- 30 Can’t miss Harvard Business Review articles on Data Science, Big Data and Analytics - Sep 30, 2015.
Here are 30 Harvard Business Review (HBR) articles on big data, data science and analytics that provide insights about the latest technology and happenings in the world of data.
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Analytics, Big Data, Data Scientist, DJ Patil, Harvard, Tom Davenport
- Interview: Michael Brodie – We Can’t Rely on Machines - Sep 28, 2015.
Michael Brodie, a leading database researcher, is convinced that Big Data has more potential than the hype suggests, but also more risks.
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Big Data, Machine Learning, Michael Brodie, Opportunities, Switzerland, Threat to Humanity
- Big Data Monetization Lessons from Zillow - Sep 14, 2015.
In the current tsunami of “Big Data” every business wants to get value out of the data. Here, we are sharing lessons learned by the new real estate websites who have brought together Big Data sets, home buyers, and home sellers.
Big Data, Data Monetization, Maps, Monetizing, Russell Walker, Zillow
- Crunch, Practical (and affordable) Big Data Conference - Sep 11, 2015.
Join us for this year’s Crunch Practical Big Data Conference, where big stars like Doug Cutting and Elena Vernawill be presenting about big data technologies, trends, best-practices, war stories, and future of industry.
Big Data, Budapest, Doug Cutting, Hungary
- Washington Post: Big Data – Senior Developer - Sep 8, 2015.
WaPo big data team is at the center of analytics-driven revolution; we are an agile, dynamic, high-performance team, building groundbreaking technologies to shape how we tell our stories to millions of readers.
Big Data, DC, Developer, Washington, Washington Post
- New Book: Big Data Analytics - Sep 8, 2015.
A new book on Big Data analytics provides a broad overview of techniques and applications, focusing on both challenges and opportunities.
Big Data, Book
- Apache Big Data Budapest, Sep 28-30 – use code “ABDKDN25” by Sep 7 for discount - Sep 5, 2015.
New Apache: Big Data conf. is launching in Budapest Sep 28-30, gathering the top technologists - developers, architects, engineers, data scientists and more. Use code "ABDKDN25" for big discount if you register by Sep 7.
Apache, Big Data, Budapest, Hungary
- Cartoon: Big Data in Retirement - Sep 1, 2015.
Now that Gartner has officially "retired" Big Data from its technology hype curve, KDnuggets looks at Big Data in retirement.
Big Data, Cartoon
- Big Data Influence on Data Driven Advertising - Aug 31, 2015.
More and more companies relying on big data for their data driven initiatives. In a survey conducted by BlueKai, we are trying to capture what its impact on advertising strategies.
Advertising, Big Data, Kaushik Pal
- Gartner 2015 Hype Cycle: Big Data is Out, Machine Learning is in - Aug 28, 2015.
Which are the most hyped technologies today? Check out Gartner's latest 2015 Hype Cycle Report. Autonomous cars & IoT stay at the peak while big data is losing its prominence. Smart Dust is a new cool technology for the next decade!
Big Data, Citizen Data Scientist, Gartner, Machine Learning
- 4 Problems with Big Data (And How to Solve Them) - Aug 27, 2015.
Big Data Innovation Summit returns to Boston, Sep 9-10, with 60+ sessions covering Big Data biggest problems (and how to solve them). Use code KD300 to save $300 off all two-day pass prices.
Big Data, Big Data Summit, Boston, IE Group, MA, Red Sox
- 3 Reasons Big Data Projects Fail - Aug 24, 2015.
Download Lavastorm whitepaper: How to Overcome 3 Key Big Data Challenges - how to operationalize the results, how to enable ETL to handle complexities of Big Data, and more.
Big Data, ETL, Lavastorm, Project Fail
- Information Management 10 IT Security Books for Big Data Scientists - Aug 20, 2015.
As the big data and cybersecurity markets converge with one another, each of these books examines new threats and new opportunities for data scientists who want to analyze and safeguard data.
Big Data, Information Management, Security
- Poll Results: Where is Big Data? For most, Largest Dataset Analyzed is in laptop-size GB range - Aug 18, 2015.
A majority of data scientists (56%) work in Gigabyte dataset range. We note a small increase in Petabyte (web-scale) data miners, and a decline in Megabyte data miners. US, Australia/NZ, and Asia lead in percentage of Terabyte and Petabyte analysts.
Asia, Australia, Big Data, Datasets, Europe, Largest, Poll, USA
- RightRelevance helps find key topics, top influencers in Big Data, Data Science, and Beyond - Aug 11, 2015.
RightRelevance leverages the social web to find key topics and top influencers in many areas, from Big Data to emergency medicine. We use it to identify top influencers in Big Data, Data Science, and Data Mining.
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Big Data, Big Data Influencers, Data Mining, Data Science, Influencers, Right Relevance
- New Poll: Largest Dataset Analyzed/Data Mined? - Aug 4, 2015.
New KDnuggets Poll is asking: What was the largest dataset you analyzed / data mined? Will Gigabyte range dominate for another year or will Big Data miners share increase?
Big Data, Largest, Poll
- Cartoon: Big Data and the dog question - Aug 3, 2015.
It used to be that nobody on the internet knew that I was a dog ... New KDnuggets cartoon examines the dog question in the era of Big Data.
Anonymity, Big Data, Cartoon, Dogs, Privacy
- Data is Ugly – Tales of Data Cleaning - Aug 1, 2015.
