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It is common knowledge that GPUs can dramatically accelerate HPC & machine learning/AI workloads, but can they do the same for general purpose analytics?
In this tech talk, Todd Mostak, CEO of MapD, will provide real-world examples of how a new generation of GPU-powered analytics platforms can enable enterprises from a range of verticals to dramatically accelerate the process of insight generation at scale. In particular, he will focus on how the key technical differentiators of GPUs: their massive computational bandwidth, fast memory, & native rendering pipeline, make them uniquely suited to allow analysts & data scientists to query, visualize & power machine learning over large, often high-velocity, datasets. Using the open source MapD analytics platform as an example, Todd will detail the technical approaches his team took to leverage the full parallelism of GPUs & demo how the platform allows analysts to interactively explore datasets containing tens of billions of records.
Todd is the CEO & Founder of MapD Technologies. Todd built the original prototype of MapD after tiring of the inability of conventional tools to allow for interactive exploration of big datasets while conducting his Harvard graduate research on the role of Twitter in the Arab Spring. He then joined MIT as a research fellow focusing on GPU databases before turning the MapD project into a startup. Follow him on Twitter @toddmostak
Michael Isadore is a Senior Business Manager at NVIDIA. He has over 13 years of progressive success based on aligning client's technology goals/initiatives to their desired business outcomes. His track record started with successful entrepreneurial marketing venture in college & has led to current position with the world's most disruptive technology innovator, NVIDIA. His background also includes success at SMB level to global enterprise & in various verticals from financial to healthcare. Follow him on Twitter @Mike_Isadore
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