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New Book Review: Machine Learning at Enterprise Scale

New book review for Machine Learning at Enterprise Scale: How Real Practitioners Handle Six Common Challenges, by Piero Cinquegrana and Matheen Raza, O'Reilly, 2019, reposted here: Copy provided by Qubole. This freely available O'Reilly text discusses six common challenges the authors have identified with respect to

Implementing Databricks for Data Science and Engineering Teams: Part 2

This post is the second part of a soon to be published case study I wrote about a recent client project implementing Azure Databricks with my team for data science and engineering teams (the first part can be found here). The analytics arm of a large midwestern U.S. insurance

Amazon re:MARS 2019 Day 2-4 (June 5-7, 2019)

Amazon re:MARS 2019 Aria Resort & Casino Day 2-4 (June 5-7, 2019) From the promotional materials: KEY2: Opening remarks & Innovation Spotlights (Day 2 / 9:00am – 11:30am) Amazon keynote led by Jeff Wilke, CEO of Worldwide Consumer. Keynote to include Innovation Spotlight talks by: 1) Tom Soderstrom, IT

Amazon re:MARS 2019 Day 1 (June 4, 2019)

Amazon re:MARS 2019 Aria Resort & Casino Day 1 (June 4, 2019) From the promotional materials: KEY1: Opening remarks & Innovation Spotlights (5:30pm – 6:30pm) Opening remarks by Dave Limp, SVP Amazon Devices and Services. Keynote to include innovation spotlights talks by (1) Marc Raibert, CEO, Boston Dynamics,

Implementing Databricks for Data Science and Engineering Teams: Part 1

A case study I wrote about a recent client project implementing Azure Databricks for data science and engineering teams was recently published (April 9, 2019). This write-up is the first of a two part series covering the first half of a client engagement with my team. (The original post can

New Book Review: "Applied Predictive Analytics"

New book review for Applied Predictive Analytics: Principles and Techniques for the Professional Data Analyst, by Dean Abbott, Wiley, 2014, reposted here: Copy provided by Amazon. Abbott is sure to discuss his philosophy and approach at the outset. "This book describes the predictive modeling process from the perspective of

Media Query Source: Part 17 - ITPro Today (US digital magazine); Are programming languages key to the evolution of machine learning?

* ITPro Today (US digital magazine) * Reaction to Facebook Chief AI Scientist * Python's popularity is relatively recent * "Best" programming languages often don't win My responses ended up being included in an article at ITPro Today (June 27, 2019). Extent of verbatim quote highlighted in orange,

New Book Review: "An Introduction to Machine Learning Interpretability"

New book review for An Introduction to Machine Learning Interpretability, by Patrick Hall and Navdeep Gill, O'Reilly, 2018, reposted here: Copy provided by Dataiku. The content of this freely made book provides an introduction to the perceived need for machine learning interpretability, and how satisfaction might be fulfilled

Jumpstarting an AWS Database Product Selection Effort (Published January 10, 2019)

A case study I wrote about a recent client project jumpstarting an AWS database product selection effort was recently published (January 10, 2019). While all database service offerings were considered, we ended up focusing on Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Aurora using additional AWS services along the way to prove out

New Book Review: "High Performance Spark"

New book review for High Performance Spark: Best Practices for Scaling and Optimizing Apache Spark, by Holden Karau and Rachel Warren, O'Reilly, 2017, reposted here: The authors state in their preface that "this book is intended for those who have some working knowledge of Spark, and may