Originally created at U.C. Berkeley’s AMPLab in 2009, Apache Spark is a “lightning-fast unified analytics engine” designed for large-scale data processing. It works with cluster computing platforms ...

The Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (JBES) has been published quarterly since 1983 by the American Statistical Association. It serves as a unique meeting place for applied economists, ...

The job of data scientist — the quintessential big data job, and the job that was just voted the best job in America for 2016 — is at risk. Data scientists have been called “unicorns” because finding ...

The world is rapidly advancing towards becoming a fully digital society. At a global level, the amount of data is projected to increase more than fivefold, rising from 33 zettabytes in 2018 to 175 ...

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Big data is a relatively new phenomenon comprised of a number of disciplines that contribute to making the technology possible. But have you ever wondered how we got here, how big data evolved over ...

The problem with big data is that there’s so much of it. No, that's not a Yogi-ism because it accurately describes the paradox facing many organizations today. We have entered an era in which it is ...

Big Data is often discussed as key to future IT work, yet practical discussions of how to use it can be hard to find. The Complete Big Data Master Class Bundle offers a full course load to start ...