Category Archives : IRL

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DMA Analytics Challenge 2016 Recap

This entry was posted in Analytical Examples IRL on October 17, 2016 by Will

My friend, Josh Jacquet, and I competed in the DMA’s 2016 Analytics Challenge (powered by EY) and placed 4th out of the 50 entrants. Given that the majority of the other contestants were agencies vying for a little exposure, I think we did well.

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Meet-Up Recap: Data Science at Scale with Spark

This entry was posted in IRL on April 7, 2016 by Will

Summary: Dean Wampler from Lightbend presented at the Direct Supply MSOE offices on Tuesday, 4/5/2016.  Dean covered a high-level overview of Spark and its benefits (business logic is focus of code and it’s faster).  Those wanting to learn more should pick up Learning Spark at O’Reilly books.

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