 2016.
Are businesses getting the ROI they desire given the hype around big data analytics? With all the promises of big data analytics, why are more than half the companies still in the red with respect to analytics investments?
Analytics, Big Data, Data Science, ROI
- UMBC: Data Science/Big Data Faculty Positions - Oct 6, 2016.
UMBC is seeking qualified candidates with research interests and experience in Data Science, a research area with high growth and impact in environmental sciences, health care, security, applied statistics and others.
Baltimore, Big Data, Data Science, Faculty, MD, Research Positions, UMBC, University of Maryland
- Why Not So Hadoop? - Sep 27, 2016.
Are Big Data and Hadoop synonymous? Not really, but they are often conflated. Has Hadoop lived up to its hype? In this article, we will look at a brief history of Hadoop and see where it stands today.
Big Data, Big Data Hype, Cloudera, Hadoop, Hortonworks
- Top 16 Active Big Data, Data Science Leaders on LinkedIn - Sep 23, 2016.
Who are the most active Big Data, Data Science Influencers and Leaders on LinkedIn? We analyze the data and bring you the list of key people to follow.
About Gregory Piatetsky, Bernard Marr, Big Data, Big Data Influencers, Carla Gentry, Data Science, DJ Patil, Influencers, LinkedIn, Tom Davenport
- Spark for Scale: Machine Learning for Big Data - Sep 23, 2016.
This post discusses the fundamental concepts for working with big data using distributed computing, and introduces the tools you need to build machine learning models.
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Apache Spark, Big Data, Hadoop, HDFS, Machine Learning, MapReduce
- Big Data Bootcamp, Tampa, Dec 9-11 - Sep 14, 2016.
Global Big Data Conference is offering 3 day extensive Bootcamp on Big Data on Dec 9-11, 2016 in Tampa. This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape.
Big Data, Bootcamp, FL, Global Big Data Conference, Tampa
- Big Data Bootcamp, Atlanta, Oct 7-9 - Sep 13, 2016.
Global Big Data Conference is offering 3 day extensive Bootcamp on Big Data on Oct 7 to Oct 9, 2016 in Atlanta. This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape.
Atlanta, Big Data, Bootcamp, GA, Global Big Data Conference
- Big Data and The Internet of Things: A Match Made in Heaven - Sep 12, 2016.
Think of data as the fuel that helps the Internet of Things run. Big data and the IoT basically go hand in hand -- a match made in heaven, so to speak.
Big Data, Internet of Things, IoT
- Big Data Bootcamp, Denver, Sep 30-Oct 2 - Sep 12, 2016.
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. Use code KDNUGGETS to save - register now!
Big Data, Bootcamp, CO, Denver, Global Big Data Conference
- Big Data is Too Big to Die - Sep 9, 2016.
As the traditionalist data analytics professionals dig their heels in and refuse to give in to the Big Data deluge, it is fast becoming clear that the volume of evidence for the new movement is too substantial to deny.
Big Data, Big Data Hype, Germany
- Top KDnuggets tweets, Aug 31 – Sep 06: Everyone else data is smaller than you think - Sep 7, 2016.
Everyone else data is smaller than you think; Cartoon: Data Scientist - the sexiest job of the 21st century until ... ; Amazon gets new UK presence, hires top #MachineLearning researcher Neil Lawrence, his team.
Amazon, Big Data, Data Scientist, Top tweets, UK
Big Data Dilemma: Save Me Money Versus Make Me Money - Sep 7, 2016.
Does your organization see Big Data as an opportunity to “Save Me More Money”, or does your organization see Big Data as an opportunity to “Make Me More Money”?
Big Data, Economics, Monetizing
- 7 Big Data Steps in Health Science - Sep 1, 2016.
Our doctors are now getting help from Big Data, which is becoming more entrenched and more crucial to reducing the investment needed to keep us healthy. But, how does Big Data actually do this?
Big Data, Data Science, Healthcare
- More answers, less theory from Big Guns at Big Data LDN, Nov 3-4 - Sep 1, 2016.
This new free-to-attend conference seeks to help businesses debunk Big Data myths with real-life case studies, and is expected to attract 3000 attendees over two days.
Applications, Big Data, London, UK
- Whitepaper: Big Data Visualization With Datashader - Aug 30, 2016.
Download this free whitepaper on how datashader helps tame the complexity of visualizing large amounts of data, along with examples for accomplishing this.
Anaconda, Big Data, Continuum Analytics, Data Visualization, White Paper
- The top 5 Big Data courses to help you break into the industry - Aug 25, 2016.
Here is an updated and in-depth review of top 5 providers of Big Data and Data Science courses: Simplilearn, Cloudera, Big Data University, Hortonworks, and Coursera
Big Data, Cloudera, Coursera, Data Science Education, Hortonworks, Online Education, Simplilearn
- Top KDnuggets tweets, Aug 10-16: 5 EBooks to Read Before Getting into a #DataScience or #BigData Career - Aug 17, 2016.
