Shows
Data PodcastJoe Sack (@JoeSackMSFT) - Adaptive Query Processing in SQL Server 2017 EngineJoe Sack is a Principal Program Manager in the Azure SQL Database and SQL Server product team at Microsoft, with a focus on the Query Processor. Joe is an author and speaker with over 20 years of experience in the industry, specializing in performance tuning, high availability and disaster recovery.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam Khan
Agenda:
RB - Your team created Adaptive Query Processing or QP. It is new in SQL Server 2017 and SQL Azure. As we know, SQL Server uses query plan internally to run tsql statements. Sometimes the plan chosen by the query optimizer is not optimal for reasons...2017-11-1421 min
Data DrivenPASS Summit Wrap Up and Frank’s Big NewsFrank and Andy chat about the people and things Andy saw at this year’s PASS Summit and Frank talks about his appearance on another data science podcast.
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Notable Quotes
Andys excellent PASS Summit 2017 Adventure ([0:58])
Frank responded well ([6:20])
Podcast Websites rock! ([9:00])
Frank got it working ([11:50])
Azure Data Science VM ([14:20])
“How much does that cost?” ([15:15])
“How big is that row?” ([17:15])
On delivering Microsoft demos… ([18...2017-11-1054 min
Data PodcastBill Inmon, Father of Datawarehouse discusses history & relevance of DW in age of Big DataBill Inmon – the “father of data warehouse” – has written 57 books published in nine languages. Bill’s latest adventure is the building of technology known as textual disambiguation – technology that reads raw text in a narrative format and allows the text to be placed in a conventional data base so that it can be analyzed by standard analytical technology, thereby creating unique business value for Big Data/unstructured data. Bill was named by ComputerWorld as one of the ten most influential people in the history of the computer profession. Bill lives in Castle Rock, Colorado. For more information about textual disambiguation refer to www...2017-11-0822 min
Data PodcastVarun Bhartia (@VBhartia) - BeeHyve.IO, A learning platform for Computer ScientistsVarun Bhartia is the cofounder of BeeHyve.io an online learning platform for computer science students around the world - helping students connect with each other and with the best career opportunities. He has spend his entire career working in technology NASA, Microsoft, Facebook, and Uber. He has an undergraduate degree from the university of arizona and an mba from Harvard.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam Khan
Agenda:
RB - You have served some of the most interesting and awesome organizations... As a product manager, what is the most valuable lesson you have learned?
SB - Recently, you left Uber to...2017-11-0720 min
Data PodcastMichael Ludwig - Graph Database, Apache Gremlin, & TinkerpopMichael Ludwig is a Data Solution Architect at Microsoft, where he works on Machine Learning, Big Data and Blockchain applications on the Azure platform. Prior to joining Microsoft, Michael worked at Silver Bay, designing and optimizing geographical and financial statistical analysis solutions (mostly regression analysis and clustering). Before that, he was a database architect and then the lead systems architect of a multi-tenant cloud-based Internet-of-Things application for LogicPD, in Minneapolis.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam Khan
Agenda:
RB - What is the purpose of a graph database? Why do we use it?
SB - Does GoogleMap use graph databases in it's...2017-11-0620 min
Data PodcastFrank La Vigne (@TableTeer) - Microsoft Data Science Certification & Data Driven podcastFrank La Vigne leads the Data & Analytics practice at Wintellect and co-hosts the DataDriven podcast. He blogs regularly at FranksWorld.com and you can watch him on his YouTube channel, “Frank’s World TV” (FranksWorld.TV).
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam Khan
Agenda:
RB - You have recently gone through Microsoft's Professional Certification for Data Scientists. Also, you are training others in this area. What are the 4 units of this Data Science certification program, and where does the units of modules also overlap with Microsoft's Big Data certifiation program?
