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Will AI Surpass Human Intelligence? Interview with Prof. Jürgen Schmidhuber on Deep Learning

Unified Data Modeling for Relational and NoSQL Databases

Current enterprise data architectures include NoSQL databases co-existing with relational databases. However, NoSQL data management currently lacks mature methods and tools to manage NoSQL data. In this article, author discusses a solution for managing both NoSQL and relational databases using Unified Data Modeling techniques.

IAP: Fast, Versatile Alternative to HTTP

Jakob Jenkov's organization has analyzed the modern application stack, including high level architectures, concrete technologies like databases, query languages, messaging, distributed computing models, & network protocols, and constructed the next gen alternative to HTTP. IAP is the resulting emerging standard protocol, and ION the high speed alternative to JSON and Protocol Buffers.

Jawbone's Head of Data Science and Analytics on the Future of Wearables and Analytics Insights

Brian Wilt, Head of Data Science and Analytics at Jawbone, recently gave a presentation at QCon SF about Machine Learning applications at Jawbone. Here we ask more about current and future directions of research and development around sleep research, getting actionable insights, getting wearables to play a significant role in healthcare, and cool projects currently in their early stages at Jawbone

Machine Learning with Spark: Book Review and Interview

Machine learning is about making data-driven decisions or predictions based on existing data. Apache Spark and its machine learning library MLlib offer several algorithms useful for developing scalable machine learning applications. InfoQ spoke with Nick Pentreath, author of the book Machine Learning with Spark, about data science and machine learning topics.

OCP Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 8 Programmer Study Guide II-Review and Author Conversation

The Oracle Java Certification exams are very difficult tests on every feature of Java, and obtaining certification gives hiring managers a very strong indication that you have a thorough understanding of Java. This handbook is a clear and complete exam preparation, and indeed a great pedal to the metal way to learn Java 8 even for those who may not be planning to become certified.

Big Data Processing with Apache Spark - Part 3: Spark Streaming

In this article, third installment of Apache Spark series, author Srini Penchikala discusses Apache Spark Streaming framework for processing real-time streaming data using a log analytics sample application.

Using Redis as a Time Series Database: Why and How

In this article, Dr. Josiah Carlson, author of the book “Redis in Action”, explains how to use Redis and sorted sets with hashes for time series analysis.

Health Informatics and Survival Prediction of Cancer with Apache Spark Machine Learning Library

In this article, author discusses the survival prediction of colorectal cancer as a multi-class classification problem and how to solve that problem using the Apache Spark's MLlib Java API.

Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon San Francisco 2015

This article summarizes the key takeaways and highlights from QCon San Francisco 2015 as blogged and tweeted by QCon's 1,300 attendees. Over the course of the next 4 months, InfoQ will be publishing most of the conference sessions online, including 10 video interviews that were recorded by the InfoQ editorial team.

Data Lake-as-a-Service: Big Data Processing and Analytics in the Cloud

Data Lake-as-a-Service solutions provide big data processing in the cloud for faster business outcomes in a very cost effective way. InfoQ spoke with Lovan Chetty and Hannah Smalltree from Cazena team about how Data Lake as a Service works.

Philip Rathle on Neo4j 2.3 Graph Database Features and openCypher Initiative

Neo Technology, the company behind the graph NoSQL database Neo4j, recently released version 2.3 of the database. They also announced openCypher initiative to help with creating a standard graph query language. InfoQ spoke with Philip Rathle, VP of Products at Neo Technology, about the new features in the latest release of Neo4j and openCypher announcement.