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3 Recent Books on Data Mining, Data Science and Big Data Analytics
Now that most of the hype around big data has died down, overtaken by the buzz over the Internet of Things, we are sometimes treated to serious discussions of the state-of-the-art (or science, for that matter) in data analysis. If … Continue reading
This Is Not Your Father’s IT Industry: The Rise of the Outsiders
You probably heard the news about the CFO of Morgan Stanley becoming the new Google CFO and the on-going migration of Wall Street bankers to Silicon Valley (here and here). But did you know that this is just a surface … Continue reading
What is Data Science? (Video)
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Analysis of Smartphone Usage on US Highways
Wefi, the Mobile Data Analytics company, analyzed data collected from over 70,000 devices driven over 3.5 million miles on six major interstates.
Data Science Is Making Trains More Efficient (Video)
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How Will Robots Evolve? (Video)
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The Rise of the Outsiders and the Future of the IT Industry
You probably heard the news about the CFO of Morgan Stanley becoming the new Google CFO and the on-going migration of Wall Street bankers to Silicon Valley (here and here). But did you know that this is just a surface … Continue reading
The History and Impact of the Hashtag
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Data Science at Zillow (Slideshare)
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Bruce Schneier’s Must-Read Book on Security and Privacy
“The surveillance society snuck up on us,” says Bruce Schneier in Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Capture Your Data and Control Your World. It’s a thought-provoking, absorbing, and comprehensive guide to our new big data world. Most important, … Continue reading