I was in the Bay Area for last 3 days, attending the Strata conference on Big Data. A gathering from Data Scientists all over the US and abroad, companies demo-ing their big data products, data scientists explaining how they are using machine learning in various domains. A few talks that I particularly liked are the following:
1) Robert Lefkowitz's talk on how an array-based database model makes certain database operations, like comparing data points in a time series, faster. Pretty in-depth.
2) Jake Porway's talk on how Big Data can be used for the public sector, and what non-profits are doing for it. Good to see someone working on a set of problems that are relevant for a bigger audience.
3) Dr. Hal Varian's talk on how Google's search data can be used for predicting economic recessions.
Above all, it was great to meet Doug Cutting and Julian Hyde in person. Julian was generous enough with his time and suggestions about what might be the right tools for building our data warehouse for Casebook. A very useful conference indeed, in a place that I doubt whether shares the same sun with New York :)
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