Tag: Big Data

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Roman Chuprina. Machine Learning is a term heard around the world these days. Industries like Retail, Healthcare, and Manufacturing are taking the best out of it. So does the leaders in Banking and Finance. There is enough time and room before the technology will truly explode. However, we can still talk about some real-world use cases and ways your business can benefit. AI and ML in financial services Machine learning in finance is rapidly developing – there are already dozens of options for its use in the financial sector. So why ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Vincent Granville. Monday newsletter published by Data Science Central. Previous editions can be found here. The contribution flagged with a + is our selection for the picture of the week. To subscribe, follow this link.   Featured Resources and Technical Contributions  Key Graph Based Shortest Path Algorithms - Part 1: Dijkstra's And Bellman-Ford + Portfolio optimization with Quantum Computing Multi Gigabyte R data.table for Ohio Voter Registration/History Importance of Hyper-parameters in Model development Deep Learning from first principles in Python, R and Octave Docker in 10 minutes Scene-rendering with Google's DeepMind 5 Most Preferred Programming ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content; Author: pearl-chen; If you’re at a multinational company, running your data operations across various clouds and geographies can be a time-consuming, complicated process. Cloud Pak for Data, our leading data and AI platform, partners with Cockroach to solve multicloud and compliance challenges so organizations can scale their data strategies across the globe.CockroachDB is a relational database for next generation, cloud-native applications. Named for the most resilient species on earth, CockroachDB delivers a durable, consistent, distributed SQL transactional database at scale. Said VP of business development Eric Goldstein: “We've built the ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Jack Mardack. It feels like only yesterday that “Machine Learning” and “Artificial Intelligence” were equated with science fiction by most regular folks outside of tech. As a movie-going culture, we have a long history of associating these concepts with self-aware robots or rogue computer programs that could escape the laboratories where they were created and threaten all humanity. But in 2020, ML and AI have been considerably demystified. And yet, even if it seems less likely now that the Singularity will be triggered by the reckless ambition of some tech startup, consumers have new reasons to be concerned. Yes, ML and AI are going mainstream, and it’s not just disruption-minded startups that are leveraging these technologies. Enterprises in a wide range of established industries are finding solid business reasons ... Read More

Feed: Matillion. Author: Julie Polito; We talk a lot about modern ETL, as opposed to the way that traditional ETL has worked since the technology emerged a few decades ago. But how has ETL actually changed? Here are a few ways in which they differ, and why it may be time to update the way you think about – and perform – ETL.   The basics of the ETL process   As its name suggests, the ETL process does three things:   It extracts raw data from multiple siloed sources.   It transforms that data to ensure consistency at its ... Read More

Feed: AWS Big Data Blog. This is a guest post by Arvind Godbole, Lead Software Engineer with FactSet and Tarik Makota, AWS Principal Solutions Architect. In their own words “FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for tens of thousands of investment professionals around the world, which provides instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions. At FactSet, we are always working to improve the value that our products provide.” One area that we’ve been looking into is the relevancy of search results for our clients. Given the wide variety of client use ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: Nikhil Bansal. Where the last few decades experienced the wave of mobile-first economy, the present and the upcoming decade denounce something that we call AI-first. Ok, this is nothing but introducing the concept of your very much popular AI in different aspects for all industries. From manufacturing to automotive, healthcare and finance, AI has its wings spread all over. With this, a new experiment done by the AI experts is in the field of SEO. For years, we have known that Google ranks websites based on the relevancy of the content and the one ... Read More

Feed: erwin Expert Blog – erwin, Inc.. Author: Zak Cole. What is Data Modeling?Data modeling is a process that enables organizations to discover, design, visualize, standardize and deploy high-quality data assets through an intuitive, graphical interface. Data models provide visualization, create additional metadata and standardize data design across the enterprise. As the value of data and the way it is used by organizations has changed over the years, so too has data modeling. In the modern context, data modeling is a function of data governance. While data modeling has always been the best way to understand complex data sources and ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Roman Chuprina. To get a defining advantage over the competitors the banks, as well as other financial institutions must dig deep into technology breakthroughs. Luckily, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are already here to help them to achieve it. Improving data processing will lead to better strategies and fraud prevention levels. Artificial Intelligence in Banking Statistics According to a forecast by the research company Autonomous Next, banks around the world will be able to reduce costs by 22% by 2030 through using artificial intelligence technologies. Savings could reach $1 trillion. Financial companies employ 60% ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Bill Schmarzo. Maybe the biggest challenge we face as a society is our ability to unlearn – to let go of – outdated concepts and beliefs in order to adopt new approaches. Our everyday lives are dominated by outdated concepts: change the oil every 3,000 miles, don’t wear white before Memorial Day, only senior management has the best ideas, don’t eat dessert until you’ve cleaned your plate, trade wars are easy to win, leeches work wonders on headaches, etc. Well, I’m going to throw down the gauntlet and challenge everyone to ... Read More