Category Archives: Big Data Analytics
Jeanne Harris Travels Back to the Future with Big Data
Jeanne Harris at Strata 2013: “The movie we are in people is not Fields of Dreams, it’s Groundhog Day. We have to learn from the patterns of history. ….back in 1980s they were talking about the data deluge…. We have done … Continue reading
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro on Big Data and Analytics (Slides)
An overview of analytics, data mining, and data science education in the era of Big Data: Analytics, data mining, data science – What do we call it? Big data trends Jobs and skills Analytics education overview [slideshare id=16622437&w=427&h=356&sc=no] Source: KDnuggets
The Big Data Interview: Dave Rich, CEO, Revolution Analytics
Dave Rich has an interesting theory explaining the rapidly-growing interest and investment in big data and specifically, in predictive analytics, over the last few years. “When the 2008 recession hit,” he told me recently, “the question was how come we … Continue reading
The Economist on Big Data (Video)
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3 Big Data Startups: OneOcean, Treasure Data, Trifacta
OneOcean What does it do? Transferring extremely large files over the Internet Management team Don Pickering, CEO Investors GLE Capital Big data quote “This is an area where we have gone deep, and marine GIS is a very specific niche. And so we … Continue reading
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Cupid’s Data: The Case For and Against Finding Love Online
From the New America Foundation In the Tank blog: Data, like diamonds, can be mined. But is data forever? Or, in other words, can you find love by creating a data-based algorithm for online dating sites like match.com? That’s how … Continue reading
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Can Big Data Analytics Enhance Education? (Infographic)
“In education, as in many other sectors looking for a quick-fix, big data suddenly promises a new salvation. If we just collect and analyze enough data, isn’t the state of education going to improve? … There is no doubt in my … Continue reading
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The First Data Scientist on the Evolution of Data Science and the Ever-Changing American Voter
Norman Nie was not surprised by the accurate predictions of the presidential elections’ results from Nate Silver and others. “A lot of it,” he told me recently, “is good statistics and good science and good statistical programming packages.” The increasing … Continue reading
The Big Data Explosion (Infographic)
Lotsa data in this Infographic about data growth
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Mok Oh’s New Big Data Venture
Where’s the value in big data? Marcel Proust believed he could regain time lost through his writing, using art to overcome the corroding power of time. Mok Oh believes he can find the ultimate value of big data by preserving our memories … Continue reading