SB - Can you tell us a little bit about the Cortana Intell...2017-11-0630 min
Data PodcastCurtis Seare (@DataCrunchPod) - Co-Host of Data Crunch Podcast discusses his journey & IoT Use casesCurtis Seare is a co-host of the Data Crunch podcast, a Tableau and Trifacta instructor, and the Director of Analytics at Shelfbucks, a retail analytics startup in Austin, Texas. He’s worked for almost a decade in the data-science field across multiple companies and industries. He’s solved problems spanning IoT, retail, marketing, sales, competitive intelligence, nonprofit donations, and product development, among others. Bringing organizational change and innovation in analytical processes has been the center of his work.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam Khan
Agenda:
RB - Please give us a little background on Data Crunch podcast's history.
SB - We have...2017-11-0621 min
Data PodcastAlteryx (@Alteryx) - Co-founder Libby, & product manager Nick on Gartner wins in AnalyticsLibby Duane is the Chief Customer Officer and a founding partner of Alteryx. In this role, Libby is responsible for overseeing and maximizing the complete Alteryx customer experience, from engagement to on-boarding, communications, performance, and retention. She has interacted with nearly every Alteryx customer, giving her a holistic perspective of the overall experience from implementation to adoption success.
Nick Jewell, Technology Evangelist for Alteryx. He started his career with a PhD in Data Science before Data Science was a sexy term! His background is in studying Chemical Information Science and got to work on some exciting data projects around drug...2017-11-0529 min
Data PodcastGuy in a cube (@GuyInACube), Chat with Adam Saxton & Patrick LeBlanc on PowerBI"Guy In a Cube" is a youtube channel for Power BI, which is a data visualization application. Currently, Patrick Leblanc and Adam Saxton are producing contents there.
Adam Saxton is just a guy in a cube doing the work! He is on the Power BI team, at Microsoft, working on documentation for Power BI and Reporting Services. He is based in Texas, and started with Microsoft supporting SQL Server connectivity and Reporting Services in 2005. Adam has worked with Power BI since the beginning, on the support side, and now helps to produce content for these products. In addition to documentation...2017-11-0323 min
Data Podcastdata.world (@datadotworld) - Joe Boutros & Alex Zelenak talks about this innovative Open Data PortalJoe Boutros is the Director of Product Engineering at data.world, overseeing the product development and user research programs. He has spent the last 15 years working on early stage consumer facing technology problems as a software engineer, product manager, entrepreneur, and consultant. Joe focuses deeply on data informed product development - the magic at the intersection of measurement and testing, and hands-on user research. Previously, Joe was the founder of Indeed Labs, the innovation team inside the #1 job site in the world. His team was responsible for envisioning the future of Indeed.com’s product suite via invention and rapid pr...2017-11-0331 min
Data PodcastDharma Shukla (@DharmaShukla) - Founder of Azure Cosmos DB shares cool insightsDharma Shukla is a distinguished Engineer at Microsoft. He is the General Manager of Azure Cosmos DB.
He is the founder of Azure Cosmos DB, which was launched officially in May 2017. It is Microsoft’s globally-distributed, multi-model database service for managing data at planet-scale".
One interesting cool fact about him that he has more than 60 patents in technology industry and he is a long distance runner.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar & Shabnam Khan
Agenda:
SB - Why the name Cosmos? How did Cosmos DB started at Microsoft? Or Why did you decide to build Cosmos DB? We heard that it is used ex...2017-11-0331 min
Data PodcastGregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, KDnuggets President(@KDnuggets), a top Big Data & Data Science InfluencerGregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, PHD, is the President of KDnuggets, a leading site for Analytics, Big Data, Data Science, and Machine Learning. Gregory is a co-founder of KDD (Knowledge Discovery and Data mining conferences), and a top research conference in the field... He is also a co-founder and past chair of ACM SIGKDD, a professional association for Data Mining and Data Science, and a well-known Data Scientist.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam Khan
Agenda:
RB - According to Forbes, you're one of the top Big Data Influencers...Your KDNuggets site has well over 60 awards and mentions as a leading publication. I often find...2017-08-1928 min
Data PodcastJen Underwood (@idigdata) - Natural Language Generation, NLG vs NLP, Automation AnalyticsJen Underwood, founder of Impact Analytix, LLC, is a recognized analytics industry expert. She has a unique blend of product management, design and over 20 years of “hands-on” development of data warehouses, reporting, visualization and advanced analytics solutions. In addition to keeping a constant pulse on industry trends, she enjoys digging into oceans of data. Jen is honored to be an IBM Analytics Insider, SAS contributor, former Tableau Zen Master, and active analytics community member.
