A Quick Guide to Denormalizing Databases David Bolton, January 10, 2018 A relational database stores data in multiple tables. Each table has columns describing the type of information, and each row is an instance of that data. …
Recognizing (and Solving) Bad Algorithms William Terdoslavich, November 22, 2016 In theory, an algorithm is supposed to be an impartial set of instructions that helps ordinary, flawed humans draw conclusions from a sea of data. But …
Microsoft, New York City Will Market Crime-Analytics System Nick Kolakowski, April 4, 2013 The Domain Awareness System analyzes data from crime reports and other sources, and integrates camera feeds. …
Netflix Launches Cloud Prize Nick Kolakowski, March 14, 2013 After years of contributing projects to the open-source community, Netflix wants to hear your ideas. …
EMC’s Pivotal HD Joins the Apache Hadoop Race Nick Kolakowski, February 28, 2013 EMC insists that technologies baked into its new Pivotal HD make the latter a speedy data-crunching platform. …
Facebook Details NFL Allegiances Ahead of Super Bowl Nick Kolakowski, January 29, 2013 Facebook has sliced and diced the football-related data on its servers, offering up some very revealing maps in the process. …
When IBM’s Watson Learned Too Much About Natural Language Nick Kolakowski, January 11, 2013 IBM’s Watson supercomputer once got a bit too slang-y for its own good, according to a new report. …
Library of Congress Offers Update on Huge Twitter Archive Project Nick Kolakowski, January 7, 2013 The Library of Congress is trying to archive billions of tweets. With that huge project comes some huge issues. …
Fiscal Cliff Could Force IT Managers to Cut Serious Costs Nick Kolakowski, December 31, 2012 Ripple effects from the “fiscal cliff” could drive IT managers to launch a drastic cost-optimization strategy. …
Will Statistical Analytics Change Politics? Nick Kolakowski, November 9, 2012 Thanks to Nate Silver’s predictive work, the use of statistical analysis in politics could be entering a Renaissance of sorts. …
