Graph visualization has plenty of useful applications, such as detecting fake social media accounts. When looking at a graph of social media accounts and their interactions, for example, seeing many accounts pointing towards the same account could potentially mean that they are fake. This blog post explains how to build a graph visualization tool and some of the challenges to overcome. Read More ... View more

Thanks to all of you who joined us for yesterday's User Group event! Tim Wright (Solutions Consultant at Axis Group) discussed how you can use Snowflake and Dataiku DSS to leverage the platform in a way that enables organizations to do machine learning and AI at scale. We focused on a few key capabilities that this integration enables. Scalability (scaling up and scaling out) Zero Copy Cloning (versioning your data on the cheap) Native Spark Integration (greater flexibility for transformations) Variant Columns (leverage Dataiku and Snowflake to analyze semi-structured data) Here is the recording for those of you who couldn't make the event! ... View more

One week from today, Thursday October 15th at 5:00 PM ET, @tgb417 will host the next NY User Group Event with @tim-wright presenting on Integrating Snowflake with Dataiku DSS.  We will start the event getting to know one another via Zoom Breakouts. We will then regroup for Tim's presentation, hold a Q&A discussion, and discuss takeaways from what we learned. To make sure you are prepared ahead of time for a vibrant discussion, here are some resources to review: 1) Cloud-Optimized AI Solutions with Dataiku + Snowflake 2)   The Dataiku and Snowflake Data Science Integration: A Real-Life Example 3) Snowflake — Dataiku DSS 8.0 documentation We are excited for this event and hope you can attend! ... View more

To all of the folks who have joined the NYC Dataiku User Group  (is NYC DUG the acronym.) It would be great to get to know others in the area. I currently have the privilege to work with cultural non-profit organizations (like theaters and museums) in the NYC area and around the world.  I help them better understand their data in order to better serve customers and deliver on their mission. I've been using DSS since late 2017 and when not facilitating organizational change, I enjoy making digital images. Who else is out there.  Please either drop me a direct note or share your story below. ... View more

Join us, via Zoom, on Thursday, October 15th at 5:00 PM ET for our next User Group Event.  Snowflake is the modern cloud data platform that has recently set the investment world abuzz with a record setting IPO for software. For the next  New York User Group  event,  @tim-wright   (Solutions Consultant at Axis Group) will discuss how you can use Dataiku to leverage the platform in a way that enables organizations to do machine learning and AI at scale. We’ll focus on a few key capabilities that this integration enables. Register Here @tgb417 will introduce the event and provide an opportunity to get to know one another prior to Tim's presentation.  Discussions will then take place on the issues entered during your registration, in groups of 10 participants in order to preserve the interactivity of the discussions. Do not hesitate to start the discussions in comments, by presenting your experience with Snowflake and Dataiku DSS! Thanks to Tom and Tim for initiating the event and making it happen 🙂 ... View more