Whether you want to do business analytics or build the deep learning models, getting correct data and cleansing it appropriately remains the major task. Find out experts opinions on how you can make efficient data cleansing and collection efforts.
Big Data, Data Cleaning, Data Preparation, Data-Driven Business
- CRN 10 Coolest Big Data Startups - Jul 30, 2015.
CRN identifies Top 10 startups which offer the coolest technology in big data. The list includes companies which focus on business intelligence, business & visual Analytics, Hadoop technology and cloud-based systems.
Big Data, CRN, Domo, Looker, Startups, Tamr
- Big Data TechCon, Nov 2-4, Chicago, the HOW-TO Big Data Event - Jul 29, 2015.
Plan now to attend Big Data TechCon in Chicago, to learn HOW-TO manage and analyze Big Data from your Web logs, social media interactions, transactions, sensors, etc. Use BIGDATA for special discount.
Apache Spark, Big Data, Chicago, Data Science Education, Hadoop, IL, Techcon
- Impact of IoT on Big Data Landscape - Jul 29, 2015.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the next technological revolution, expected to generate over $300 B by year 2020, according to Gartner. The IoT will also generate unprecedented amounts of data and its impact will be felt across the entire big data universe.
Big Data, Hadoop, IoT, Kaushik Pal
- Interview: Brian Kursar, Toyota on Big Data & Advanced Analytics – Cornerstones of Innovation - Jul 28, 2015.
We discuss the Big Data architecture at Toyota, executives’ perception of Analytics, Toyota Innovation Fair, advice, trends, and more.
Advanced Analytics, Big Data, Brian Kursar, Career, Communication, Innovation, Interview, Toyota
- Big Data for Sustainability - Jul 28, 2015.
With big data about energy usage at the device level, enterprises are reducing consumption, optimizing processes for efficiency, and creating sustainability initiatives that advance them in economic, social, and environmental realms.
Big Data, Energy, Sustainability
- Interview: Thanigai Vellore, Art.com on Why Big Data vs RDBMS is the Wrong Question - Jul 24, 2015.
We discuss success factors with polyglot architectures, Big Data challenges, recommendations for using Big Data technologies, trends, advice, and more.
Architecture, Art.com, Big Data, Career, Challenges, Hadoop, Interview, RDBMS, Recommendations
- From Big Data to Big Profits: A Lesson from Google’s Nest - Jul 24, 2015.
Google Nest is a very interesting example of how such a seemingly simple item as thermostat, with the addition to Big Data can transform an industry and lead to significant profits.
Big Data, Google, HVAC, IoT, Nest, Profit, Russell Walker, Thermostat
- Disruptive Innovation and Competitive Intelligence - Jul 22, 2015.
Disruptive innovation paradigm enables us to understand the rising competition in businesses. Here, we will show how this can be helpful to Competitive Intelligence and challenges ahead of it.
Big Data, Competitive Intelligence, Crowdsourcing, Debleena Roy
- Jun 2015 Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining Acquisitions and Startups Activity - Jul 20, 2015.
Jun 2015 acquisitions, startups, and company activity in Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science: Spotify, Unicorn Power Law, Twitter + Whetlab, Belong, ZestFinance.
Big Data, Experfy, Saama, Salesforce, Spotify, Startups, Twitter, ZestFinance
- Big Data – yes, that’s what a latest Sensational Rap Music Video is all about - Jul 16, 2015.
Music video featuring Big Data and Hadoop (and Map-Reduce and NoSQL) might be all you need to light up your day!
Big Data, Data Scientist, Hadoop, MapReduce, Music, NoSQL, Viacom Velocity
- Interview: Reiner Kappenberger, HP Security Voltage on Data-Centric Security for Big Data - Jul 8, 2015.
We discuss HP Security Voltage growth story, HP acquisition, assessing the state of current security standards, and the need for “data-centric” security.
Big Data, Data-Centric, HP, HP Atalla, HP Security Voltage, Interview, NIST, Reiner Kappenberger, Security
- Deep Learning and the Triumph of Empiricism - Jul 7, 2015.
Theoretical guarantees are clearly desirable. And yet many of today's best-performing supervised learning algorithms offer none. What explains the gap between theoretical soundness and empirical success?
Big Data, Data Science, Deep Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, Zachary Lipton
- Data Science and Big Data: Two very Different Beasts - Jul 6, 2015.
Creating artifact from the ore requires the tools, craftmanship and science. Same is the case of big data and data science, here we present the distinguishing factors between the ore and the artifact.
Big Data, Data Science, Sean McClure
- Big Data Big Impact on the Future of Advertising - Jun 26, 2015.
Big data is ready to tack advertisement industry to a new height. Here, we captured how big data will shape the advertising in the future, its challenges and opportunities.
Big Data, Online advertising, Privacy
- Global Big Data Conference, Santa Clara, Sep 1-3 - Jun 24, 2015.
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. KDnuggets discount.
Big Data, CA, Global Big Data Conference, Santa Clara
- Introduction to Big Data with Apache Spark - Jun 23, 2015.
Apache spark, has been one of the exciting technologies in recent years for the big data development. Here, you can find why spark is better than its predecessors and what are its major pillars.
Apache Spark, Big Data, MapReduce
- 10 reasons why I love data and analytics - Jun 22, 2015.
As data science getting more and more traction in all the major industries. So, in this new, exciting and challenging field there are lots of opportunities. Here are few reasons why you should be a part of this.
