"Emcien article gives a very narrow definition of data mining "analysts generating questions to feed to a database in the hope of finding an answer" . This activity is indeed dying, but "data mining". has always been defined…"
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Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro replied to Vincent Granville's discussion Do you think that data mining is dead?
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro posted a blog post
What data types you analyzed/mined in the past 12 months?
Please vote in new KDnuggets Pollhttp://www.kdnuggets.com/2012/08/new-poll-data-types-you-analyzed-mined.htmlHere are the results of a similar 2011 KDnuggets Poll: data types analyzed/mined, where the top 3 types weretable data (fixed n. columns): 69.4% of respondentstime series: 41.7%itemsets / transactions:…See More
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro commented on Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro's status
"Here are the results: R is now used by over 50% of data miners. R, Python, and SQL were the most popular programming languages. Python, Lisp/Clojure, and Unix tools showest the highest growth in 2012, while Java and MATLAB slightly declined in…"
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"KDnuggets Poll: When GUI is not enough, what languages you use for analytics/data mining? Vote on http://www.kdnuggets.com"
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro commented on Vincent Granville's blog post 10+ Great Metrics and Strategies for Fraud Detection
"Very useful list ! I wonder how rapidly fraud patterns change ? How long would these patterns hold for?"
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro posted a blog post
Poll Results: Top Analytics, Data Mining, Big Data software used
For the first time, the number of users of free/open source software exceeded the number of users of commercial software.The usage of Big data software grew five-fold.R, Excel, and RapidMiner were the most popular tools, with Statsoft Statistica getting the top commercial tool spot.See full results athttp://www.kdnuggets.com/2012/05/top-analytics-data-mining-big-data-software.html See More
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro commented on Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro's blog post What Analytics, Data Mining, Big Data Software you used?
"MATLAB is there. Will evaluate Informatica and Lavastorm next time"
Vincent Granville commented on Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro's blog post What Analytics, Data Mining, Big Data Software you used?
"I did not see Lavastorm, Matlab, Informatica nor AIMMS."
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro posted a blog post
What Analytics, Data Mining, Big Data Software you used?
Please vote in the annual KDnuggets Software Poll. This is the largest KDnuggets Poll ever, with the most choices, reflecting the big growth of the industry.Vote at http://bit.ly/LSmgUwSee More
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro commented on Vincent Granville's blog post Six keywords characterizing milestones in the history of analytic engineering: from 1988 to 2033
"I look at historical trends of different analytics-related keywords, starting at 1900 in my talk at Superdata - see
http://www.slideshare.net/gpiatetskyshapiro/analytics-and-data-mining-industry-overview"
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro commented on Vincent Granville's blog post Six keywords characterizing milestones in the history of analytic engineering: from 1988 to 2033
"Don't quite agree with your chronology. Artificial Intelligence started in 1956, and AAAI first conference was in 1981. I came up with "Knowledge Discovery in Data" in 1989. "Data Mining" was popular from…"
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro commented on Vincent Granville's blog post Has a degree in mathematics become worthless? | IEEE
"Perhaps a degree in pure mathematics is less valuable, but applied mathematicians are in big demand.
They can work as Wall Street quants, or Data Scientists, or work in any internet-related / Big Data company"
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro commented on Vincent Granville's blog post 27 types of data scientists - where do you fit?
"I bet that not all 27 segments are equally populated, so there is a much smaller number of "clusters" of data scientists"
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro commented on Vincent Granville's blog post Top analytic blogs and websites, with trending information
"Lots of interesting blogs and sites ! Glad that KDnuggets.com is still #1 for AnalyticBridge readers"
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro commented on Amy's blog post $33,000 to get an outdated Applied Maths degree, offering no job prospects
"The curriculum is outdated, but I disagree that the degree is useless. Applied math degree shows that a person can learn hard math stuff and has analytic skills. Today's technology is evolving so rapidly, that what is being used…"
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- Short Bio:
- Gregory is the President of KDnuggets, which provides research and consulting services in the areas of data mining and business analytics. Previously, he led data mining and consulting groups at GTE Laboratories, Knowledge Stream Partners, and Xchange.
Gregory is also the Editor and Publisher of KDnuggets News, the leading newsletter on data mining and knowledge discovery (published since 1993), and the KDnuggets.com website, (published since 1997) data mining community's top resource for data mining
Gregory is a co-founder and current Chair of ACM SIGKDD. He is also the founder of Knowledge Discovery in Database (KDD) conferences.
Gregory has over 60 publications, including 2 best-selling books.
Gregory received ACM SIGKDD Service Award (2000) and IEEE ICDM Outstanding Service Award (2007) for contributions to data mining field and community.
- My Website or LinkedIn Profile (URL):
- http://www.kdnuggets.com/gps.html
- Field of Expertise:
- Data Mining, Marketing Databases, Web Analytics, Statistical Consulting, Medical Statistics, Artificial Intelligence
- Years of Experience in Analytical Role:
- 20
- Professional Status:
- Consultant
- Interests:
- Networking
- What is your Favorite Data Mining or Analytical Website?
- http://www.kdnuggets.com
- What Other Analytical Website do you Recommend?
- http://www.the-data-mine.com/
- Your Company:
- KDnuggets
- Industry:
- analytics
- How did you find out about AnalyticBridge?
- by invitation
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro's Blog
What data types you analyzed/mined in the past 12 months?
Please vote in new KDnuggets Poll
http://www.kdnuggets.com/2012/08/new-poll-data-types-you-analyzed-mined.html…
ContinuePosted on August 15, 2012 at 9:11am
Poll Results: Top Analytics, Data Mining, Big Data software used
For the first time, the number of users of free/open source software exceeded the number of users of commercial software.
The usage of Big data software grew five-fold.
R, Excel, and RapidMiner were the most popular tools, with Statsoft…
ContinuePosted on May 30, 2012 at 11:30am
What Analytics, Data Mining, Big Data Software you used?
Please vote in the annual KDnuggets Software Poll. This is the largest KDnuggets Poll ever, with the most choices, reflecting the big growth of the industry.
Vote at http://bit.ly/LSmgUw
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments
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