Summary: In this Lesson 3 we continue to provide a complete foundation and broad understanding of the technical issues surrounding an IoT or streaming system… Read More »IoT 101 – Lesson 3: Everything You Need to Know to Start Your IoT Project
Medicine makes progress as a field through large-scale study and experimentation, much of which involves retrospective work with data or research into specific medical cases.… Read More »Data Science Is Revolutionizing Medicine – But Is It Violating HIPAA?
Summary: We searched the web to find all of the most common myths and misconceptions about Big Data. There were a lot more than we… Read More »Debunking the 68 Most Common Myths About Big Data – Part 1
Choosing features to improve a performance of a particular algorithm is a difficult question. Currently here is PCA, which is difficult to understand (although it… Read More »Improving performance of random forests for a particular value of outcome by adding chosen features
Using the Genalg Package in R to optimize Legal Fees. This is a Lesson from our Data Science for Lawyers Workshops (Moderately Advanced). We’d appreciate any… Read More »Using Genetic Algorithms to Optimize Legal Costs
Whatever your business sector, data is your most valuable asset. Along with the machinery and stock you hold, data and insights hold the key to… Read More »The Data Quality Tipping Point
Summary: Every year the Strata+Hadoop conference offers a unique opportunity to look into the future and see what trends will dominate our profession in the… Read More »A Peek Into the Future of Big Data and Predictive Analytics
Guest blog post by Kenneth Soo, originally posted here. Take a look at the picture below and try to identify what it is: One should be… Read More »Training a Computer to Recognize Your Handwriting
A blank face is the most common reaction of people when I tell them I work in big data. Most people I meet in my… Read More »How to Answer the Biggest Questions About Big Data — in 3 Minutes or Less
Bigger is always better, right? Well, not necessarily. Even in the realm of big data, companies and governments are beginning to see the value in… Read More »Why Data Minimization Is An Important Concept In The Age of Big Data
