Michael Vedomske
Mike received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in Data Science and set off on a quest to solve big problems. These problems have included the Internet of Things, the US healthcare system, marketing, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, fraud, medical informatics, omnichannel retail, and more. Mike takes the technical and helps make it understandable to himself and the masses.
Why I Think Spark Will Have the Staying Power of SQL
Old-timer Just Keeps on Tickin'
SQL has been around for almost 40 years. SQL has been around in commercial form since 1979. That’s when Relational Software, Inc. (which later became Oracle...
Boosting: Can One Algorithm Save the World?
Mad World
We've all been at that low spot, the dark corner where we feel like our efforts aren't good enough. Whatever it is that the real stars of our world have, we feel we don...
What Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos Wish You Knew About Tech Startups
The Dreaded Professor
Every college student has had that professor at least once. The one who was a phenomenal researcher but whose lectures were filled with pedantic insults: “it should be cle...
