Free beer, swag, food, fun & more!

Dr. Flavio Villanustre, VP Technology of LexisNexis HPCC Systems (& Former-Neurosurgeon!)
with
Arjuna Chala, Sr. Director, LexisNexis HPCC Systems

A Database Month event http://www.DBMonth.com/database/data-lake-analytics

Most data today tends to be big data. Companies of all sizes are searching for platforms & tools to manage their rapidly growing data sets. However, despite the number of platforms available, bringing heterogeneous data into a homogenous data lake environment is one of the most daunting aspects of any big data implementation.

Join Flavio & Arjuna as they discuss real-world case studies to illustrate how to manage disparate data with ease & efficiency. They will walk through how to profile, transform, aggregate & analyze New York City taxi data to extract many important conclusions including traffic volume by day, hour, & week for a given area, number of trips to & from an airport, cash transactions vs credit, & much more using the open-source (and completely free) HPCC Systems platform built by LexisNexis, one of the largest data aggregating companies in the world. LexisNexis Risk Solutions built HPCC Systems on the premise that big data is actually a solution & not a problem, & harvesting large data from thousands of sources helps in incorporating a learning-based approach to handling data.

In this fun-filled presentation, you will learn how to:
Improve the speed & accuracy of the processes for transformation, cleaning, normalization & aggregation
Enable efficient use of developer resources & development budgets
Facilitate the use of standard hardware, operating systems & protocols

Dr. Flavio Villanustre, VP Technology, LexisNexis HPCC Systems

Dr. Flavio Villanustre leads HPCC Systems, & is also VP of Technology for LexisNexis Risk Solutions. In this position, he is responsible for information security, overall platform strategy & new product development. Dr. Villanustre is also involved in a number of projects involving big data integration, analytics & business intelligence. Previously, Dr. Villanustre was Director of Infrastructure for Seisint.

Dr. Villanustre was a neurosurgeon prior to his technology career.

Arjuna Chala, Sr. Director, LexisNexis HPCC Systems

Arjuna Chala is Senior Director of Special Projects for the HPCC Systems platform at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. With almost 20 years of experience in software design, Arjuna leads the development of next generation big data capabilities including creating tools around exploratory data analysis, data streaming & business intelligence.

Swag giveaway + food/drinks at 6:30pm
Power-Networking at 6:35pm
Presentation starts at 6:40pm

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