In the past, Jen has held worldwide product management roles at Microsoft and served as a technical lead for system implementation firms. She has launched new anal...2017-08-1826 min
Data PodcastDan English (@DEnglishBI) - Data Platform MVP, PASS Business Analytics Leader (@passbavc)Dan English is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, author, speaker, community leader, husband, and father.
He is the Group Leader for the PASS Business Analytics Virtual Group.
Also, He is a Business Intelligence Architect and Community Leader with a strong passion for Microsoft technologies. Specializes in Business Intelligence, Microsoft BI Toolset, Analysis Services (SSAS), BI Semantic Model (BISM), Datazen, Excel, Integration Services (SSIS), OLAP, PerformancePoint (PPS), Power BI, Power BI Desktop, Power Map, Power Query, Power View, Power Pivot, ProClarity (PAS), Pyramid Analytics (BI Office), Reporting Services (SSRS), Report Builder (RB), SharePoint Server, SQL Server.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam Khan
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Data PodcastDave Borean (@daveborean) - MDM Data Architect, Customer Intelligence 360 in AllSightDave leads the technology strategy for AllSight and works with clients on their initial implementations of AllSight. He has many years of experience working on the architecture and development of mission-critical enterprise applications in both the product and custom solution spaces. Dave came from IBM where he was a Senior Technical Staff Member responsible for leading the InfoSphere MDM portfolio of products and working directly with clients around the world.
Interviewer; Rajib Bahar
Agenda:
- In your previous role at IBM, you were a MDM Data Architect. How has that role related to your Customer Intelligence 360 initiative?
- What's Entity...2017-08-1115 min
Data PodcastBrad Rubin (@bradrubin) - Director of the Center of Excellence for Big Data, Hadoop User GroupBrad Rubin has been a professor in the Graduate Programs in Software department in the School of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas for the past 13 years. He is also Director of the Center of Excellence for Big Data, and teaches a course in Big Data Architecture, along with courses in Computer Security and Scala. He co-leads the Twin Cities Spark and Hadoop User Group. Previously, he spent most of his industry career at IBM in Rochester, MN. Brad has degrees in Computer and Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana and a doctorate in Computer Science from...2017-08-1012 min
Data PodcastConstantine Kokkinos aka CK (@mobileck): PowerShell Guru on DBATools.io, SQLPass precon & some tipsConstantine Kokkinos currently works as a DevOps DBA with a deep focus on performance tuning TSQL; nonetheless his first love will always be the *nix ecosystem.
