Adding websites to the Data Mining Search Engine
February 27, 2008 by Sandro Saitta · Leave a Comment
Filed under: contributor, data mining search engine, search engine
Since its start a few months ago, the Data Mining Search Engine keeps growing. The number of queries on this custom search engine has reached the 1000. There are now 86 websites indexed and 18 contributors. See the links on the right sidebar of this blog for contributing to the search engine website list (even with your own website or blog, if it is related to data mining)… Continue reading...Filed under: contributor, data mining search engine, search engine
Data Mining Lab
The Data Mining Lab, part of the Brigham Young University, has started a new (January 2008) blog on data mining. Their research is mainly focusing on (as written on their blog):- Social Capital in Online Communities
- Genealogical Record Linkage
- Transfer Learning
- Meta Learning
AnalyticBridge
February 19, 2008 by Sandro Saitta · Leave a Comment
Filed under: analyticbridge, data mining job, data mining people, social networks
If you prefer LinkedIn rather than Facebook (because it is a more serious network) and if you are interested in data mining (you should if you are reading this blog), then the AnalyticBridge network is certainly for you. Vincent Granville has just created a new social network for people working in statistics, data mining, BI or any other field related to analytic. Here is a list of Filed under: analyticbridge, data mining job, data mining people, social networks
The numbers behind Numb3rs
Do you watch Numb3rs? It is a TV show where the two main characters are a FBI agent (Don) and his younger brother (Charlie), a very clever mathematician. The show is based on the idea that crimes can be solved with numbers. In each episode, Charlie uses different mathematic techniques to find information regarding some… Continue reading... | 1 CommentSmall book review: Super Crunchers
February 8, 2008 by Sandro Saitta · 3 Comments
Filed under: book review, data mining books, super crunchers
Filed under: book review, data mining books, super crunchers
As written in an earlier post, Super Crunchers is a new book about data mining by Ian Ayres. Super crunching, according to Ayres is the action of applying data mining algorithms to real situations in order to make better decisions from data. I will make it clear right now: Super Crunchers will… Continue reading... | 3 CommentsStupid Data Miner Tricks
February 6, 2008 by Sandro Saitta · Leave a Comment
Filed under: data mining trick, overfitting, vulgarization
I have recently read an interesting article regarding data mining entitled Stupid Data Miner Tricks: Overfitting the S&P 500. Indeed, the paper is written in a somehow provocative manner (as can be seen in the title). Since the paper is old (1995), you may already have heard about it.It is written by David J. Leinweber who was a PhD at Caltech. In his article Leinweber mentions the bad Filed under: data mining trick, overfitting, vulgarization
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