The Data Administration Newsletter

OCTOBER 2, 2024

According to some estimates, the average salary of a data scientist in the United States is over $150,000 per year.

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KDnuggets

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Jumping into the technology world doesn’t have to be so daunting.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Introduction Applying Large Language Models (LLMs) for code generation is becoming increasingly prevalent, as it helps you code faster and smarter. A primary.

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KDnuggets

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Text mining in R helps you explore large text data to find patterns and insights. This article walks through the basics of using R for text mining, from data preparation to analysis.

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Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.

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databricks

OCTOBER 2, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that embedding for AI/BI Dashboards is now available. Embedding enables you to seamlessly integrate Databricks AI/BI Dashboards into.

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KDnuggets

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Learn how to calculate moving average in Python with NumPy.

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KDnuggets

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Leverage the collaboration platform efficiently to improve our team's workflow.

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insideBIGDATA

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Moveworks, a leading generative AI copilot for employee support, announced the launch of Agentic Automation, a first-of-its-kind automation platform designed specifically for building complex agentic AI automations.

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Hacker News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Scientists have mapped out how 140,000 neurons are wired in the brain of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster.

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insideBIGDATA

OCTOBER 2, 2024

An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published work in the prestigious journal Science ­­­calling into question the conclusions of a widely reported study — published in Science in 2023 and funded by Meta — finding the social platform’s algorithms successfully filtered out untrustworthy news surrounding the 2020 election and were not major drivers of misinformation.

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Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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Hacker News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Some app makers worry that a subtle change to the iPhone’s contact-sharing permissions could make it hard for them to get the fast growth they need to compete.

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insideBIGDATA

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In this contributed article, Tamas Kadar, CEO and co-founder of SEON, suggests that as AI technologies continue to advance, they are emerging as powerful tools not only for online fraudsters but also for those dedicated to preventing fraud. Here, Kadar assesses the recent Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights in the US and examines what its impact will be across the domain of fraud.

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Hacker News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

For now, it is the most sophisticated connectome ever made

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MoorInsights for Forbes

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Microsoft and its Azure Quantum collaborators keep breaking new ground on research projects that advance different critical aspects of quantum computing.

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Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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Hacker News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

How open source projects can balance Makers and Takers: lessons from Drupal's contribution credit system and recommendations for WordPress and other open source communities.

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AWS Machine Learning Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Large enterprises are building strategies to harness the power of generative AI across their organizations. However, scaling up generative AI and making adoption easier for different lines of businesses (LOBs) comes with challenges around making sure data privacy and security, legal, compliance, and operational complexities are governed on an organizational level.

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Hacker News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Cosmopolitan Libc has the fastest most efficient mutexes for contended workloads.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In a new update to their Copilot AI collection, Microsoft is launching a range of improvements expected to make interacting with devices easier. Among them, Copilot Vision, Think Deeper, Copilot Voice are further designed to offer user-focused, timely and context-aware experience on Windows, iOS, Android, and Web. All these features are in one way or the other belonging to the broader approach that Microsoft is taking to have Copilot in the middle of people’s daily activities alloting AI solutio

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Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Hacker News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The A.I. start-up’s valuation has risen by more than $70 billion in nine months.

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AWS Machine Learning Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Personalization can improve the user experience of shopping, entertainment, and news sites by using our past behavior to recommend the products and content that best match our interests. You can also apply personalization to conversational interactions with an AI-powered assistant. For example, an AI assistant for employee onboarding could use what it knows about an employee’s work location, department, or job title to provide information that is more relevant to the employee.

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Hacker News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

CRV, based in Silicon Valley, plans to return to investors $275 million because the market for mature start-ups has soured.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In a growing trend of online services quietly altering their data collection practices, PayPal is the latest to join the fray. According to PayPal’s policy updates page , issued on September 23 for U.S. users, the service is set to begin sharing your data with third-party merchants “to help improve your shopping experience and make it more personalized for you.

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Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

Hacker News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In the U.S., the arts are subsidized by the very wealthy and the very poor. But amid ongoing turmoil in the nonprofit world, some people are trying to build a new creative economy.

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Dataversity

OCTOBER 2, 2024

CXOs this year have witnessed a rollercoaster economy amid plenty of turbulent events – from ongoing inflation affecting consumer spending to large stock market swings, major overseas conflicts, and the uncertainties of an election year. Not surprisingly, the economic forecast remains murky at best. According to a CNBC CFO survey, CFOs seem to agree that […] The post Chief Officers: Do You Know What Your Data is Costing You?

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Hacker News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In the previous post, I looked into running transactions in a layered architecture. Now, let’s consider transactions that need to span more than one service. If you work with microservices, a time may come when you need a transaction running across them. Especially if the way they are split was an afterthought (the unfortunate but likely scenario). Service A calls service B, which calls service C, and if something goes wrong at the end, the system becomes inconsistent.

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 2, 2024

AI technology has created many promising new opportunities for software engineers in recent years.

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Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Hacker News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

An unexploded American bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no injuries, Japanese officials said.

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 2, 2024

AI technology has had a huge impact on nursing education, which has evolved significantly in recent years.

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Hacker News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Breaking down revenue growth, the consumer subscription businesses and the importance of partnerships to the API business

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Precisely

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Recognizing and supporting women in technology is a top priority at Precisely. Whether it’s hosting virtual events for women to connect, or encouraging mentoring opportunities, the Precisely Women in Technology (PWIT) program goes above and beyond to ensure that women in the organization have a great network to lean on. Each month, a PWIT member is featured to share her experience navigating the tech industry.

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Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?