5 EBooks to Read Before Getting into a #DataScience or #BigData Career; Visualizing 1 Billion Points of #Data Webinar; #Cartoon: Make Data Great Again!; The role of the activation function in a #NeuralNetwork
Big Data, Career, Data Science, Free ebook, Top tweets
- Big Data Doesn’t Rule The Olympics - Aug 13, 2016.
Whenever there is a Big Data conversation, especially in sports, expectations have to be set correctly. Big Data isn’t perfect, but it is a lot better than the more superficial methods of making a judgment.
Big Data, Olympics, Sports
- 5 EBooks to Read Before Getting into A Data Science or Big Data Career - Aug 11, 2016.
A short, carefully-curated list of 5 free ebooks to help you better understand what Data Science is all about and how you can best prepare for a career in data science, big data, and data analysis.
Big Data, Free ebook, Hadoop, Programming Languages, Simplilearn, Tableau
- Big Data Key Terms, Explained - Aug 11, 2016.
Just getting started with Big Data, or looking to iron out the wrinkles in your current understanding? Check out these 20 Big Data-related terms and their concise definitions.
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3Vs of Big Data, Apache Spark, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Data Warehouse, Explained, Hadoop, Key Terms, Predictive Analytics
- Stanford Webinar – Supersize Your Career with Big Data Opportunities - Aug 9, 2016.
Sign up for this upcoming webinar which will outline the variety of big data programs offered by Stanford to working professionals and answer common questions.
Big Data, Career, Stanford
- Make Your Data Greater: Big Data Innovation, IoT, Data Visualization Summits, Boston, Sep 8-9 - Aug 2, 2016.
Check Big Data Innovation, Internet of Things, and Data Visualization Summits in Boston, Sep 8-9, 2016. The program is filling out with new sessions being added every week - the depth and breadth of content covered is unrivaled. Use code KD10 for 10% off All Access path.
Big Data, Boston, Data Visualization, IE Group, IoT, MA, Summit
- KDnuggets Free Bronze Pass to Strata + Hadoop World New York City, Sep 28-29, 2016 - Jul 30, 2016.
Strata + Hadoop World is the leading event on how big data and ubiquitous, real-time computing is shaping the course of business and society. Win KDnuggets free pass to Strata + Hadoop World New York City.
Big Data, Business, Hadoop, New York City, NY, Strata
- KDnuggets™ News 16:n27, Jul 27: 5 Big Data Projects You Cant Overlook; Pokemon Go and Big Data; SAS vs R vs Python - Jul 27, 2016.
5 Big Data Projects You Can No Longer Overlook; What Has Pokemon Got To Do With Big Data? 10 Great Talks From SciPy 2016; SAS vs R vs Python: Which Tool Do Analytics Pros Prefer?
Big Data, Pokemon, Python vs R, SAS, SciPy
- Global Big Data Conference, Santa Clara, Aug 30 – Sep 1, 2016 - Jul 25, 2016.
Understand emerging big data trends, develop new technical skills through hands on workshops, analyze multiple industry case studies, learn emerging best practices in big data. Use code KDNUGGETS to save.
Big Data, CA, Global Big Data Conference, Santa Clara
- What Has Pokemon Got To Do With Big Data? - Jul 23, 2016.
For me, the millions of people around the world playing Pokémon last weekend (and crashing their servers on a regular basis) showed me a glimpse of the future. There may well be an opportunity for real-time Big Data - I will give you a glimpse.
Big Data, Games, Location Analytics, Pokemon, Real-time
- Big Data Bootcamp, Boston, Aug 19-21 - Jul 21, 2016.
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. Use code KDNUGGETS to save - extra discount if you register by July 31.
Big Data, Bootcamp, Boston, Global Big Data Conference, MA
- 5 Big Data Projects You Can No Longer Overlook - Jul 21, 2016.
Check out 5 Big Data projects that you are not likely to have seen before, but which may be useful to you, and perhaps even scratch an itch you didn't know you had.
Big Data, Cloud Computing, Google, Hadoop, Javascript, Overlook, Presto, Spotify, SQL
- KDnuggets™ News 16:n26, Jul 20: Bayesian Machine Learning, Explained; Start Learning Deep Learning; Big Data is in Trouble - Jul 20, 2016.
Bayesian Machine Learning, Explained; How to Start Learning Deep Learning; Why Big Data is in Trouble: They Forgot About Applied Statistics; Data Mining/Data Science "Nobel Prize": 2016 SIGKDD Innovation Award to Philip S. Yu
Applied Statistics, Bayesian, Big Data, Deep Learning, Machine Learning
Why Big Data is in Trouble: They Forgot About Applied Statistics - Jul 18, 2016.
This "classic" (but very topical and certainly relevant) post discusses issues that Big Data can face when it forgets, or ignores, applied statistics. As great of a discussion today as it was 2 years ago.
Applied Statistics, Big Data, Google, Statistics
- 10 Algorithm Categories for AI, Big Data, and Data Science - Jul 14, 2016.
With a focus on leveraging algorithms and balancing human and AI capital, here are the top 10 algorithm categories used to implement A.I., Big Data, and Data Science.