Big Data, Data Science, Decision Making, Predictive Analytics
- Big Data Bootcamp, Austin, Aug 28-30 - Jun 19, 2015.
A fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape targeted towards technical and business people who want to understand the emerging world of Big Data. Special KDnuggets discount.
Austin, Big Data, Bootcamp, Developers, Global Big Data Conference, TX
- Big Data Developer Conference and Training, Raleigh, Aug 24-26 - Jun 18, 2015.
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. KDnuggets discount.
Big Data, Developers, Global Big Data Conference, NC, Raleigh
- Big Data Developer Conference and Training, Seattle Aug 17-19 - Jun 17, 2015.
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. KDnuggets discount.
Big Data, Developers, Global Big Data Conference, Seattle, WA
- The Big Data EMeetup, as mass online role playing game, July 7 - Jun 15, 2015.
This meetup uses mass multiplayer online role playing platform with live presentations, virtual exhibition halls with virtual booths and enhanced networking capabilities. Free registration.
Big Data, Meetup, Online Games
- Scala By the Bay (Aug 13-16) + Big Data Scala (Aug 16-18), Bay Area - Jun 12, 2015.
77 best talks from the leading companies using Scala, Spark, and other Scala-based projects in production, including Twitter, Salesforce, Cloudera, Verizon, with innovative end-to-end pipeline training on Aug 16.
Alexy Khrabrov, Big Data, CA, Oakland, Scala, Twitter
- Big Data Developer Conference and Training, Boston, Aug 10-12 - Jun 12, 2015.
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. KDnuggets discount.
Big Data, Boston, Developers, Global Big Data Conference, MA
- Big Data Developer Conference and Training, Santa Clara, July 15-17 - Jun 11, 2015.
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. KDnuggets discount.
Big Data, CA, Developers, Global Big Data Conference, Santa Clara
- Best Big Data, Data Science, Data Mining, and Machine Learning podcasts - Jun 9, 2015.
We present the top 12 Data Science & Machine Learning related Podcasts by popularity on iTunes. Check out latest episodes to stay up-to-date & become a part of the data conversations!
Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Data Science, Machine Learning, Podcast
- Big Data Developer Conference, Hyderabad, India, June 19-21 - Jun 1, 2015.
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. KDnuggets discount.
Big Data, Developers, Global Big Data Conference, Hyderabad, India
- CRN 2015 Big Data Infrastructure Companies - May 28, 2015.
The CRN identifies top 25 big data infrastructure, tools and service companies offering everything from hardware servers, to software platforms and applications, to cloud-based services. The list includes major players in the big data space like Microsoft, Amazon, and IBM!
Big Data, CRN, Data Infrastructure, Data Platform, Hadoop, Startups
- CRN 2015 Emerging Big Data Vendors - May 26, 2015.
The 2015 Computer Reseller News, CRN Big Data Emerging vendors list features 54 companies launched since 2009 for their innovative tools, technology and committment to help businesses manage the Big Data Challenge.
Big Data, Big Data Vendors, CRN, Startups
- Exclusive Interview: Matei Zaharia, creator of Apache Spark, on Spark, Hadoop, Flink, and Big Data in 2020 - May 22, 2015.
Apache Spark is one the hottest Big Data technologies in 2015. KDnuggets talks to Matei Zaharia, creator of Apache Spark, about key things to know about it, why it is not a replacement for Hadoop, how it is better than Flink, and vision for Big Data in 2020.
Apache Spark, Big Data, Databricks, Flink, Hadoop, Matei Zaharia, MLlib, Spark SQL
- 5 Not-to-be-Missed Ideas about Big Data - May 21, 2015.
The things we can measure are never exactly what we care about; When everything hinges on metrics, people will game the metrics to the point of losing any meaning; and more key ideas summarized by Kaiser Fung.
Big Data, Kaiser Fung, Numbersense
- CRN 2015 Big Data Management Companies - May 21, 2015.
Big Data and it's ease-of-use plays a key role in this year’s ‘CRN Big Data 100: Top 30 Data Management companies’. New additions include At Scale, Databricks, and Tamr. A majority of these companies develop open-source NoSQL database technology.
Big Data, CA, CRN, Data Management, Israel, MA
- Strategies for Monetizing Big Data - May 19, 2015.
In the current tsunami of “Big Data” every business wants to get value out of the data. We examine four overarching data strategies and their specific monetization strategies.
Big Data, Big Data Strategy, Business Value, Monetizing, Russell Walker
- Most Viewed Big Data Videos on YouTube - May 9, 2015.
The top Big Data YouTube videos by those like Hortonworks and Kirk D. Borne cover diverse topics including Hadoop, Big Data Trends, Deep Learning, and Big Data Leadership.
Big Data, Cloudera, Deep Learning, Google, Grant Marshall, Hadoop, IBM, Kirk D. Borne, TED, Youtube
- Interview: Alison Burnham, Scorebig on Optimal, Real-time Pricing through Analytics - May 8, 2015.
We discuss Analytics at ScoreBig, company’s business model, unexpected insights, challenges in customer value management, advice, and more.
Advice, Analytics, Big Data, Career, Customer Analytics, Customer Value, Interview, Machine Learning, Pricing, Real-time
- Top KDnuggets tweets, Apr 21-27: Great discussion: Building Big Data systems in academia, industry; Deep Learning in a Nutshell - Apr 28, 2015.
Great discussion: Building #BigData systems in academia, industry; DeepLearning in a Nutshell - what it is, how it works, why care?; Basics of #DeepLearning to Get You Started; Top LinkedIn Groups for #Analytics, #BigData.
