The Laws and Limits of Data Science
Big Data is in its infancy and is opening the door to grand opportunities and challenges in Data Science. We know that the data science tools and techniques being developed have enormous power....
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Monetizing Big Data
Monetizing Big Data. By Patrick Schwerdtfeger. The key to monetizing ‘Big Data’ is in its predictive capacity. If you can predict an outcome before it takes place, there’s value in that. In what circumstances...
Predictive Analytics – A Case For Private Equity?
Predictive Analytics – A Case For Private Equity? By Lutz Finger, LinkedIn To build a data product you need to have the right data. This sounds simple, but it is often forgotten by entrepreneurs...
Rethinking Contemporary Operations Teams
Rethinking Contemporary Operations Teams By Stephen Dillon |Schneider Electric| Global Solutions| Engineering Fellow| Data Architect If, like most people, you are very interested in the end game Big Data and Analytics promises then you...
Review: Hadoop Summit, April 15-16, 2015 Brussels, Belgium
April 15-16, 2015 Brussels, Belgium (LINK to Web Site/Registration) Hadoop Summit, the leading conference for the Apache Hadoop community, is coming to Europe. This two-day event will feature many of the Apache Hadoop thought...
Ethical Perspectives on Personal Data and Automated Decision Making
Ethical Perspectives on Personal Data and Automated Decision Making (Presentation) by Dr Steven Finlay . My name is Steven Finlay. I’m head of Analytics at a company called HML. You have probably never heard of...
Ethical Risk Assessment of Automated Decision Making Systems
Ethical Risk Assessment of Automated Decision Making Systems By Steven Finlay, Head of Analytics at HML. In my previous article (https://www.odbms.org/2015/02/importance-ethics-data-science/) I discussed the need to consider ethical as well as legal issues when designing automated...
Review of Strata + Hadoop-17-20 Feb. San Jose
Review of Strata + Hadoop-17-20 Feb. San Jose/ News and Talks LINK Schedule News San Jose, CA, Feb. 17, 2015 (Strata + Hadoop World) — HP today unveiled HP Haven Predictive Analytics, a new offering...
HPE Distributed R
Announcing HPE Distributed R by Malcolm Dowley, HPE Vertica on February 18th, 2015 Today, HPE announced HPE Distributed R, a massive leap forward in the world of predictive and statistical analytics. A scalable and high-performance engine...
Who Asked for an Open Data Platform?
Who Asked for an Open Data Platform? by Merv Adrian, Gartner Research Vice President Analyst and Nick Heudecker, Gartner Research Director| February 18, 2015 | It’s Strata week here in San Jose, and with that comes a flood...