AI, Algorithms, Big Data, Data Science
- Online Courses: Big Data Projects and Data Science Pipelines - Jul 14, 2016.
Check out these online courses from O'Reilly Media on managing big data projects and building distributed data pipelines.
Apache Spark, Big Data, Cassandra, Kafka, O'Reilly
- Take a Risk Free Hadoop Ride. Save up to 80% cost and offload time. - Jul 14, 2016.
The Impetus Data Warehouse Workload Migration product is a proven, cost-effective, and low-risk solution to offload traditional data warehouse to Big Data warehouse. Contact us for a proof-of-concept.
Big Data, Data Warehouse, Hadoop, Impetus
- Using Big Data and Predictive Analytics to Reach 63% Growth – case study - Jul 12, 2016.
Join The Big Data Channel and Innovation Enterprise for three summits September 8 & 9 in Boston, where KDnuggets readers get a 10% discount. Register now!
Big Data, Data Visualization, IE Group, Innovation, Internet of Things, IoT
- Big Data, Bible Codes, and Bonferroni - Jul 8, 2016.
This discussion will focus on 2 particular statistical issues to be on the look out for in your own work and in the work of others mining and learning from Big Data, with real world examples emphasizing the importance of statistical processes in practice.
Bible, Big Data, Bonferroni, Probability, Statistics, Terrorism
- Top KDnuggets tweets, Jun 29 – Jul 5: Big Data Ecosystem is Too Damn Big!; Deep Learning Intro with Caffe and Python - Jul 6, 2016.
The #BigData Ecosystem is Too Damn Big!; A Practical Introduction to #DeepLearning with Caffe and #Python; What do Postgres, Kafka, and Bitcoin have in common?
Big Data, Bitcoin, Caffe, Kafka, Python, Top tweets
- 3 Key Ethics Principles for Big Data and Data Science - Jul 6, 2016.
If ethics in general are important, should ethics training be a crucial element of the data science field?
Big Data, Data Science, Ethics, Hui Xiong
- Determining the Economic Value of Data - Jun 30, 2016.
This post introduces a data economic valuation process that uses an organization’s key business initiatives as this basis for establishing prudent value.
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Big Data, Business Context, Business Strategy, Economics
- Big Data into Big Profits: Northwestern Executive Education Course, Aug 25-26, San Francisco - Jun 30, 2016.
Join Northwestern Executive Education Course "Big Data to Big Profits: Strategies for Monetizing Social, Mobile, and Digital Data with Data Science", Aug 25-26, in San Francisco.
Big Data, CA, Monetizing, Northwestern, Profit, Russell Walker, San Francisco
- The Big Data Ecosystem is Too Damn Big - Jun 28, 2016.
The Big Data ecosystem is just too damn big! It's complex, redundant, and confusing. There are too many layers in the technology stack, too many standards, and too many engines. Vendors? Too many. What is the user to do?
Analytics, Big Data, Business Analytics
- BigDebug: Debugging Primitives for Interactive Big Data Processing in Spark - Jun 27, 2016.
An overview of a recent paper outlining BigDebug, which provides real-time interactive debugging support for Data-Intensive Scalable Computing (DISC) systems, or more particularly, Apache Spark.
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Apache Spark, Big Data, Data Science
- Strata + Hadoop World, New York City, Sep 26-29 – KDnuggets discount - Jun 22, 2016.
Strata + Hadoop World is where cutting-edge science and new business fundamentals intersect-and merge. It's a deep dive into emerging techniques and technologies. Get 20% off with code PCKDNG.
Big Data, Hadoop, New York City, NY, Strata
- What Big Data, Data Science, Deep Learning software goes together? - Jun 14, 2016.
We analyze the associations between top Data Science tools, Commercial vs Free/Open Source, rank tools on R vs Python bias, find tools more associated with Big Data, those more associated with Deep Learning, and uncover strong regional differences.
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Big Data, Big Data Software, Data Mining Software, Deep Learning, Poll, Python, R
- 5 Best Practices for Big Data Security - Jun 9, 2016.
Lack of data security can not only result in financial losses, but may also damage the reputation of organizations. Take a look at some of the most important data security best practices that can reduce the risks associated with analyzing a massive amount of data.
Best Practices, Big Data, Security
- Data Science of Variable Selection: A Review - Jun 7, 2016.
There are as many approaches to selecting features as there are statisticians since every statistician and their sibling has a POV or a paper on the subject. This is an overview of some of these approaches.
Algorithms, Big Data, Feature Selection, Statistics
- Big Data Business Model Maturity Index and the Internet of Things (IoT) - Jun 7, 2016.
This post explores how organizations could use the Big Data Business Model Maturity Index (BDBMMI) to exploit the Internet of Things (IoT).
Big Data, Internet of Things, IoT, Maturity Model
- Strategize Your Data Capabilities to Maximize Business Performance - Jun 7, 2016.
Attend Big Data Innovation Summit on Sep 8-9 in Boston and learn how to organize your data science team, increase productivity, construct an effective data strategy, and use the most advanced data tools and technologies.
Big Data, Boston, IE Group, Innovation, MA
- Master in Business Analytics & Big Data: In Madrid or online - Jun 6, 2016.