Big Data, Crime, Deep Learning, San Francisco, Text Analysis
- Interview: Emmanuel Letouzé, Data-Pop Alliance on Big Data for Development and Future Prospects - Apr 25, 2015.
We discuss the field of Big Data for Development, current projects and future plans for Data-Pop Alliance, public participation opportunities, advice, and more.
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Advice, Big Data, Comic, Data-Pop Alliance, Emmanuel Letouze, Interview, Trends
- smartcon: Big Data, Big Ideas conference with world-renowned experts, Istanbul, 26-27 May - Apr 20, 2015.
Big data, and its wide range of innovative business applications will be discussed in smartcon 2015 in Istanbul, May 26-27, led by world-renowned experts including Alex Pentland, Usama Fayyad, Amr Awadallah, and Andreas Weigend.
Alex Pentland, Big Data, Istanbul, Turkey, Usama Fayyad
- Cartoon: A solution for Data Scientists allergies caused by Big Data - Apr 17, 2015.
With more and more allergies and big trend towards gluten-free everything, new KDnuggets cartoon envisions a possible solution for Data Scientists allergies.
Allergy, Big Data, Cartoon, Data Scientist
- Domo: From Big Data to Big Decisions Infographic and BI Guide - Apr 15, 2015.
A new business intelligence guide by DOMO called From Big Data To Better Decisions details the growing importance of collecting, understanding, and applying data to make better decisions.
Big Data, Business Intelligence, Domo, Infographic
- Interview: Michael Lurye, Time Warner Cable on Big Data and the Insatiable Demand for BI - Apr 13, 2015.
We discuss EDM at Time Warner Cable, data sources, complementing legacy data warehouses with Big Data solutions, vendor selection and build vs. buy decision.
Big Data, Business Intelligence, Data Management, Data Warehouse, Hadoop, Interview, Mike Lurye, Time Warner Cable
- What do you want to learn? Big Data TechCon How-To Conference, Apr 26-28, Boston - Apr 9, 2015.
Our survey ahead of Big Data Techcon conference in Boston find most interest in learning Predictive analytics, Data visualization, Spark, Deep learning / Machine Learning, Hadoop and other components of Hadoop stack, and Python.
Apache Spark, Big Data, Boston, Data Visualization, Deep Learning, Hadoop, MA, Techcon
- Be Smarter Than Your Devices: Learn About Big Data - Apr 7, 2015.
If the Apple Watch rollout proves anything, it might be this: Going forward, we’ll all have to be as smart about data as our devices. Also, learn about the origins of "Big Data" term.
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Apple Watch, Big Data, IoT, Nitin Indurkhya, Privacy, Tim Cook
- Gold Mine or Blind Alley? Functional Programming for Big Data & Machine Learning - Apr 1, 2015.
Functional programming is touted as a solution for big data problems. Why is it advantageous? Why might it not be? And who is using it now?
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Big Data, Functional Programming, Haskell, Zachary Lipton
- Big Data for the Common Good “Collider”, at Frankfurt / Berkeley - Apr 1, 2015.
The Frankfurt Big Data Lab and ODBMS.org cooperate with the Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (CET) at UC Berkeley to enable the creation of project proposals for Big Data for the Common Good.
Big Data, Frankfurt, Germany, Social Good, UC Berkeley
- How Big Data Can Improve the Lives of the Poor - Mar 31, 2015.
The role of Big Data in allowing greater financial inclusion for the poor also is a trending Internet topic. But it’s mostly creating optimism and interest, rather than controversy and dissent.
Big Data, Social Good
- Top KDnuggets tweets, Mar 19-22: Tensor methods for Machine Learning; Tibco survey: Big Data top use cases - Mar 23, 2015.
Tensor methods for #MachineLearning: fast, accurate, scalable, need open-source libs; #DataScience and Reproducibility: Explaining when the experiment does not work; Google #DeepLearning FaceNet is the best ever for recognizing faces; Tibco survey #BigData top use cases: Customer & Experience Analytics, Risk/Threat.
Big Data, Deep Learning, Face Recognition, Google, Open Source, Reproducibility, Tensor, Use Cases
- Do We Need More Training Data or More Complex Models? - Mar 23, 2015.
Do we need more training data? Which models will suffer from performance saturation as data grows large? Do we need larger models or more complicated models, and what is the difference?
Big Data, convnet, Generalized Linear Models, K-nearest neighbors, Training Data, Zachary Lipton
- Small Data requires Specialized Deep Learning and Yann LeCun response - Mar 19, 2015.
For industries that have relatively small data sets (less than a petabyte), a Specialized Deep Learning approach based on unsupervised learning and domain knowledge is needed.
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Big Data, Deep Learning, Small Data, Yann LeCun
- KDnuggets Free Pass to Big Data TechCon How-To Conference, Apr 26-28, Boston - Mar 15, 2015.
Win a free KDnuggets Pass for Big Data TechCon in Boston - the conference to learn HOW-TO master and analyze Big Data. Learn Hadoop, Spark, Yarn, HBase, R, and Hive from the smartest, hardest-working faculty.
Apache Hive, Apache Spark, Big Data, Boston, Hadoop, HBase, MA, R, Techcon, YARN
- White House report on Big Data and Differential Pricing - Mar 14, 2015.
