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How are database joins optimized? How can you do better to handle big data?

Joins are typically Cartesian products and in many database systems, can be very slow. What are the best solutions to optimize joins From…

Started by Vincent Granville

4 Jul 31, 2012
Reply by Tom Ellis

The Evolution of "What is Data Science?"

I’m in the process of researching the origin and evolution of data science as a discipline and a profession. Here are the milestones that I…

Started by Gil Press

3 Jul 30, 2012
Reply by Gil Press

The Future of Big Data: Good, Bad or Ugly?

The Pew Internet Project, in collaboration with Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center, recently published a report on the future…

Started by Gil Press

0 Jul 30, 2012

What Makes a Successful Data Scientist?

This question was posted on our LinkedIn group. Here's my answer How do you define successful? Is it based on income (as an employee), reve…

Started by Vincent Granville

1 Jul 30, 2012
Reply by Doug laney

What are key SME BI indicators in your opinion?

I am compiling a selection of BI indicators for SME businesses in the retail/manufacturing sector and writing an article on the subject for…

Started by Aurovrata Venet

0 Jul 30, 2012

MapReduce, Hadoop, Analytics, Big Data in Astronomy, Biology, Pharmaceutical, Medicine

Could you please share links to actual ongoing projects in these various fields that apply Analytics to Big data. thanks

Started by Diya Soubra

6 Jul 23, 2012
Reply by Diya Soubra

Controversial FACEBOOK stock : Entropic Trend Indicators (ETI) analysis of 60min chart

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Started by Entropix

0 Jul 19, 2012

Data scientists: an old boys club?

Is it dominated by Asian males who graduated from Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia, CMU, MIT, and working in the Bay Area, London, Chicago or N…

Started by Amy

2 Jul 1, 2012
Reply by Lynne Mysliwiec

What are the most challenging issues when dealing with analytic tools?

As an analytic or data science professional, what are the software bottlenecks / nightmares in your daily job? In my case, my challenges ar…

Started by Amy

4 Jun 27, 2012
Reply by Daisy Ding

How could the analyst without skilled IT background deal with complicated data analysis by themselves?

Usually, the analyst has to call for special IT expertise to realize their assuming, it is quite time costing, how could they handle such p…

Started by Daisy Ding

0 Jun 27, 2012

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