The Master in Business Analytics & Big Data is an innovative gateway degree that is designed to train the new generation of business-oriented, analytical professionals who are in high demand by recruiters. Choose from full-time in Madrid or part-time in Madrid/Dubai + online.
Big Data, Dubai, IE School, Madrid, MS in Business Analytics, Online Education, Spain
- Building Data Systems: What Do You Need? - Jun 3, 2016.
This post shares some insight gained through years of building data-powered products, and discusses the capabilities you need to have in place in order to successfully build and maintain data systems and data infrastructure.
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Big Data, Data Engineering, Deployment, Quality Control
- Understanding Modern Data Systems - Jun 2, 2016.
A look at the four characteristics that differentiate data infrastructure development from traditional development, and the key issues to look out for.
Big Data, Data Infrastructure, Distributed Systems
- Do You Need Big Data or Smart Data? Part 2 - Jun 2, 2016.
It can be easy to get carried away with the deluge of big data and to rely on its abundance to deliver better models. However, use of data without context and objective could prove counterproductive; contextual and objective driven samples from the large volume and variety of data can be effective tools.
Big Data, CleverTap, Probability, Sampling
- Do You Need Big Data or Smart Data? Part 1 - Jun 1, 2016.
Analyzing Big Data without paying attention to its characteristics and objective can be detrimental, the fix for which can be correct and effective sampling. Read on to transform your Big Data to Smart Data.
Big Data, CleverTap, P-value, Probability, Sampling
- Beyond Big Data Skills: Creating the Right DNA for the Managers of the Data-driven Business World - May 31, 2016.
Advice to schools and universities to help them prepare the future managers of the data-driven business world. One key step is to get managers acquainted with data by touching data, manipulating it, and 'playing' with it.
Advice, Big Data, Data Analytics, Data Science Education, Data-Driven Business, Manager
- IBM: Big Data Architect - May 27, 2016.
Seeking qualified candidates that will assist with shaping the design and implementation of Big Data projects as part of multi-disciplinary technical teams.
Big Data, Data Architect, IBM, USA
- CRN Big Data Startups to Watch in 2016 - May 27, 2016.
The CRN editorial team has released its annual Big Data 100 report for 2016, which includes the 55 Big Data Startups to Watch in 2016. Get the info here.
Big Data, CRN, Startup
- Automakers Must Partner Around Big Data - May 26, 2016.
A discussion on the need for auto manufacturers to come together and leverage Big Data.
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Automotive, Big Data, Tesla, Uber
- Trust and Analytics in the Banking Sector - May 26, 2016.
This post explores the intricate relationship between customers, trust, and analytics in the banking sector, and offer actions that banks may need to take to assess the way they assure trust across the analytics lifecycle.
Advanced Analytics, Banking, Big Data, Finance, Trust
- CRN Top Data Management Technologies Vendors 2016 - May 26, 2016.
The CRN editorial team has released its annual Big Data 100 report for 2016. Check out which companies made the list of Data Management Vendors.
Big Data, Big Data Vendors, CRN, Data Management
- 5 Ways in Which Big Data Can Help Leverage Customer Data - May 25, 2016.
Every business enterprise realizes the importance of big data but rarely puts the customer data that they possess to good use. Here are few ways enterprises can leverage customer data.
Analytics, Big Data, Data Management, Data Mining
- UnitedHealth Group: Hadoop Big Data Developer - May 25, 2016.
Seeking a Hadoop Big Data Developer for a large scale Big Data Program which involves ingesting hundreds of files into a Hadoop ecosystem, enriching Hadoop data, and distributing significant amounts of that data to SQL and to dozens of other applications.
Big Data, Boston, Hadoop, MA, UnitedHealth Group
- CRN Top Platform and Tools Vendors 2016 - May 25, 2016.
The CRN editorial team has released its annual Big Data 100 report for 2016. Check out which companies made the list of Platform and Tools Vendors.
Big Data, Big Data Vendors, CRN, Data Platform
- CRN Top Business Analytics Vendors 2016 - May 24, 2016.
The CRN editorial team has released its annual Big Data 100 report for 2016. Check out which companies made the list of Business Analytics Vendors.
Big Data, Big Data Vendors, Business Analytics, CRN
- Big Data: Content and Technology - May 11, 2016.
A discussion of using Big Data to provide insight into the big economic questions, and the big expectations that come along.
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Big Data, Economics, Gio Wiederhold, Stanford
- Big Data Innovation, Data Visualization, IoT Summits, Boston, Sep 8-9 - May 9, 2016.
Save the date for 3 Boston Summit, Sep 8-9: Big Data Innovation, Data Visualization, and Internet of Things. Supersaver rates end June 10.
Big Data, Boston, Data Visualization, IE Group, Internet of Things, MA, Summit
- Meet the 11 Big Data & Data Science Leaders on LinkedIn - May 6, 2016.
In this post, we present a list of popular data science leaders on LinkedIn. Follow these leaders who will keep you in touch with the latest Data Science happenings!
