Whats the Big Data

1. Vincent Granville, AnalyticBridge,@analyticbridge

2. Gregory Piatetsky, KDnuggests, @kdnuggets

3. Alex Popescu, MyNoSQL, @al3xandru

4. Harish Kotadia, Infosys, @HKotadia

5.  David Smith, Revolution Analytics, @revodavid

Source: Traackr

A great program is in store for attendees of The Big Data Innovation Summit, September 13-14 in Boston, an event for which this blog is a media sponsor. The summit will bring together senior data scientists and business executives to discuss the latest Big Data developments, real-world successes, and best-in-class practices.

Confirmed speakers include data scientists and business executives from Walt Disney, Nokia, Groupon, American Express, TripAdvisor, Allstate, GE, Zynga, NASA and AddThis. Additional workshops and deep-dive discussions promise opportunities to improve business performance and hear new best-practices.

Click here to register http://analytics.theiegroup.com/bigdata-boston/registration

“Data is the new science. Big Data holds the answers. Are you asking the right questions?”—Pat Gelsinger, EMC

“You have to realize something about the three of us–we’re all big gamers. And we’re analytical. And competitive. We play those really complicated strategy board games that are supposed to take an hour or two to finish. They take us four or five hours. We just can’t help thinking through every possible move, every possible outcome and side-effect of those moves, and how best to take advantage of a given situation”–Dan Kador, CTO, Keen (on raising venture capital with co-founders Kyle Wild and Ryan Spraetz)

Being a statistician means never having to say you’re sure–Mike Parker ?@Sysparatem    Continue reading →

1. Gregory Piatetsky, KDnuggests, @kdnuggets

2.  Harish Kotadia, Infosys, @HKotadia

3. David Smith, Revolution Analytics, @revodavid

4. Gil Press, What’s the Big Data? @GilPress

5. Alex Popescu, MyNoSQL, @al3xandru

Source: Traackr