His primary side hustle is the dbatools project where he works on bug fixing, git support, testing, and helping newcomers jump start their contributions, wherever they need help.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam Khan
Agenda:
- You're presenting this year at PASS precon. PASS stands for "Professional Association of SQL Server". It must be really exciting to present there. Is this the first time you're presenting there or have you done it before? Tell us...2017-08-0922 min
Data PodcastMichael Ludwig - Azure Cosmos Multi-model NoSQL DB, Apache Gremlin, & Data Scientist ExpertMichael is a Data Solution Architect at Microsoft, where he works on Machine Learning, Big Data and Blockchain applications on the Azure platform. Prior to joining Microsoft, Michael worked at Silver Bay, designing and optimizing geographical and financial statistical analysis solutions (mostly regression analysis and clustering). Before that, he was a database architect and then the lead systems architect of a multi-tenant cloud-based Internet-of-Things application for LogicPD, in Minneapolis.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam Khan
Music: www.freesfx.co.uk2017-06-2615 min
Data PodcastAndy Leonard (@AndyLeonard) - Author, BIML Hero for Business Intelligence Markup Language, & bloggerAndy Leonard is a Data Philosopher at Enterprise Data & Analytics, a Biml (Business Intelligence Markup Language) developer and BimlHero, SSIS architect, consultant, and trainer. He created and maintains the DILM (Data Integration Lifecycle Management) Suite that includes tools and utilities for managing SSIS in the enterprise. Andy is an avid blogger and has co-authored several books on SSIS, ETL, and database technology.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar
Music: www.freesfx.co.uk2017-06-2640 min
Data PodcastRobert Gerads (@Robert_Gerads ) - Power BI User Group MN, Health Care DataViz StoryRobert is the Director of Business Development for Beyond Impact a Minneapolis based consulting company focused on Cloud, Data, Security. Robert is also the founder of the local Power BI Meetup, which meets monthly. He resides in Eagan, MN with his wife and three young sons. Robert is an avid baseball fan and craft-beer enthusiast.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar
Music: www.freesfx.co.uk2017-06-2617 min
Data PodcastDavid Corrigan(@DCorrigan ) - Master Data Management or MDM Pioneer, Customer Intelligence 360David joined AllSight in 2016 to help establish it as the leader in Customer Intelligence Management. He has 18 years of experience in enterprise software and has launched and grown successful product businesses within startups and large software vendors. David led product management at DWL and was instrumental in the formation of the Customer Data Integration (MDM) market, and later the MDM market after acquisition by IBM. Prior to joining AllSight, David led product management and marketing at IBM Big Data & Analytics, where he launched the MDM market, IBM’s big data platform, and it’s self-service data platform. David has an MBA...2017-06-2614 min
Data PodcastPedro Medina (@haystack_data, @analyzethisTC) - Data Science Community, AI competition & TensorFlowPedro Alexander Medina is Founder & Chief Analytics Officer at Haystack, LLC - an Advanced Analytics Agency specializing in custom managed solutions across the data value chain. With deep expertise in information management and advanced analytics, his mission is to help organizations optimize their strategic data assets by converting complex data into intelligence; intelligence into innovation; innovation into success.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar
Music: www.freesfx.co.uk2017-06-2626 min
Data PodcastTodd Kitta (@ToddKitta) - Cortana Intelligence Ecosystem, Azure ML Studio, & MS Bot FrameworkTodd is a Microsoft Technology Center Architect based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota and is primary focused on data, analytics, and IoT scenarios. Todd’s background ranges from application development and architecture to implementation of data and analytics solutions in the field for many years as well as work at a Microsoft ISV prior to joining Microsoft. In addition, Todd has authored several books on Microsoft technologies such as .NET and SharePoint.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar
- Bill Gates said, if he was a fresh college graduate, Artificial Intelligence would have been is top choice for career. I am really interested in le...2017-06-2627 min
Data PodcastRuben Kogel (@chilicondata): Most Utilized Algorithms in Data Science, AI & More...Ruben is head of data at VSCO, a creative platform and a community of expression. His focus is on designing the data strategy, understanding user behavior, and designing metrics for the entire organization.
Prior to VSCO, Ruben was the head of Content Analytics at Udemy.
And before that he had a completely different career developing and troubleshooting chip manufacturing technology.
Ruben’s interests span statistics, machine learning, economics, and photography.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam Khan
Agenda:
- In your role, You're in charge of Data Governance at VSCO... Would you like to elaborate on that?