About Gregory Piatetsky, Bernard Marr, Big Data, Data Scientist, DJ Patil, Hilary Mason, Influencers, LinkedIn, Tom Davenport
- Stanford Webinar: The Secret to a Perfect Search, May 17 - May 5, 2016.
What makes “googling” the best way to search for something on the Internet? Join Rajan Patel, Stanford Instructor and Google Engineer, as he shares insights into the manipulation of large complex data sets and how you can turn them into valuable, actionable information for your company.
Big Data, Google, Search Quality, Stanford
- Survey: Why Companies Still Fail to Get Full Value From Big Data - Apr 29, 2016.
Any company that has decided to put efforts in data has to face bringing these projects from the design and development phase to the production phase at some point. So tell us how you do it. And we’ll tell you what we learned from you.
Big Data, Dataiku, Production, Survey
- Turn your company into a data science-driven business in 6 steps - Apr 25, 2016.
Transforming your business with (big) data analytics and data-driven insights is not a one-time event, but a journey. Here are 6 steps to help enterprises become data-science driven business and enjoy benefits along the way.
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Big Data, Data Science, Data-Driven Business
- Big Data Bootcamp, Dallas, May 13-15 - Apr 18, 2016.
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. Use code KDNUGGETS to save.
Big Data, Bootcamp, Dallas, Global Big Data Conference, Irving, TX
- 12 Inspiring Women In Data Science, Big Data - Apr 15, 2016.
It’s been well documented that women don’t come close to parity in STEM fields with their counterparts. Could the rise of big data and data science offer women a clearer path to success in technology? Here’s a list of 12 inspiring women who work in big data and data
Big Data, Data Science, InformationWeek, Women
- Will Data Science Insure Our Future? - Apr 4, 2016.
Could Data Science in the insurance industry actually reduce the price of policies, as individual companies and people are no longer being judged against the average, and might be incentivised to change their lifestyle to improve their policy?
Big Data, Cars, Data Science, Insurance
- 100 Active Blogs on Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, Data Science, Machine Learning - Mar 29, 2016.
Stay on top of your data science skills game! Here’s a list of about 100 most active and interesting blogs on Big Data, Data Science, Data Mining, Machine Learning, and Artificial intelligence.
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Big Data, Blogs, Data Science, Deep Learning, Hadoop, Machine Learning
- How to combat financial fraud by using big data? - Mar 25, 2016.
Financial fraud methods are becoming more sophisticated and the techniques to combat such attacks also need to evolve. Big data has brought with it novel fraud detection and prevention techniques such as behavioral analysis and real-time detection to give fraud fighting techniques a new perspective.
Alibaba, Banking, Big Data, Fraud, Fraud Detection, Fraud Prevention
- CrowdSignals.io, Building Big Mobile Social Sensor dataset - Mar 25, 2016.
CrowdSignals.io a crowdfunding campaign to generate the largest mobile and sensor dataset available to the Data Science community for use in research and product development.
Big Data, Crowdsourcing, Datasets, IoT, Mobile, Sensors
- When Big Data Means Bad Analytics - Mar 21, 2016.
When analytics delivers disappointing results, it is often because there is not enough analytic expertise, and/or lack of understanding of a business objectives for using Big Data in the first place. To avoid failure, insist on high standards.
Big Data, Data Science Education, Failure, FICO, Hiring
- Big Data Will Rule Your Home - Mar 18, 2016.
The "connected home" is the next frontier for Big Data, and soon our lives may be significantly impacted by the analytical firepower from the IoT. Would benefits outweigh the risks and how would you then feel if your fridge locks you out because your scales and wearables have sounded the warning signs?
Big Data, Connected Home, IoT, Privacy
- Self-Paced E-learning course: Advanced Analytics in a Big Data World. - Mar 15, 2016.
The course covers the entire analytics process, from data preprocessing to advanced modeling, including ensemble methods (bagging, boosting, random forests), neural networks, SVMs, Bayesian networks, social networks, monitoring and more.
Advanced Analytics, Bart Baesens, Big Data, Online Education
- The Anchors of Trust in Data Analytics - Mar 14, 2016.
An exploration of some of the critical questions and challenges emerging around trust in data and analytics. The four anchors of trust that will shape public confidence in D&A in the age of the analytical enterprise are highlighted.
Analytics, Big Data, Data Analytics, KPMG, Trust
- What is the influence of Big Data in Medicine? - Mar 14, 2016.
The 360-degree customer view is the idea, that companies can get a complete view of customers by aggregating data from the various touch points that a user. And, big data is helping to materialize this idea, which will revolutionize the healthcare.
Big Data, Customer Analytics, Healthcare
- Simplilearn disrupts Big Data Industry with Masters and Flexi Pass Programs - Mar 8, 2016.
Simplilearn, the largest online certification training company, offers 3 separate Big Data Masters Programs, courses on Hadoop and Spark, its unique CloudLab, and certification.
Big Data, Certification, Hadoop, Master of Science, Online Education, Simplilearn
- Nurture by Numbers – Big Data and Children - Mar 5, 2016.
