Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Data Mining for Beginners
An Algorithm as a Pickax - New York Times
The Times has a great interview with Stephen Brobst who has the imposing title of "chief technology officer of the Teradata division of the NCR Corporation." He is an expert Data Miner. In this interview he provides a brief overview of the increasing sophistication of data mining techniques used in government, business and politics. Data Mining is used by political campaigns, marketers and corporations to make important decisions about how to target consumers and predict their behavior.
The Times has a great interview with Stephen Brobst who has the imposing title of "chief technology officer of the Teradata division of the NCR Corporation." He is an expert Data Miner. In this interview he provides a brief overview of the increasing sophistication of data mining techniques used in government, business and politics. Data Mining is used by political campaigns, marketers and corporations to make important decisions about how to target consumers and predict their behavior.