White House report examines how companies are using big data and analytics to charge different prices to different customers (price discrimination), looks at both benefits and risks, and concludes that many concerns can be addressed by existing anti-discrimination and consumer protection laws.
Big Data, Discrimination, Pricing, White House
- Simplilearn Big Data and Analytics Courses – CAREER30 - Mar 12, 2015.
Get Big Data and Analytics certification - a big plus for your career - with Simplilearn courses on Analytics, Big Data, Hadoop, SAS, R, Cloud Computing, and more, now at 30% discounted prices until Mar 30.
Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Certification, Cloud Computing, Hadoop, R, SAS, Simplilearn
- Interview: Ted Dunning, MapR on The Real Meaning of Real-Time in Big Data - Mar 2, 2015.
We discuss major Big Data developments in 2014, real-time processing, interactive queries, streaming systems, batch systems, MapR partnerships and challenges in scaling recommendation engines.
Big Data, MapR, Real-time, Recommendation, Stream Mining, Ted Dunning
- The Internet of People: 4 key principles for analyzing personal data - Feb 27, 2015.
The “Internet of People” raises a host of legal and ethical questions about the ownership and use of our personal data. We all have a stake in joining and navigating this increasingly stormy debate. Here are 4 key principles.
Andrew Jennings, Big Data, Ethics, FICO, Personal Data, Predictive Analytics, Privacy
- Top KDnuggets tweets, Feb 23-25: Microsoft is building fast, low-power Deep Learning networks; Lucrative tech careers: Data Scientist, Data Engineer - Feb 26, 2015.
5 lucrative tech careers in 2015: Data Scientist ($150K), Data Engineer ($148K); Which SQL on Hadoop? Gartner Poll Still Says "Whatever" But DBMS Providers Gain; 10 Most-Funded #BigData #Startups; DataRPM 8 runs in #Hadoop, uses #MachineLearning to find insights.
Big Data, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, DataRPM, Hadoop, Salary, SQL, Startups, Trevor Hastie
- IBM Big Data & Analytics Heroes - Feb 26, 2015.
IBM's Big Data & Analytics Heroes include leaders in the field that propel the industry in order to promote thought leadership and progress in Big Data Analytics.
About Gregory Piatetsky, Analytics Leader, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, IBM, Jake Porway, Kirk D. Borne
- HomeUnion: Big Data Technical Project Manager - Feb 25, 2015.
Big Data TPM plays a key role in delivering all Big Data related product releases, and is familiar with Big Data technologies and Agile methodologies.
Big Data, CA, HomeUnion, Irvine, Project Manager, USA
- KDnuggets™ News 15:n06, Feb 25: My brief guide to Big Data; Data Scientist 3 wishes; Active Data Mining Blogs - Feb 25, 2015.
My Brief Guide to Big Data; Cartoon: Data Scientist gets 3 wishes for Valentine Day; Active Data Mining, Data Science blogs; Gartner 2015 Magic Quadrant for Advanced Analytics - gainers and losers.
Automation, Big Data, Blogs, Cartoon, Gartner, History, Magic Quadrant, Valentine's Day
- Big Data TechCon, the HOW-TO conference, Boston, April 26-28 - Feb 24, 2015.
Plan now to attend Big Data TechCon, April 26-28 in Boston, to learn HOW-TO master and analyze Big Data. Learn Hadoop, Spark, Yarn, HBase, R, and Hive from the smartest, hardest-working faculty. Special discount.
Apache Hive, Apache Spark, Big Data, Boston, Hadoop, HBase, MA, R, Techcon, USA, YARN
- Big Data, Privacy, and Security – which side are you on? - Feb 18, 2015.
After all the positive promise, the hype, and predictions about Big Data, 2015 started with a debate about privacy and specifically whether or not companies like Google and Facebook should be allowed to encrypt their users data.
Big Data, Chris Pearson, Encryption, Facebook, Google, NSA, Paris, Privacy, Security
- Big Data Innovation Summit, San Jose, Apr 28-29, 2015 - Feb 17, 2015.
The Summit will bring 800+ data practitioners for 7 business and technical focused stages, 70+ sessions, keynotes, workshops, panels and countless networking opportunities. Early Bird until Feb 27.
Big Data, CA, IE Group, San Jose, Summit, USA
- Top KDnuggets tweets, Feb 11-12: Automating romance with Eigenfaces; My Brief Guide to Big Data, Predictive Analytics for non-experts - Feb 13, 2015.
Romantic #DataScientist @crockpotveggies automates #Tinder with Eigenfaces; My Brief Guide to Big Data and Predictive Analytics for non-experts; #DataMining finds corruption is correlated with low income, low development MIT; Hitachi buys Pentaho to extend Its #BigData footprint.
Big Data, Causation, Correlation, Corruption, Hitachi, Pentaho, Tinder
- My Brief Guide to Big Data and Predictive Analytics for non-experts - Feb 12, 2015.
My brief guide to Big Data and Predictive Analytics for non-experts suggests key books, films, and websites to learn more.
Big Data, Charles Stross, Deep Learning, Eric Siegel, Kenneth Cukier, Nate Silver, The Guardian
- Interview: M.C. Srivas, CTO, MapR on Data Agility – The Next Frontier of Big Data - Feb 12, 2015.
We discuss the competitive differentiation of MapR, challenges in consumerizing Big Data, trends, strategy recommendations, desired skills and more.
Big Data, Business Strategy, Challenges, Competition, Education, Interview, M. C. Srivas, MapR, Trends
- Big Data Innovators Under 35 - Feb 11, 2015.