Driven by rising healthcare costs and competitions for top schools, more organisations and individuals are turning to Big Data and Analytics to try and give their children the upper hand.
Big Data, Children, Education, Healthcare, Privacy, Speech Recognition
- Apache Big Data, Vancouver, May 9-12, KDnuggets Discount, Early bird ends Mar 6 - Mar 4, 2016.
Apache Big Data brings together the full suite of Big Data open source projects - check the amazing lineup of keynotes and breakout sessions and save with code APBD16KDN20.
Apache, Apache Spark, Big Data, Canada, Doug Cutting, Hadoop, Matei Zaharia, Vancouver
- 2nd Annual Global Big Data For Executives Conference, March 7-9 2016 - Mar 1, 2016.
Conference emphasizes on sharing real world executive experiences, how to create a balanced big data team, new methods used in Big data cross multiple industry verticals, Panel Sessions, Keynote Sessions and workshop. Use KDNKEYNOTE to attend keynote sessions for free.
Big Data, CA, Global Big Data Conference, Santa Clara
- Why Spark Reached the Tipping Point in 2015 - Feb 26, 2016.
A quantitative look at Spark's breakthrough year in 2015, from 3 different points of view. Will 2016 be an even bigger year for the open source project?
Adoption, Apache Spark, Big Data, Hadoop, Matthew Mayo
- Top KDnuggets tweets, Feb 15-21: Is Big Data Still a Thing? 10 types of #regression. Which one to use? - Feb 24, 2016.
10 types of #regression. Which one to use? Is Big Data Still a Thing? 2016 #BigData Landscape; Demystifying #DeepReinforcement Learning; #TextMining #SouthPark.
Big Data, Big Data Market, Regression, Reinforcement Learning
- Big Data: Rising In Importance But Still Challenging, New Surveys Say - Feb 18, 2016.
Big Data is almost mainstream, and its perceived importance is on the rise. What are the continued challenges to Big Data adoption? Some new surveys provide insight.
Adoption, Big Data, Gil Press, Survey
- Big Data Is Driving Your Car - Feb 18, 2016.
Never mind driverless cars! Big Data is already hard at work in every aspect of the automotive industry, including safety, design, marketing and more. We look at where Big Data is having an impact on the cars that we are driving.
Big Data, Cars, IoT
- Who do I call if I want to call Europe? - Feb 17, 2016.
Despite all obstacles, Europe built not only the biggest world economy but also a special place where people are protected like nowhere else on the planet. Here is a tiny EU programme that played a key role.
Big Data, Data ScienceTech Institute, Europe
- KDnuggets Free Pass to Strata + Hadoop World San Jose 2016 - Feb 16, 2016.
Strata + Hadoop World is the leading event on how big data and ubiquitous, real-time computing is shaping the course of business and society. Win KDnuggets free pass to Strata + Hadoop World San Jose.
Big Data, CA, Hadoop, San Jose, Strata
- Privacy – what is it? - Feb 16, 2016.
Bothered about the “big brother” knowing everything about you? We are explaining what exactly the privacy means in this data driven world, what are the different types, the major concerns and its limitation.
Big Data, Privacy
- Big Data Projects and Distributed Data Science Pipelines – online courses - Feb 15, 2016.
If you're managing big data projects or building distributed data science systems, you will find these online courses very useful: Building Distributed Pipelines for Data, March 1-3 and Managing Successful Big data Projects, March 15-16.
Big Data, Data Science, Distributed Systems, O'Reilly, Online Education, Project Fail
- The Next Big Inflection in Big Data: Automated Insights - Feb 15, 2016.
To keep up with big data and improve our use of information, we need insightful applications that will quickly and inexpensively extract correlations while associating insights with actions.
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Big Data, Evangelos Simoudis, Insight Effectiveness, Startups, VC
- 4 Reasons Why We Need More Women In Big Data - Feb 10, 2016.
Gender imbalance in the workforce has been highlighted alarmingly during the recent years. Here, we are providing you a couple of reasons, including the inherent advantage and lack of stereotype for role to hire women data scientists.
Big Data, Hiring, Women
- Webinar: Visualizing 1 Billion Points Of Data, Feb 9 - Feb 5, 2016.
As data grows to include millions and billions of points, traditional visualization techniques break down. Join Continuum Analytics on Feb 9 for a webinar on Big Data visualization with the new datashader library.
Big Data, Continuum Analytics, Data Visualization
- Hadoop and Big Data: The Top 6 Questions Answered - Jan 22, 2016.
6 questions surrounding Hadoop and Big Data are posed and answered, including those related to implementation, management, and practical uses. Find out where Hadoop currently sits in the world of Big Data.
Apache Spark, Big Data, Data Warehouse, Hadoop, Implementation
- History Meets Innovation: Big Data Hackathon with Yad Vashem - Jan 12, 2016.
For 70 years the dedicated people at Yad Vashem have listened, gathered, protected and curated. Now we make their data come alive.
API, Big Data, Hackathon, Haven OnDemand, Holocaust, HP, HPE, Yad Vashem
- MapR CEO 5 Big Data Predictions for 2016 - Jan 11, 2016.
