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Elastic Plots Its Own Course to Big Data Success
Elastic ostensibly is best known as the vendor behind Elasticsearch, the scalable Lucene-based search engine that's among the most popular open source projects on the Web. But Elastic has become so much more than that ov Read more…
Rise Up and Meet the Data Science Competition
Data scientists love challenges. So when a group of data scientists get together, it's natural that a little good-natured competition breaks out, to see who can best solve a particular challenge, for both ever-lasing glo Read more…
Data Quality Trending Down? C’est La Vie
One of the biggest impediments to becoming a data-driven organization is tackling the problem of data quality. Data is often too dirty and discombobulated for use in high-end decision-making, and the increasing volume an Read more…
Real-World Hadoop Takes Center Stage at Strata
There's no faster path to budgetary oblivion than implementing technology for technology's sake. In today's super-heated big data environment, it's easy to get all worked up over technologies like Hadoop without carefull Read more…
Peering In On the Pols with Big Open Data
It's no secret that our government is using big data technologies to track and monitor the activities of regular citizens, ostensibly to protect our freedom. But data analytics can also be used to keep track of what our Read more…
News In Brief
Brainome Right-Sizes Your Data Before ML Training
A startup called Brainome today launched a new product designed to help data scientists determine how much data they need to sufficiently train their machine learning models. In addition to cutting costs, the software ca Read more…
Intel Acquires Model Optimizer SigOpt
Intel Corp. is acquiring AI optimization software vendor SigOpt, a move the chip maker said would complement its existing AI software portfolio while integrating SigOpt’s tools with its AI hardware to accelerate and sc Read more…
Data Visualization Delivers a Full Moon
Data visualization and the organization of information in multiple formats from pixels to text has been used to develop a compelling website that presents in extraordinary detail the first human exploration of our moon. Read more…
DOE Announces ‘First Five Consortium’ to Fight Natural Disasters with AI
As wildland fires tear across California and hurricane season starts to warm up, natural disasters are top-of-mind for many Americans. Predicting and managing these disasters is an ongoing challenge, and researchers are Read more…
Data Analyst, Python Lead U.S. Job Searches
The data science skills gap has been well documented here and elsewhere. However, there appears to be a mismatch between talent supply and demand. Curiously, U.S. job hunters are most interested in data analyst positi Read more…
This Just In
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 4, 2025 — Artificial Intelligence (AI) can perform complex calculations and analyze data faster than any human, but to do so requires enormous amounts of energy. Read more…
REDLANDS, Calif., April 4, 2025 — Esri, a global leader in location intelligence, just published the third edition of A to Z GIS: An Illustrated Dictionary of Geographic Information Systems. Read more…
PITTSBURGH, March 28, 2025 — As the birthplace of artificial intelligence (AI) and a global leader in frontier AI research, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has selected Google Public Sector as its partner for large-scale computing. Read more…
SAN DIEGO, March 28, 2025 — Tabor Communications, the publisher of leading technology websites HPCwire, AIwire, and BigDATAwire, today announced a partnership with the Trillion Parameter Consortium (TPC) to produce and promote TPC’s first large-scale all-hands meeting, TPC25, which will take place July 28-31 in San Jose, California. Read more…
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and SECAUCUS, N.J., March 20, 2025 — Quest Diagnostics has announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to streamline Quest’s data management, improve data analytics, and personalize the experiences Quest delivers to patients, providers and other customers. Read more…