Young innovators in deep learning, interface design, and data science automation are all included in MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 list.
Big Data, Deep Learning, Innovation, MIT, Samsung
- 10 things statistics taught us about big data analysis - Feb 10, 2015.
There are 10 ideas in applied statistics are relevant for big data analysis, focusing on prediction accuracy, interactive analysis and more.
Best Practices, Big Data, Overfitting, Statistics
- Top KDnuggets tweets, Feb 02-08: 10 things statistics teaches about Big Data analysis; Where is Waldo ruined by Machine Learning - Feb 9, 2015.
Very useful: 10 things statistics teaches about #BigData analysis; Where's Waldo ruined by a PhD student and #MachineLearning; Great Tutorial: Getting Started with Apache Spark and Python; Clarifai Machine Learning software can understand what is in your videos.
Apache Spark, Big Data, Clarifai, Machine Learning, Python, Statistics, Waldo
- Top 30 people in Big Data and Analytics - Feb 9, 2015.
Innovation Enterprise has compiled a top 30 list for individuals in big data that have had a large impact on the development or popularity of the industry.
About Gregory Piatetsky, Andy Palmer, Big Data, Big Data Influencers, DJ Patil, Hilary Mason, IE Group, Kirk D. Borne, Paco Nathan, Tom Davenport, Wolfram
- Get practical training at PASS Business Analytics Conference, Santa Clara, April 20-22 - Feb 7, 2015.
Get practical training on Predictive Analytics, R, Data Visualization, Big Data, Excel, Power BI, and more at the PASS Business Analytics Conference, Santa Clara, April 20-22. Get $150 off with KDnuggets discount.
Big Data, Business Analytics, CA, Data Visualization, Dean Abbott, PASS, Santa Clara, USA
- Two Most Important Trends in Analytics and Big Data in 2015 - Feb 6, 2015.
In 2015, two most important trends in Analytics and Big Data are in developing countries and big data security.
Big Data, Predictions for 2015, Security, Trends
- The Post-Hadoop World: New Kid On The Block Technologies - Feb 5, 2015.
Big Data technology has evolved rapidly, and although Hadoop and Hive are still its core components, a new breed of technologies has emerged and is changing how we work with data, enabling more fluid ways to process, store, and manage it.
Apache Spark, Big Data, Chronos, Docker, Hadoop, YARN
- Interview: Eli Collins, Cloudera on Evolution and Future of Big Data Ecosystem - Feb 2, 2015.
We discuss the change in Big Data priorities, risks, Big Data ecosystem, rise of data culture in organizations, challenges, advice and more.
Advice, Big Data, Cloudera, ecosystem, Eli Collins, Strategy, Trends, Vendors
- Top Big Data Influencers and Brands - Feb 2, 2015.
Top Big Data influencers and brands on Twitter, selected by Onalytica based on the Pagerank analysis of Twitter graph.
About Gregory Piatetsky, About KDnuggets, Bernard Marr, Big Data, Big Data Influencers, Brands, Cloudera, IBM, Kirk D. Borne, Twitter
- Big Data Could Revolutionize Healthcare. Will We Let it? - Jan 31, 2015.
The power to access and analyze enormous data sets can improve our ability to anticipate and treat illnesses. The benefits for society are just too great, and they won’t be ignored for long.
Big Data, Healthcare, Matt Reaney, Privacy, UK
- Interview: Nandu Jayakumar, Yahoo on What Does One Need for Big Data Success - Jan 27, 2015.
We discuss Yahoo’s contributions to Big Data ecosystem, recommendation to Big Data vendors, predictions for Big Data, advice, and more.
Advice, Big Data, Nandu Jayakumar, Predictions, Success, Yahoo
- Interview: Nandu Jayakumar, Yahoo on How Yahoo is Harnessing Big Data - Jan 26, 2015.
We discuss the major Big Data uses cases at Yahoo, major challenges, trends in enterprise Big Data implementations, and advantages of using Spark.
Apache Spark, Big Data, Kafka, Nandu Jayakumar, Relational Databases, Shark, Yahoo
- Top stories for Jan 18-24: Basics of Deep Learning to Get You Started; Top SlideShare Presentations on Big Data, updated - Jan 25, 2015.
Arno Candel on the Basics of Deep Learning to Get You Started; Top SlideShare Presentations on Big Data, updated; 15 Programming Languages to know in 2015; 8 Trends In Big Data For 2015.
Arno Candel, Big Data, Deep Learning, Document Classification, SlideShare, Top stories
- Big Data Bootcamp, Austin, Apr 10-12 - Jan 22, 2015.
A fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape targeted towards technical and business people who want to understand the emerging world of Big Data. Special KDnuggets discount.
Austin, Big Data, Bootcamp, Hadoop, NoSQL, TX, USA
- 8 Trends In Big Data For 2015 - Jan 21, 2015.
2015 trends include Non-Data Scientists, Real Time Big Data, Self Service Big Data, Shared Big Data, Big Data and IoT, Richer Data, More Big Data Geeks, and Creative Recruitment - read why.
Big Data, Internet of Things, Matt Reaney, Predictions for 2015, Real-time, Trends
- Top SlideShare Presentations on Big Data, updated - Jan 18, 2015.
REST APIs and crawling offer two different ways to gather big data presentations from SlideShare, but they provide different results and lead to a very different view of the data. We examine why and find a useful data science lesson.
