Data Science and Beyond

OCTOBER 1, 2015

I recently gave a talk about recommender systems at the Data Science Sydney meetup (the slides are available here). This post roughly follows the outline of the talk, expanding on some of the key points in non-slide form (i.e., complete sentences and paragraphs!). The first few sections give a broad overview of the field and the common recommendation paradigms, while the final part is dedicated to debunking five common myths about recommender systems.

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Data Science 69

Information Builders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Information Builders , a leader in business intelligence ( BI ) and analytics, information integrity, and integration solutions, today announced that its WebFOCUS BI and analytics platform and iWay Data Integration Suite were recipients of the Integrate + APR World 2015 awards.

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Data Integration Analytics Business Intelligence IT 53

Nutanix

OCTOBER 2, 2015

There’s no question that enterprise application usability has for the most part been left behind.

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Technology Enterprise 20

Jim Harris

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The perimeter fence model of IT security, which focused mainly on preventing external security threats with the digital equivalent of building a big fence around the perimeter of the organization with gates and guards securing a limited number of access points, was upended by the cloud. Cloud-based services float over fences and wirelessly through walls.

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IoT Internet of Things Risk Enterprise 40

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

Experimentation

Information Builders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Information Builders , a leader in business intelligence (BI) and analytics, information integrity, and integration solutions, today announced that its WebFOCUS Express BI offering is now available through the reseller community via Arrow Electronics Enterprise Computing Solutions (ECS) business.

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Enterprise Analytics Business Intelligence IT 49

Nutanix

OCTOBER 2, 2015

There’s no question that enterprise application usability has for the most part been left behind.

Technology 20

Technology Enterprise 20