- According to Gregory's article in...2017-06-1216 min
Data PodcastMatthew Kelly (@squarehousedata): Why do Business Intelligence projects Fail?Matthew C. Kelly is the founder of Squarehouse Data Solutions, a business intelligence software and solutions firm based in Baltimore, MD, USA. Matt brings over 20 years of enterprise software development experience, with over 17 dedicated to data warehousing solutions. Prior to starting Squarehouse, Matt spent 15 years as the original architect of a series of packaged data warehousing solutions for Higher Education institutions at a major software firm, overseeing hundreds of data warehouse implementations worldwide.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam Khan
Music: www.freesfx.co.uk2017-06-1012 min
Data PodcastHendrik Feddersen (@h_feddersen): HR Analytics & it's application in Data-Science WorldHendrik Feddersen is leader of the HRIS at the European Medicines Agency (which is the European equivalent of the FDA) in London. Six years ago, he led the full SAP HCM project from conception to completion and was the main Change Manager. His current tasks are to introduce further process improvements, problem solving, data
cleaning, reporting, preparing predictions and training of colleagues. For more than three years he has been connecting internationally with like-minded HR professionals interested in HR Analytics, attending conferences, studying Data Sciences and collecting and writing articles on HR Analytics. His special interests are Text Analytics, Social...2017-06-1011 min
Data PodcastAlison Cossette (@alison_cossette): Discusses her journey to Data ScienceOfficially, Alison Cossette is a data analyst for the University of Vermont Medical Center. Unofficially, she says proudly, "I'm the resident data nerd."
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam Khan
Agenda:
- In Twitter, your motto is "Numbers are the best story tellers", why do you say that?
- Terms such as Linear Regression, Logistics regression may sound scary... is it? How did you implement them when you faced prediction challenge like that?
- What do you appreciate between R & python languages (if you know only one, then talk about that one only)?
- AI field keeps evolving... how do you define...2017-05-2525 min
Data PodcastDaniel Whitenack (@dwhitena): Data Science language GO, Containers, ReproducibilityDaniel (@dwhitena) is a Ph.D. trained data scientist working with Pachyderm (@pachydermIO). Daniel develops innovative, distributed data pipelines which include predictive models, data visualizations, statistical analyses, and more. He has spoken at conferences around the world (ODSC, Spark Summit, Datapalooza, DevFest Siberia, GopherCon, and more), teaches data science/engineering with Ardan Labs (@ardanlabs), maintains the Go kernel for Jupyter, and is actively helping to organize contributions to various open source data science projects.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar
Agenda:
- Many of us may or may not be aware of "Jupyter Notebook", which is a web application to write codes in...2017-05-2530 min
Data PodcastDenny Cherry (@mrdenny): Microsoft Certified Master discusses Azure Cloud, HyperV, & few tipsDenny Cherry is the owner and principal consultant for Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting and has over a decade of experience working with platforms such as Microsoft SQL Server, Hyper-V, vSphere and Enterprise Storage solutions. Denny’s areas of technical expertise include system architecture, performance tuning, security, replication and troubleshooting. Denny currently holds several of the Microsoft Certifications related to SQL Server for versions 2000 through 2014 including the Microsoft Certified Master as well as being a Microsoft MVP for several years. Denny has written several books and dozens of technical articles on SQL Server management and how SQL Server integrates with various ot...2017-05-2429 min
Data PodcastColin Bartol(@colin_bartol): Big Data in Health Care, Tricare West, DataScience Project AffinityColin Bartol has led a team that built 46% of the servers for Tricare West which covers 2.6 million people for the military which required security for NIST, PCI, and HIPPA. He has his MBA from Carlson school of management, CISSP, and is a SME for the CompTIA Project+ exam. Having been a consultant at 5 Fortune 100 companies in e-commerce, financial services, and retail sectors Colin has a wide experience of what happens in information technology. He is currently employed in telecommunications at a major health insurance company.
Interviewers: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam Khan
Discussion:
- Your background is largely in computer security infrastructure...2017-05-2415 min