A profile of KDnuggets, including an overview, history, and present highlights, is featured on the homepage of INFORMS, a major society for Analytics and Optimization (until June 23, 2014).comments
By Gregory Piatetsky,
@kdnuggets, Jun 11, 2014.
INFORMS, which stands for The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, is the largest professional society in the field of […]
Yesterday, Facebook announced the open-sourcing of Haxl, a Haskell library used to greatly simplify access to remote data, such as databases and API web-based services. This release continues a trend of Facebook’s strong bent towards data science and the processing of complex datasets, and at the same time sustains a commitment to the open source community.The Haxl project (the combination […]
Staff Software Engineer – Big Data PlatformEngineering | Mountain View, CAHave you ever watched a sporting event live on your computer or tablet? Or caught up on the latest videos on your phone? If so, you already know Ooyala.Each month, nearly 200 million viewers in 130 countries watch an Ooyala-powered video. Ooyala works with TV networks, cable and satellite providers, […]
With the majority of Big Data conversation focused on solving business problems it is easy to lose sight of the fact that the ultimate opportunity of Big Data is solving big problems — problems that affect our entire society. One of them is hunger and the mix of Big Data and agriculture has the potential to arm companies and governments […]
Analysis of big data can provide valuable insights into how people learn. Photograph: Marcus BrandtBig data has been eagerly embraced by the business world. Now it’s time to look at how it can be used in education.The term refers to the trails we leave behind every time we use a website. We’re all familiar with sites such as […]
Computer Science > Computation and Language
Title:
Comparing and Combining Sentiment Analysis MethodsAuthors:Pollyanna Gonçalves,
Matheus Araújo,
Fabrício Benevenuto,
Meeyoung Cha(Submitted on 30 May 2014)
Abstract: Several messages express opinions about events, products, and services,
political views or even their author’s emotional state and mood. Sentiment
analysis has been used in several applications including analysis of the
repercussions of events in social networks, analysis of opinions about […]
“The path to a commercialized web-based service is certainly not as linear as one might expect, especially today.” – Jim Mayes, co-founder of CignalTypically, a startup forms with an idea that solves a problem. Then a core team of the company is assembled, a smattering of funds are pulled together to develop a minimally viable product, and so on. […]
“The path to a commercialized web-based service is certainly not as linear as one might expect, especially today.” – Jim Mayes, co-founder of CignalTypically, a startup forms with an idea that solves a problem. Then a core team of the company is assembled, a smattering of funds are pulled together to develop a minimally viable product, and so on. […]
Big Data, Socio-Psychological Theory, Algorithmic Text Analysis and Predicting the Michigan Consumer Sentiment IndexIn Uncategorized on May 27, 2014 at 5:45 pm by Jorge LouçãSee on Scoop.it – Non-Equilibrium Social ScienceWe describe an exercise of using Big Data to predict the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index, a widely used indicator of the state of confidence in the US economy. We carry […]
Big data innovation explodes at RENCI
Published: May 23, 2014
Claire McPherson of Deloitte closes out a great Innovation Summit.
The creative vibes were buzzing at the First NCDS Data Innovation Showcase, held at RENCI on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. The Showcase, centered around innovative strategies for the rapidly-expanding big data field, brought together NCDS members, faculty […]
