Hardcore Data Science welcome

Ben Lorica is the chief data scientist at O’Reilly Media. Ben has applied business intelligence, data mining, machine learning, and statistical analysis in a variety of settings, including direct marketing, consumer and market research, targeted advertising, text mining, and financial engineering. His background includes stints with an investment management company, internet startups, and financial services.

Assaf Araki is the senior architect for big data analytics at Intel, where his group is responsible for big data analytics path findings within the company. Assaf drives the overall work with the academy and industry for big data analytics and merges new technologies inside Intel Information Technology. He has over 10 years of experience in data warehousing, decision support solutions, and applied analytics within Intel.