Data Science

The New York Times 10/23/2012 – Companies without enough data scientists, meet lots of analysts willing to take your work. EMC’s Greenplum division, which makes data analytics software, is joining forces with Kaggle, a company that finds and deploys people good at statistical inference, to produce a kind of Big Data engineer marketplace.

Greenplum Blog 10/23/2012 – The high demand for data scientists is an significant challenge for increasingly predictive enterprises. It’s is a sophisticated vocation, requiring a range of specialized skills. Kaggle, the online platform for data science competitions, is unique in that it has attracted a community of thousands of skilled practitioners. Moreover, its competitive structure encourages quick iteration, learning, and allows leading data scientists and emerging talents to rise to the top of the rankings. With the announcement of the availability of Greenplum’s OpenChorus, businesses can soon tap into the knowledge, talent, and cognitive surplus of Kaggle’s community of skilled practitioners. Datastream spoke with Anthony Goldbloom, founder and CEO at Kaggle, about what users of OpenChorus can expect from the integration, and how the competition platform attracts the best and the brightest in this burgeoning field.

Venture Beat 10/19/2012 – Kaggle, a San Francisco-based startup that hosts data science competitions, has uncovered some disconcerting insights about human behavior in its two-year run. At times, its founders have been surprised by the accuracy of an algorithm, and the competitions continue to evoke controversy.

Gigaom 10/18/2012 – Stephen Wolfram, the scientist and innovator behind Wolfram Alpha and Mathematica, has spent decades tracking his personal information. As the collection of personal data becomes more mainstream, he believes people could watch their health in a manner similar to how they manage their financial portfolios.

Wired 10/16/2012 – Big Data is all around us. It’s in the way we shop, do our finances, and tweet. What does Big Data even mean, you ask? To some, it’s more information than your laptop can handle. Others define it as melding data from different sources and seeing what patterns emerge.