prueba
AN E-BOOK
SERIES
Publishers of Big Data
DATA
SCIENCE
BIG DATA
PREDICTIVE
MODELING
HARNESSING THE POWER OF BIG DATA THROUGH
EDUCATION AND DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING
Sponsored by
OPEN
SOURCE
DATA
ANALYTICS
Bigger. Faster. Better.
Revolution R Enterprise is fast, powerful, and scales to fit your needs.
Perform Big Data Analytics at speed and at scale. R-based analytics in-Hadoop and in-Database reduce latency and eliminate sampling.
RRE is 100% R—get everything you know and love, plus innovative
Big Data capabilities and management techniques.
Learn more!
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Welcome...
David Smith, Chief Community Officer
Revolution Analytics, @REVODAVID
Contents
38
19
5
Data Science and
Its Relationship to
Big Data and Data-Driven
Decision Making
Predictive Modeling
With Big Data
Is Bigger Really Better
Educating the Next
Generation of Data Scientists
Moderator: Edd Dumbill
Participants: Elizabeth D. Liddy, Jeffrey Stanton,
Kate Mueller, and Shelly Farnham
Enric Junqué de Fortuny, David Martens, and Foster Provost
Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett
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Photo Credits: Jürgen Fälchle/Fotolia, alarus/Fotolia,
Dreaming Andy/Fotolia, Jacob O’Brien for Periscopic,
©Lion TV/422 South PBS 2012/from The Human Face of Big Data
Delivering Value from
Big Data with Revolution R
Enterprise and Hadoop
Bill Jacobs and Thomas W. Dinsmore
Data Science and Its Relationship
to Big Data & Data-Driven Decision Making
Foster Provost1 and Tom Fawcett2
Abstract
Companies have realized they need to hire data scientists, academic institutions are scrambling to put together data-science programs, and publications are touting data science as a hot—even ‘‘sexy’’—career choice. However, there is confusion about what exactly data science is, and this confusion could lead to disillusionment as the concept diffuses into meaningless buzz. In this
SERIES
Publishers of Big Data
DATA
SCIENCE
BIG DATA
PREDICTIVE
MODELING
HARNESSING THE POWER OF BIG DATA THROUGH
EDUCATION AND DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING
Sponsored by
OPEN
SOURCE
DATA
ANALYTICS
Bigger. Faster. Better.
Revolution R Enterprise is fast, powerful, and scales to fit your needs.
Perform Big Data Analytics at speed and at scale. R-based analytics in-Hadoop and in-Database reduce latency and eliminate sampling.
RRE is 100% R—get everything you know and love, plus innovative
Big Data capabilities and management techniques.
Learn more!
© 2014 Revolution Analytics, Inc. All rights reserved.
t
Welcome...
David Smith, Chief Community Officer
Revolution Analytics, @REVODAVID
Contents
38
19
5
Data Science and
Its Relationship to
Big Data and Data-Driven
Decision Making
Predictive Modeling
With Big Data
Is Bigger Really Better
Educating the Next
Generation of Data Scientists
Moderator: Edd Dumbill
Participants: Elizabeth D. Liddy, Jeffrey Stanton,
Kate Mueller, and Shelly Farnham
Enric Junqué de Fortuny, David Martens, and Foster Provost
Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett
51
Photo Credits: Jürgen Fälchle/Fotolia, alarus/Fotolia,
Dreaming Andy/Fotolia, Jacob O’Brien for Periscopic,
©Lion TV/422 South PBS 2012/from The Human Face of Big Data
Delivering Value from
Big Data with Revolution R
Enterprise and Hadoop
Bill Jacobs and Thomas W. Dinsmore
Data Science and Its Relationship
to Big Data & Data-Driven Decision Making
Foster Provost1 and Tom Fawcett2
Abstract
Companies have realized they need to hire data scientists, academic institutions are scrambling to put together data-science programs, and publications are touting data science as a hot—even ‘‘sexy’’—career choice. However, there is confusion about what exactly data science is, and this confusion could lead to disillusionment as the concept diffuses into meaningless buzz. In this
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