API, Big Data, Presentation, SlideShare
- Debunking Big Data Myths. Again - Jan 11, 2015.
Myths change with understanding. Misunderstandings on some of the current myths surrounding big data as follows will fade away: big data is made for big business, big data adoption is high and machine learning overcomes human bias.
Big Data, Big Data Hype, Machine Learning, Rick Delgado
- Interview: Sharmila Mulligan, ClearStory Data on Variety & Velocity to be Big Data Priorities - Jan 10, 2015.
We discuss the ClearStory Data’s competitive differentiation, client use case, Big Data trends, advice, desired soft skills in data scientists and more.
Advice, Big Data, ClearStory Data, Data Science Skills, Interview, Sharmila Mulligan, Trends, Use Cases
- Differential Privacy: How to make Privacy and Data Mining Compatible - Jan 9, 2015.
Can privacy coexist with machine learning and data mining? Differential privacy allows the learning of general characteristics of populations while guaranteeing the privacy of individual records.
arXiv, Big Data, Cynthia Dwork, Data Mining, Differential Privacy, Zachary Lipton
- Learning Data Science and Predictive Modeling at Your Own Pace – A Free Online Video Series - Jan 8, 2015.
A twenty part video training series on Predictive Modeling, offering the Rapid Insight and the concepts behind the predictive models.
Big Data, Data Science, Predictive Modeling, RapidInsight
- Big Data Bootcamp, Santa Clara, Jan 16-18 - Jan 6, 2015.
This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Big Data landscape targeted towards both technical and non-technical people who want to understand the emerging world of Big Data. Special KDnuggets discount.
Big Data, Bootcamp, CA, Santa Clara, USA
- Top stories for Dec 21-27: 2015 Predictions for big data and data science; The Big Data of Wearables - Dec 28, 2014.
2015 Predictions: What will happen to big data and data science?; The Big Data of Wearables; Open Source Tools for Machine Learning; FICO CAO sees a Post-Big Data World.
Big Data, Cloud Computing, FICO, Top stories, Wearables
- Interview: Mac Devine, CTO, IBM Cloud on the Fast Approaching Perfect Storm - Dec 24, 2014.
We discuss why we should anticipate a technology perfect storm soon, Enterprise IT challenges, distinct capabilities of IBM BlueMix and more.
Big Data, BlueMix, Challenges, Cloud Computing, IBM, Interview, IoT, Mac Devine
- The Big Data of Wearables - Dec 23, 2014.
Wearables are becoming more common, creating real-time demands on the data-driven systems behind them for applications like forecasting and recommender systems.
Big Data, Internet of Things, Wearables
- UIC Big Data Symposium, Chicago, Mar 17, 2015 - Dec 22, 2014.
Chicago will host a BIG Data Symposium, focusing on the innovative ways of solving business challenges with BIG Data, Emerging Capabilities, Social Network Analytics and Visual Analytics.
Big Data, Chicago-IL, Teradata, UIC
- 2015 Predictions: What will happen to big data and data science? - Dec 21, 2014.
What’s next in the world of big data? Commonplace terms begin to vanish as businesses put an increased emphasis on the predictive and prescriptive analytics needed to drive value.
Big Data, Chief Data Officer, Data Governance, Data Science, Predictions for 2015, Prescriptive Analytics
- Spatial Data Platform from SpaceCurve for Real-Time Operational Intelligence - Dec 16, 2014.
SpaceCurve Spatial Data Platform will deliver strong spatial and temporal analytics capabilities. SpaceCurve CEO Dane Coyer and CTO Andrew Rogers tell us more.
Andrew Rogers, Big Data, Dane Coyer, IoT, Real-time, SpaceCurve, Spatial
- Open Innovation in the Age of Big Data - Dec 15, 2014.
Open platforms for data analysis are more important than ever with big data and increasing access to heterogeneous data sources for analysts.
Big Data, Innovation, Knime, Open Analytics
- KDnuggets Interview: Paul Zikopoulos, IBM on Big Data Opportunities and Challenges - Dec 14, 2014.
We discuss the value of Big Data for SMBs, how Cognitive will impact Big Data, IBM’s distinction from competition, significant trends and more.
Big Data, Big Data Hype, Business, Challenges, IBM, Opportunities, Paul Zikopoulos, Trends
- KDnuggets Interview: Paul Zikopoulos, IBM on Why Big Data needs Polyglots - Dec 13, 2014.
We discuss why not to focus on a single technology in Big Data, prevalent myths, what IBM & Twitter partnership means for the world, and current state of data governance.
Big Data, Hadoop, IBM, Interview, MapReduce, NoSQL, Paul Zikopoulos, Social Analytics, Twitter
- Zicari: Big Data: A Data-Driven Society - Dec 6, 2014.
Roberto Zicari talk at Stanford reviews how Big Data is enabling a data-driven economy, examines 3 Big Data research challenges, and makes a case for Big Data for Social Good.
Big Data, Roberto Zicari, Social Good
- Interview: Igor Elbert, Gilt on Boosting Sales through Analytics-curated Shopping - Dec 4, 2014.
We discuss Analytics at Gilt, unique Analytics challenges of a flash sales portal, consumer behavior across channels, interesting insights, advice and more.
Advice, Big Data, Consumer Analytics, Curation, Gilt, Insights, Mobile, Personalization, Sales
- Top KDnuggets tweets, Nov 24-30: How Word Meanings Change; Data wrangling with R: Things I wish I’d been told - Dec 1, 2014.