The industry is in the midst of the biggest change in enterprise computing in decades. Schroeder sees an acceleration in big data deployments, and has crystallized his view of market trends into these five major predictions for 2016.
2016 Predictions, Big Data, MapR
- ORNL: Senior Research Scientist in Climate Change Data Integration, Dissemination, and Informatics - Jan 3, 2016.
This person will help us solve the "big data" problem associated with studying the climate system and how natural and human systems influence and are impacted by a changing climate.
Big Data, Climate Change, Oak Ridge, ORNL, Research Scientist, TN
- How Big Data and Predictive Analytics can help manage climate change - Dec 31, 2015.
We review how Big data and data science can provide accurate analytics to help deal with climate change with tools like Global Forest Watch, Microsoft Research’s Madingley Model, and the Google Earth Engine.
Big Data, Climate Change
- Best BI and Analytics Event of 2016: TDWI Las Vegas, super early bird by Dec 18 - Dec 17, 2015.
Join TDWI biggest event of the year featuring four in-depth learning experiences: Leadership and Innovation, Analytics, Big Data, and Data Management, Jan 31-Feb 5 in Las Vegas. Use code KD16 to save.
Analytics, Big Data, Las Vegas, NV, TDWI
- How ‘Insights-as-a-service’ is growing based on big data - Dec 16, 2015.
Insights-as-service should deliver not only actionable insights, but also a concrete plan to use them. We review different types of insights as a service, how they are used with big data, deployment challenges, and future trends.
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Big Data, SaaS
- Big Data and Data Science for Security and Fraud Detection - Dec 11, 2015.
We review big data analytics tools and technologies that combine text mining, machine learning and network analysis for security threat prediction, detection and prevention at an early stage.
Big Data, DeZyre, Fraud Detection, Security
- Top 5 Big Data / Machine Learning Podcasts - Dec 10, 2015.
Podcasts are probably one of the most underrated forms of communication, especially given that, for the most part, they are free. Here we have collected best of big data and machine learning podcasts.
Big Data, Machine Learning, Podcast, TED
- Learning from Hurricanes: Big Data Analytics, Risk, & Data Visualization - Dec 8, 2015.
This year, Florida has experienced its 10th consecutive year without a hurricane, which is longest period without a hurricane strike in modern times. Exploring this is worthy of some examination, as it offers us many lessons in Big Data Analytics, Risk, and Data Visualization.
Big Data, Data Visualization, Russell Walker, Weather
- Big Data is Crowdledge, not 3V - Dec 2, 2015.
Crowdledge is defined as the knowledge that [weakly] emerges – and is, therefore, unexpected – from Big Data analysis of individuals’ digital footprints spontaneously left in the digital universe. It represents big data in better terms than 3Vs.
3Vs of Big Data, Big Data, Crowdsourcing, Google Trends
- Can Big Data Catch the Bad Guys? - Dec 2, 2015.
Balancing individual liberties with Big Brother surveillance and intelligence-gathering methods means walking a fine line that will require proper balancing for the foreseeable future. Regardless of opinion, Big Data has some role to play in keeping us safe, and the sooner we recognize it the better.
Big Data, Matt Reaney, Paris, Privacy, Security
- Taming the Elephant: Advice to Director, Big Data Architect - Nov 30, 2015.
Every other day, there is a new big data software is released in the market. Which one is the right to build your product? Understand how to resolve this conundrum and role of decision makers.
Big Data, Director, Hadoop
- Devils Data Dictionary – Big Data Humor - Nov 27, 2015.
In this modern homage to Ambrose Bierce, Sterne tucks his tongue firmly in cheek and lets loose on an industry only Dilbert could love.
Big Data, Humor, Jim Sterne
- OpenText Data Digest Nov 20: The Last Mile of Big Data - Nov 24, 2015.
For this week, we provide some examples of visualizations that crunch their fair share of Big Data on the back end but present it in a way that meets the Last Mile challenge.
Big Data, Data Visualization, OpenText, Risk Analytics
- Career path explained: Big Data Hadoop DEVELOPER to ARCHITECT - Nov 24, 2015.
The path to becoming a Big Data and Hadoop Architect is fraught with major challenges and responsibilities, but here is a handy infographic to help you chart out your path.
Big Data, Big Data Architect, Developer, Hadoop, Simplilearn
- Arabesque Distributed Graph Mining Platform - Nov 23, 2015.
Arabesque provides an elegant solution to the difficult problem of graph mining that lets a user easily express graph algorithms and efficiently distribute the computation.
Big Data, Graph Analytics, Graph Mining, Hadoop
- IE Business School Innovation-based programs: Big Data for Business - Nov 23, 2015.
IE Business School programs are designed to transfer knowledge directly from the classroom to the workplace. Learn more about our upcoming Innovation-based programs, including Big Data for Business.
Big Data, IE School, Innovation, Madrid, Spain
- Big RAM is eating big data – Size of datasets used for analytics - Nov 20, 2015.
Here we analysed the KDnuggets surveys on the largest datasets used by practitioners to find out need for the Big Data tools over the Big RAM.
