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Make Data Work
March 5–6, 2018: Training
March 6–8, 2018: Tutorials & Conference
San Jose, CA

Schedule: Sponsored keynote sessions

9:20am9:30am Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Location: Grand Ballroom 220
Tobias Ternstrom (Microsoft)
Average rating: ***..
(3.38, 8 ratings)
The emergence of the cloud combined with open source software ushered in an explosive use of a broad range of technologies. Tobias Ternstrom explains why you should step back and attempt to objectively evaluate the problem you are trying to solve before choosing the tool to fix it. Read more.
9:55am10:00am Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Location: Grand Ballroom 220
Nikita Shamgunov (MemSQL)
Average rating: ***..
(3.14, 7 ratings)
We live in a world that’s always connected. As a result, today’s intelligent applications need to react immediately to changing conditions. To achieve this, applications require a foundation that is latency free. Nikita Shamgunov shares a vision of latency-free life supported by modern data architectures. Read more.
10:10am10:15am Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Location: Grand Ballroom 220
Average rating: ***..
(3.43, 7 ratings)
Machine learning research and incubation projects are everywhere, but less common, and far more valuable, is the innovation unlocked once you bring machine learning out of research and into production. Dinesh Nirmal explains how real-world machine learning reveals assumptions embedded in business processes and in the models themselves that cause expensive and time-consuming misunderstandings. Read more.
9:00am9:10am Thursday, March 8, 2018
Location: Grand Ballroom 220
Anoop Dawar (MapR Technologies)
Average rating: ***..
(3.20, 5 ratings)
We are inundated with ideas and technology news in today’s data-rich but attention-deficit economy. In this environment, competitive advantage comes not from what is abundant (i.e., data) but from what is scarce—the ability to deploy insights in real time. Anoop Dawar explains how your peers are succeeding in shrinking the insight-to-action cycle and achieving great results. Read more.
9:40am9:45am Thursday, March 8, 2018
Location: Grand Ballroom 220
Average rating: ***..
(3.40, 5 ratings)
William Vambenepe explains how a pivot toward machine learning and artificial intelligence has created clearer separation among clouds than ever before. William walks you through an interesting use case of machine learning in action and discusses the central role AI will play in big data analysis moving forward. Read more.