The popular graph analytics framework extends its coverage of the data science workflow [A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Data blog and Forbes.] GraphLab’s SFrame, an interesting and somewhat under-the-radar tool was unveiled1 at Strata Santa Clara. It is a disk-based, flat table representation that extends GraphLab to tabular data. With theContinue reading “Extending GraphLab to tables”
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Simplifying interactive, realtime, and advanced analytics
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Strata blog and Forbes.] Here are a few observations based on conversations I had during the just concluded Strata NYC conference. Interactive query analysis on Hadoop remains a hot area A recent O’Reilly survey confirmed SQL is an important skill for data scientists. A year afterContinue reading “Simplifying interactive, realtime, and advanced analytics”
Gaining access to the best machine-learning methods
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Strata blog and Forbes.] For companies in the early stages of grappling with big data, the analytic lifecycle (model building, deployment, maintenance) can be daunting. In earlier posts I highlighted some new tools that simplify aspects of the analytic lifecycle, including the early phases of modelContinue reading “Gaining access to the best machine-learning methods”