As a research scientist at the German online retail giant Zalando, Dr. Alan Akbik is an expert in Natural Language Processing and Data Extraction. In his work for the company, which at any given moment is handling massive numbers of online transactions in multiple languages, Akbik helps unveil unique insights

By Dale T. Anderson, Talend Regional Manager, Customer Success Architect & Kent Graziano, Snowflake Senior Technical Evangelist So you want to build a Data Lake?  Ok, sure let’s talk about that.  Perhaps you think a Data Lake will eliminate the need for a Data Warehouse and all your business users will merely

Image source: Carta Marina, ca 1544 – via Wikipedia This article was originally published on datawanderings.com   Wanted: Data Scientist Data Scientists have it difficult to explain their jobs to their parents, and there is a high chance their employers might not understand what they do, either. The word has it that

We have liftoff! Data Natives 2017 is just a couple weeks away, and we have never had this many industry-altering speakers,  workshops and networking opportunities. Anyone working in Data Science would be wise to get tickets, especially if the fields of Mobility, Health and Government impact your work (which they do).  From

Airbnb turns homes and apartments into hotel rooms. GE transforms age-old manufacturing and industrial processes with a data-driven industrial internet platform. Innovative companies across the spectrum are developing new technologies to upend one industry after the next, leveraging rich data streams to outperform the old models, capture market share, and

The importance of data science is only going to grow in the coming years. As we see the results of our data-empowered work take form in how we shape our businesses, our products and our own goals, we are beholden to take a reflective gaze at the relationship between our

Image: SAP Cloud Platform Hadoop is a Java-based, open source framework that supports companies in the storage and processing of massive data sets. Currently, many firms still struggle with interpreting Hadoop’s software and are doubtful about whether or not they can depend on it for delivering projects. Even so, it’s

Our ever-increasing dependence on the Internet to do business, entertain ourselves, communicate with others and shop for supplies has increased our amount of data exponentially. The vast amount of data needed to complete all of our activities requires a growing number of centers to safely store this information. Today, there

Now that business is moving nearly as fast as data does, the tech world is constantly forging new and exciting professional paths in a range of different industries – that is, if we know where to look for them. Timing is everything and disruption is still stronger in some areas

Does a swipe mean more than click?  Does a hover indicate indecision and a firm push mean certainty? As touchscreens begin to dominate internet interaction, can we learn more from a human gesture than we did from the click of a mouse?  And if we can, what are the benefits?