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Gregory Piatetsky commented on Amy's blog post Obama's Chief Data Scientist"Rayid Ghani is a well-respected data scientist and was an active contributor and participant in KDD, knowledge discovery and data mining conference (www.kdd.org).
Here for comparison is an article about Romney data-mining activities,…"
Gregory Piatetsky replied to Mirko Krivanek's discussion Reverse data science: a viable business?"There is a whole industry devoted to reverse engineering Google - SEO industry. Not sure how successful they are in practice, but they are very successful in marketing to business owners who know less than the consultants.
If you have…"
Gregory Piatetsky replied to Mirko Krivanek's discussion What will be the next big thing after data science?"We should separate the science and the buzzwords. I think science of "data science" and "data mining" is essentially the same and continuously evolving (and a superset of predictive modeling, since not all data mining is…"
Gregory Piatetsky replied to Vincent Granville's discussion Who pays traffic violations for driverless cars?"Interestingly, the technology for sending tickets for speeding on toll highways is very simple - just compare the entry and exit times with distance and if average speed is over the limit, give a ticket. It will not catch all speeders, but…"
Gregory Piatetsky replied to Amy's discussion Can you name 10 famous data scientist women?"See also my write-up on Women in Analytics, Data Science, Data Mining -
http://www.kdnuggets.com/2012/06/women-data-scientists-data-miners.html"
Gregory Piatetsky replied to Amy's discussion Can you name 10 famous data scientist women?"Here are some current data scientist researchers - Hilary Mason, Chief Scientist of bit.ly; Piyanka Jain - data science trainer, president of Aryng Analytics.
Corinna Cortes - a top researcher at Google, Claudia Perlich - winner of…"
Gregory Piatetsky replied to Amy's discussion What do you think of this new data science startup idea?"Sounds like a good idea, but it will be hard to do well. If you succeed, eBay or Amazon or Google may buy you."
Gregory Piatetsky posted a blog postACM SIGKDD Innovation and Service Awards: The Nobels of Data Mining - Nominations due July 1
ACM SIGKDD, ACM's Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD), is the premier global professional organization for researchers and professionals dedicated to the advancement of the science and practice of knowledge discovery and data mining. It established the Innovation and Service Awards to recognize outstanding technical and service contributions to the KDD field.…See More
Gregory Piatetsky replied to Vincent Granville's discussion In terms of career prospects, is it better to be an analytic 'niche expert', or an analytic generalist?"Companies tend to prefer specialists, except for consulting companies that tend to prefer generalists. I agree with Vincent - long term it is better to be a generalists who can learn specialized knowledge as needed. "
Gregory Piatetsky commented on Gregory Piatetsky's blog post Big Data vs Privacy - where is the line?"Lance, agree that privacy and analytics is a very complex issue, but by necessity, a poll needs to simplify the issue into a few choices.
A recent article in Forbes on why Target predictions of pregnancy felt "creepy" suggested that…"
Lance Olson commented on Gregory Piatetsky's blog post Big Data vs Privacy - where is the line?"I am intrigued by this posting. I am of the belief that the issue in this post is much bigger than a right or wrong - as the poll is suggesting by the multiple choice.About a month ago, I went to a bookstore and bought a book entitled…"
Gregory Piatetsky posted a blog postBig Data vs Privacy - where is the line?
The recent story in New York Times by Charles Duhigg: How Companies Learn Your Secrets - which detailed Target success in using analytics to identify pregnant women from changes in their buying habit - has spread like a wildfire across media. The reaction from non-technical people was mostly negative, although it was not clear what exactly Target did wrong, and why Target…See More
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ACM SIGKDD Innovation and Service Awards: The Nobels of Data Mining - Nominations due July 1
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 9:13am 0 Comments 0 Likes
ACM SIGKDD, ACM's Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD), is the premier global professional organization for researchers and professionals dedicated to the advancement of the science and practice of knowledge discovery and data mining. It established the Innovation and Service Awards to recognize outstanding technical and service contributions to the KDD field. …
Big Data vs Privacy - where is the line?
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:23am 2 Comments 0 Likes
The recent story in New York Times by Charles Duhigg: How Companies Learn Your Secrets - which detailed Target success in using analytics to identify pregnant women from changes in their buying habit - has spread like a wildfire across media. The reaction from non-technical people was mostly negative, although it was not clear what exactly Target did wrong, and why Target…
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