Tag: bits

  • Bits from the Data Store

    Semi-regular field notes from the world of data: Michael Jordan (“ask me anything”): The distinguished machine learning and Bayesian researcher from UC Berkeley’s AMPLab has an interesting perspective on machine learning and statistics. … while I…

  • Bits from the Data Store

    Semi-regular field notes from the world of data: Apache Spark development community: Josh Rosen of Databricks recently built a tool for browsing pull requests. I like that it lets you scan each of the major components…

  • Bits from the Data Store

    Semi-regular field notes from the world of data: Alibaba ♥ Spark: Next time someone asks you if Apache Spark scales, point them to this recent post by Chinese e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba. What particularly caught my eye…

  • Bits from the Data Store

    Semi-regular field notes from the world of data (gathered from Scifoo 2014): Filtergraph and the power of visual exploration: A web-based tool for exploring high-dimensional data sets, Filtergraph came out of the lab of Astrophysicist Keivan…

  • Bits from the Data Store

    Semi-regular field notes from the world of data: Tucked away in the community room at the recent GraphLab conference, I took a few people to a demo by Graphistry, a startup that lets users visually interact…

  • Bits from the Data Store

    Semi-regular field notes from the world of data: I’m always on the lookout for interesting tools and ideas for reproducing and collaborating on long data workflows. Reproducibility and collaboration are topics that we’re following closely at…