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Spring Summit 2017- Welcome and Introduction -
Michael Berthold
KNIME
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Predictive Analytics at Work
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Star Attendees
9: Takahiro Ohshima
8: Eugen DereteyJean-Christophe Mozziconacci
7: Klaus-Peter Huber Nils Weskamp
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Agenda
• Hot Topics and KNIME
• A Brief Look back at 2016
• The 2017 Spring Summit!
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Hot Topics:Modern AI in a Nutshell
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Recent Topics (NIPS)
• Reinforcement Learning
• Recurrent Neural Networks
• Graphical Models
• Learning Rates, Stochastic Gradient Descent, Weight Normalization...
• Autonomous Car Driving Demos
• Wait: that was 1997
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Recent Topics (NIPS 2016!)
• Reinforcement Deep Learning
• Recurrent Deep Networks
• Graphical Models
• Learning Rates, Stochastic Gradient Descent, Weight Normalization...
• Autonomous Car Driving Demos
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AI: Hype vs. Reality
“Temper Your Expectations, But Don’t Give Up On AI”
Mike Gualtieri (Forrester)
(pure AI is the hype, pragmatic AI is what we get)
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Boring Topic:Data Integration
Hot Topic:Data Blending
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Visual Data (and Tool!) Blending
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Will They Blend? blog post series
https://www.knime.org/blog/will-they-blend
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Hot(?) Topic:Scalability, Big Data, Cloud.
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Scalability, Big Data, Cloud
• Lots of Work on our Big Data Extensions
– New&Cooking: KNIME on Spark, H20 Integration
• Blending with / Connectors to Cloud Resources
• Cloud Deployments: Analytics Platform and Server
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Hot Topics:Guided Analytics
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How to make Data Science Useable?
• Black Box:Limited Applicability (narrow, well-defined tasks)
• Analytical (Workflow) Templates:Limited Audience (still requires Data Science!)
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Remember this?
DataScientist
BusinessAnalyst KNIME WebPortal
Feedback
Analytics withInteraction Points
Explanations
MoreExplanations
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How to make Data Science Useable?
• Black Box:Limited Applicability (narrow, well-defined tasks)
• Analytical Templates:Limited Audience (requires Data Science!)
• Guided Analytics =Workflows as Analytical Applications
Puts Business Analyst in Driver’s Seat(wearing a Safety Belt!)
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Guided Analytics at the Summit...
• What’s New and Cooking Sessions
– Lots of progress in 2016/17: WebPortal interactivity
• Two “KNIME Use Case” Talks on Thursday
– Greg Landrum for Life Science
– Rosaria Silipo for Customer Intelligence
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An Update on 2016...
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Analyst Updates
Rexer Analytics Data Science Survey
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New Members
• Katharina Koch
– Karl-Wilhelm
• Sabrina Reiner
• Arthur von Eschen
• Vincenzo Tursi
• Roland Burger
• Mihály Medzihradszky (Medzi)
• Christian Dietz
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Summit 2017Changes & Highlights
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New This Year:
• Parallel Tracks on Thursday Morning
• Tech Briefings
• KNIME Case Studies (this year: Guided Analytics)
• and a Panel
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During the Breaks: check out the Exhibition Area
Partners:• Dymatrix• EPAM (& Infomatix)• Datatroniq• Advanced Analytic
Services• GEMMACON• TIBCO• Microsoft• Consist
Partners (cont.)• Informationsfabrik• Schrödinger• Chemaxon / Infocom
and:• KNIME Demo Station
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Wednesday AM...
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...Wednesday PM...
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...Wednesday PM...
Busses leave Hotel at 6pmReturns starting at 10pm.Last bus at midnight!
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Thursday AM...
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...Thursday AM...
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...Thursday PM...
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...Thursday PM
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Friday AM Workshops
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Friday AM Workshops
Lunch Boxes available!
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Up Next?
2017 Fall SummitNovember 1-3, 2017. Austin, Texas.
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And now back to the Summit......have Fun!