Linguistic Mapping Reveals How Word Meanings Sometimes Change Overnight; Practical #DataScience Cookbook, helps data practitioner; Facebook #AI team hires Vladimir Vapnik, father of #SVM; Starting data analysis/wrangling with R: Things I wish I'd been told.
Big Data, Book, Data Science, Facebook, R, Text Analytics, Vladimir Vapnik
- Top KDnuggets tweets, Nov 24-25: Why So Many Data Ideas Fail: beware of building on public or others data - Nov 28, 2014.
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.
Big Data, Coursera, Hackathon, In-Memory Computing, Trends
- Most Popular Slideshare Presentations on Big Data - Nov 28, 2014.
Hadoop, the cloud, and Microsoft Azure are just a few of the many topics covered by the top Big Data SlideShare presentations retrieved from the SlideShare API.
Big Data, Presentation, SlideShare
- Most Popular Slideshare Presentations on Data Science - Nov 25, 2014.
Top SlideShare data science presentations provide a unique view on topics like data science management, using Python and NumPy in your data science project, and leveraging data science for enterprise big data.
API, Big Data, Data Science Skills, Data Science Tutorial, Python, SlideShare
- Highlights and PPTs from the IEEE Big Data 2014 conference - Nov 23, 2014.
The IEEE International Conference on Big Data has quickly become a top-tier conference. Check the highlights and presentations from 2014 event, held recently Washington, DC, with about 600 attendees.
Big Data, IEEE, Tom Mitchell, Washington-DC, Xiaohua Tony Hu
- U. Luxembourg: Professor of Computer Science – Big Data - Nov 14, 2014.
Complement and strengthen the existing research expertise in the CS and Communication Research Unit, reinforce and expand the activities in the field of Big Data.
Big Data, Faculty, Luxembourg
- Top KDnuggets tweets, Nov 5-6: Free access to Microsoft Azure Machine Learning; 2 ways Big Data can make us happier - Nov 7, 2014.
Good news for Data Scientists! Free access to Microsoft Azure Machine Learning; 100 Years of Computer Science and 10 academic papers that changed computing; Internet Saturated Nations; For every job-seeker in #BigData sector there are 3.6 jobs.
Big Data, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Microsoft Azure, NoSQL, R
- Big Data Comic Explains the Current State of Privacy - Nov 7, 2014.
A new comic from Al Jazeera simplifies the Big Data concepts and educates on the privacy concerns based on recent technology advancements.
Big Data, Business Strategy, Comic, Free, IoT, NSA, Privacy
- Berkeley Michael Jordan says Big Data is transformative, not a delusion - Nov 7, 2014.
Machine Learning expert Michael Jordan is dismayed by the misleading "The Delusions of Big Data" title given to his interview, says Big Data not a delusion, but transformative, changing academia and society.
Big Data, Michael Jordan
- Why the Fast Data world needs a proven and mature In-Memory Data Fabric? - Nov 6, 2014.
The exponential growth in demand for data processing is leading to immense interest in In-Memory Computing. GridGain In-Memory Data Fabric has now been accepted into the Apache Incubator program.
Adoption, Apache, Big Data, GridGain, In-Memory Computing, Incubation, Nikita Ivanov, Realtime Analytics
- STRATA + Hadoop World 2014 NYC Report - Nov 5, 2014.
Strata + Hadoop World this year included workshops on subjects like Spark, R, and Python, interesting keynotes, and impressive detailed technical talks on subjects on Hadoop and new trends in big data.
Apache Spark, Big Data, Hadoop, New York-NY, Python, R, Sheamus McGovern, Strata
- Upcoming Nov – May Meetings in Analytics, Big Data, Mining, Data Science - Nov 3, 2014.
Coming soon: Text Analytics West, Data Analytics Week, H2O World, LT-Accelerate, ICDM, INFORMS, EGC, IKDD, PAW San Francisco, PAW for Workforce, and more.
Big Data, Boston-MA, London-UK, Predictive Analytics World, San Francisco-CA
- BigData TechCon San Francisco Report: Focus on Spark - Nov 1, 2014.
BigData TechCon SF 2014 covered a number of data technologies from the open source ecosystem through tutorials and classes. Spark and its libraries were a significant focus of the talks.
Apache Spark, Arun Swami, Big Data, Hadoop, Machine Learning, San Francisco-CA, Scala, Techcon
- Wikibon Big Data Capital Markets Day – Big Data NYC 2014 - Oct 30, 2014.
One of the biggest events at Big Data NYC 2014 was the insightful presentation by Jeff Kelly from WikiBon. We provide here the key takeaways.
Big Data, Hadoop, Jeff Kelly, Market Research, New York-NY, NoSQL, Wikibon
- Cartoon: Halloween Costume for Big Data - Oct 28, 2014.
New KDnuggets cartoon looks at the appropriate Halloween costume for Big Data and its companion, No Privacy.
Big Data, Cartoon, Halloween, Privacy
- Big Data & Analytics Innovation Summit, Australia: Day 2 Highlights - Oct 28, 2014.
Highlights from the presentations by Big Data leaders from Paypal, Huawei and Qantas on day 2 of Big Data & Analytics Innovation Summit 2014 in Sydney, Australia.
Analytics, Big Data, Conference, Consumer Insights, IE Group, Smartphone, Sydney-Australia, Text Mining
- Big Data accelerates medical research? Or not? - Oct 26, 2014.
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.
Big Data, Healthcare, Overfitting, Research
