On the 12th of August, Open AI hosted a hackathon for all those interested in trying out Codex. Codex is a new generation of their GPT-3 algorithm that can translate plain English commands into code.

We at…

This is the second of two articles about our recent participation in the Pandemic Response Hackathon. Our project (CoronaRank) was one of only 5 projects out of 230 submissions chosen as Spotlight Winners to present at the closing ceremony. Read on for the technical aspects of our solution, for a more general overview of the hackathon and our product see our first article…

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This is the story from time when I was in initial years of my programming career and I was a huge fan of Jetbrains IDE’s (I am still), I was using Windows prominently at that…

DescriptiveStats.OBeu v1.2.1 release on CRAN

We are very pleased to announce DescriptiveStats.OBeu v1.2.1 on CRAN!

DescriptiveStats.OBeu is used on OpenBudgets.eu data mininig tool platform to estimate central tendency and dispersion of numeric variables along with their distributions and correlations and the…

Dashboards for data visualization, such as Tableau or R Shiny, enable an interactive exploration of data in the form of plots or tables, through a programming-free interface with drop-down lists and checkboxes. The apps can be useful for both the data analyst and the public.

Visualization apps may be privately consulted as well as published online. There are two main platforms: R Shiny and Tableau. Shiny has a free starter license…

Deep Learning gets more and more traction. It basically focuses on one section of Machine Learning: Artificial Neural Networks. This article explains why Deep Learning is a game changer in analytics, when to use it, and how Visual Analytics allows business analysts to leverage the analytic models built by a (citizen) data scientist.

What is Deep Learning and Artificial Neural Networks?

Deep Learning is the modern buzzword for artificial neural networks, one of many concepts…

Open data is a thing, an idea, and an ideal. Open data is one of those "superhero words" alongside its cousins the Cloud and Big Data. I like to call them superhero words because they are supernatural forces that seemingly defy definition and can't be seen. Yet…

By Andy Palmer, Co-founder and CEO of Tamr

We all know by now that most “big data” challenges can be characterized into one of the “3 V’s”:

Volume:  You have too much data

Velocity: It is coming at you too fast

Variety: It is coming at you from too many places/silos

Over the past 5 years, my partner Mike Stonebraker and I have been on a mission to raise awareness of the…

Open source and proprietary cloud services both aim to provide end-users with reliable software. Some users prefer the backing of a large company like Amazon or Microsoft, with a tailored list of compatible programs and services. Others prefer the interoperability and flexibility of open source alternatives like OpenStack or Eucalyptus. It's not necessarily an issue of right or wrong, for some people open source software is the obvious choice. Those who want more managed solutions…

How many times a day do we ourselves, or hear someone else, utter the phrase “Google it”? It’s hard to imagine that a phrase so ubiquitous and universally understood has been around for less than two decades. The word “Google” has become synonymous with online search, and when we think about why this, it’s because Google yields the most relevant, comprehensive results, quickly. Essentially, it has changed the way we find and interact with content and information.

We’ve seen the…

Summary:  Which to pick?  Open Source, Distribution, or Big Data Suite.  Here are the factors you should consider.

Before we get to the…

There are plenty of discussions about what data science is, what defines a data scientist, and how to position yourself as a …