Big Data, In-Memory Computing, Poll
- What is the importance of Dark Data in Big Data world? - Nov 20, 2015.
Dark data is a subset of big data, but it constitutes the biggest portion of the total volume of big data collected by organizations in a year. We will discuss about what opportunities this holds for an organization.
Big Data, Dark Data
- Amazon Top 20 Books in Databases & Big Data - Nov 17, 2015.
These are the most popular database & big data books on Amazon. Some interesting options here, so hopefully you find something useful to your current requirements.
Amazon, Big Data, Databases, Matthew Mayo
- The Five Myths of Big Data - Nov 16, 2015.
Here, we are bursting couple of the myths which have been built around the big data. Ranging from does it predicts future, it is only for big businesses and is it a better data?
Big Data, Matt Reaney, Myths
- How to discover stolen data using Hadoop and Big data? - Nov 11, 2015.
We discuss recent data breaches and present an approach that uses Hadoop and data fingerprint matching techniques to discover stolen data.
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Big Data, Fraud Detection, Hadoop
- Fast Big Data: Apache Flink vs Apache Spark for Streaming Data - Nov 10, 2015.
Real-time stream processing has been gaining momentum in recent past, and major tools which are enabling it are Apache Spark and Apache Flink. Learn with the help of a case study about Data processing, Data Flow, Data management using these tools.
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Apache Spark, Big Data, Flink, Streaming Analytics
- Northeastern: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Computation, Systems and Architecture - Nov 9, 2015.
Open faculty positions at all levels, for exceptional candidates addressing problems in big data computing, heterogeneous systems architecture and power-efficient computing.
Big Data, Boston, Faculty, MA, Northeastern
- How Big Data is used in Recommendation Systems to change our lives - Oct 30, 2015.
A Recommendation systems have impacted or even redefined our lives in many ways. It works in well-defined, logical phases which are data collection, ratings, and filtering.
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Amazon, Big Data, Kaushik Pal, Recommendations, Recommender Systems
- New Books on Accelerating Discovery, Event Mining, Networking for Big Data - Oct 23, 2015.
New books cover important Data Science topics, including Mining Unstructured Information for Hypothesis Generation, Event Mining, and Networking for Big Data. Use GZP42 to save 20%.
Big Data, Book, CRC Press, Event Mining, Network Science, Process Mining, Unstructured data
- Big Data + Wrong Method = Big Fail - Oct 19, 2015.
Big data is hyped as a gold mine, but Big Data applications are risky. Understand how to start with a minimum viable application and iterate to minimize the risk of failure.
Big Data, Big Data ROI, Challenges, Failure
- Big Data for Social Good: UC Berkeley and Geisinger Health Collider Project - Oct 17, 2015.
The Geisinger Health Collider Project gives participating students first-hand experience with various techniques, ideas, and challenges stemming from clinical informatics by using real clinical data to address impactful problems in healthcare.
Big Data, Roberto Zicari, Social Good, UC Berkeley
- How Big Data Helps Build Smart Cities - Oct 16, 2015.
Smart cities face serious challenges prior to widespread acceptance, but their integrated use of Big Data, IoT, and other technologies to solve contemporary urban issues should eventually lead to their adoption.
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Big Data, IoT, RFID, Smart City, South Korea
- Big Data Analytics for Lenders and Creditors - Oct 9, 2015.
Credit scoring means applying a statistical model to assign a risk score to a credit application or to an existing credit account. Here we are suggesting how data science and big data can help making the better sense of different risk factors and accurate predictions.
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Big Data, Credit Risk, Goran Dragosavac
- Where Should I Work In Big Data? - Oct 9, 2015.
Unravelling the mystery of where to work as a data scientist, whether to venture into start-up or join a safe course of established vendors has been haunting many aspirants. Find out yourself by answer these five questions!
Big Data, Hiring, Matt Reaney, Startup
- 90+ Active Blogs on Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, Data Science, Machine Learning - Oct 8, 2015.
Stay on top of your data science skills game! Here's a list of 90+ active blogs on Big Data, Data Science, Data Mining, Machine Learning, and Artificial intelligence.
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Big Data, Blogs, Data Science, Deep Learning, Hadoop, Machine Learning
- Data Science Education: Where It Needs To Begin - Oct 8, 2015.
Most data science education centers on graduate degrees, with only 14 US undergraduate analytics degrees in 2014. With the vast amounts of data being generated, should there be more data science education at the undergraduate level?
Big Data, Data Science Education, Data Scientist
- How big data can help in home health care? - Oct 7, 2015.
Proper home care services can reduce both the chances and the cost of hospitalization and manage illness. Understand what big data promises for the healthcare sector and what are practical hurdles standing between the current solutions.
Big Data, Healthcare, Kaushik Pal
- Self-Paced E-learning course: Advanced Analytics in a Big Data World - Oct 6, 2015.
The course covers the entire analytics process, from data preprocessing to advanced modeling, including ensemble methods (bagging, boosting, random forests), neural networks, SVMs, Bayesian networks, social networks, monitoring and more.
Advanced Analytics, Bart Baesens, Big Data, Online Education
