What data mining software to buy?
This post (http://www.dmreview.com/issues/2007_46/10001040-1.html?portal=analytics) is an interesting example of the assessment of analytics software. The key paragraph is the conclusion where…
Can you learn data mining in undergraduate or graduate school?
I was recently asked by a former student from one of my data mining courses if a particular program was…
DM Radio and Text Mining
I'll be interviewed on the topic of text mining this coming Thursday, April 17th at 3pm EDT on DM Radio…
KDD 2008
It's hard to believe that KDD2008 was the first KDD I've attended in seven years. It was striking how much…
What is Predictive Analytics?
I just saw this link about the difference between BI and Predictive Analytics. This comes on the heels of a…
Another Moneyball quote
Gotta get back in the habit of posting...A quick way is to post another quote from Moneyball that I really…
Data Mining: Interesting Ethical Questions
Data mining permits useful extrapolation from sometimes obscure clues. Information which human experts have ignored as irrelevant has been eagerly…
What topics would you like to see covered at a KDD conference?
This is your chance to voice your opinion!What topics, sessions, or tutorials would be most useful for you at a…
Data Mining: Widespread Acceptance When?
Data mining is widely accepted today among industries which have a history of "management by numbers", such as banking, pure…
Data Mining: Does It Get Any Better Than This?
The article Doing the Math to Find the Good Jobs appeared in the Jan-26-2009 issue of The Wall Street Journal,…
