Gradient Flow

Category: Data Science

  • Compressed representations in the age of big data

    [A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Emerging trends in intelligent mobile applications and distributed computing When developing intelligent, real-time applications, one often has access to a data platform that can wade through…

  • Is 2016 the year you let robots manage your money?

    [A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show podcast: Vasant Dhar on the race to build “big data machines” in financial investing. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to…

  • Turning big data into actionable insights

    [A version of this article appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show podcast: Evangelos Simoudis on data mining, investing in data startups, and corporate innovation. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore…

  • How intelligent data platforms are powering smart cities

    [A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Smart cities and smart nations run on data. According to a 2014 U.N. report, 54% of the world’s population resides in urban areas, with further urbanization…

  • We need open and vendor-neutral metadata services

    [A version of this article appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Comprehensive metadata collection and analysis can pave the way for many interesting applications. As I spoke with friends leading up to Strata + Hadoop World NYC…

  • Hardcore Data Science, NYC 2015

    Ben Recht and I hosted another great edition of Hardcore Data Science in NYC yesterday. From the very first talk, the room was full, the audience was attentive, and the energy in the room was high…

  • From search to distributed computing to large-scale information extraction

    Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data and data science. February 2016 marks the 10th anniversary of Hadoop — at a point in time when many IT…

  • Bridging the divide: Business users and machine learning experts

    [A version of this articles appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data and data science. As tools for advanced analytics become more…

  • Pattern recognition and sports data

    [A version of this article appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] One of my favorite books from the last few years is David Epstein’s engaging tour through sports science using examples and stories from a wide variety…

  • Understanding neural function and virtual reality

    [A version of this article appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Poppy Crum explains that what matters is efficiency in identifying and emphasizing relevant data. Like many data scientists, I’m excited about…