Satisfied
Sunday obligations at Saturday 5pm Mass, followed by dining out. Routine the
girls & I have established. Actually, makes gr8 sense
Caught
"Inside Llewyn Davis" on DVD. Liked it. Spare, taut, linear plot
development. Coen Bros do good unfussy character study. Great music
Wardrobe
malfunction. Malwear.
Good
week. Fairly mellow. I don't use the word "mellow" much. But the week
gone by sailed by on pure intution. For me, that's mellow.
Damien
Jurado "Life Away From the Garden" (http://ow.ly/A8iLE )
JK--2012. From "Maraqopa," one of my fave LPs of the 2010s. Dig th
chorus
When
I write, little birdie in my head always asking "Jim, didn't you already
say that somewhere?" Yes, birdie & I are on a first-name basis
"Open
Data on Net Neutrality: Help Crowdsource Analysis o Comments to the FCC" (http://ow.ly/A6NOY )
JK--NLP data scientists: have at it!
"Data
Science Cheat Sheet" (http://ow.ly/A6MZZ ) JK--Huh!? This is busy
as all get-out. Cheatsheets are supposed to be simple cribnotes
Mary
Tyler Moore Show "Ted's Moment of Glory" (http://ow.ly/A6LaV )
JK--Cut to 20:00 mark for classic of Lou taunting Ted: "QUIZmaster!"
"Securing
Billions of IoT Devices Poses Mind-Boggling Challenges" (http://ow.ly/A6JV0 )
JK--Mnd-bgglng device #, diversity, connectedness
"Audience
Dead, Long Live Active Content Consumrs" (http://ow.ly/A6Jjp )
JK--"Universal authorship": every1 entitled to 2-cents everythng
"Internet
of Things: A Big #BigData
Use Case" (http://ow.ly/A6Hi2 ) JK--EMA's JMyers says
ROI calc 4 machine-data analytx straightforward
"How
#BigData Helps
Tiniest Patients" (http://ow.ly/A6GeM ) JK--Kaiser improved
predictive risk assessmt o early-onset sepsis in newborns
"Spotify
uses deep learn 2 improv playlists" (http://ow.ly/A6Dwn )
JK--Recomm algos drivn by song acoustic analytx find cool unheard jams
"Data
Scientist Role Shifting to Focus on Developers" (http://ow.ly/A6CTV )
JK--Actually, data scientists ARE the new developers.
"Making
#BigData Work:
Retail Energy" (http://ow.ly/A6Cuj ) JK--Interesting graph
forecasting amount o data to be generated by smarthomes
How
Will the Internet of Things Evolve in the Next 100 Years? http://bit.ly/1r0a8cn
pic.twitter.com/22KxA53Gdk
This
wk #IBMDataMag
qhs: http://ow.ly/A6zlN
http://ow.ly/A6zmQ
http://ow.ly/A6zoJ
http://ow.ly/A6zrE
http://ow.ly/A6zsP
Conversation
optimization? ...accessorizing your lifestyle online p1: http://ow.ly/A6ydW
p2: http://ow.ly/A6yfC
Fri #IBMDataMag
qh
"CSC
#IBM Expand Alliance to Speed Client’
Adopt o Hybrid Cloud Mobile #BigData" (http://ow.ly/A6tbI )
JK--CoE offers #BlueMix
#SoftLayer
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Staircase at the
University by Morrissey frm World Peace... JK--"If it breaks your legs
then dont come running to me"
"New
#IBM SyNAPSE Chip Could
Open Era of Vast Neural Nets" (http://ow.ly/A6rrd )
JK--Cognitive brain-inspired non-von Neumann architcture
"10
most cringe-worthy tech movies ever made" (http://ow.ly/A6nYi )
JK--They forgot "War Games" (1983) with Matthew Broderick. Stinker
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Rainbow Connection
by Willie Nelson JK--2001. Cover of Kermit classic.
What's
the deal with the hyphen in "Spider-Man." Is the hyphen intended to
symbolize the spider web threads the man shoots from his wrists?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Thanks a Lot by Neko Case & Her Boyfriends from The Virginian
JK--1997. She should do another traditional country LP
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Harper Valley P.T.A.
by Jeannie C Riley JK--1968. Great Tom T Hall composition that was a big
crossover pop radio hit
Did
my yoga alone out along the mirror wall in the big common room at LA Fitness.
Kept my eyes closed. Self-consciousness screws me up.
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Wearables driving real-time actionable analytics into the modern
lifestyle" (http://ow.ly/A5ALy )
GESU//They
walk on water/like Jesus of Nazareth/if he were a goose.
OK,
enough bigness for one day. Enough dataness too, while we're on the topic.
Enough, already.
In
response to yr many requests, no, I'm not on a first-name basis w/ #Watson. I doubt he even
has a first name. I even doubt that he's a he
RT
@data_henrik: A8: learn more about
#fraud by posting your
#SSN and credit card
number here.... #FraudPrevention
JK--LOL!!!!!!
A8:
#FraudPrevention
Here's a great #IBM
resource to learn more about #banking anti-fraud
issues & solutions: http://ibm.co/V4ONQ5
A7:
#FraudPrevention
New #bigdata
techs--eg #Hadoop #NoSQL--support #banking fraud
detection by execute analytx in scalabl MPP cloud pltfrms
A7:
#FraudPrevention
New techs such as in-memory, a la #IBM #BLU, help in #banking fraud detection
through speed & tight OLTP integration
RT
@wilsondavisibm: #FraudPrevention
A6: Entity analytics very necessary part. List processing, relationship
resolution, household analysis
#FraudPrevention
A6 tight latency requires fast platforms, clean models, simplified business
processes around all that
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
A6:
#FraudPrevention
Interdicting fraud in real-time requires lo-latency decision-automation closed
response-loop back to banking OLTP apps
A6:
#FraudPrevention
Analyzing #banking
transactions as occur requires serious lo-latency #bigdata analytic
horsepwr, a la the #IBM
platform
A6:
#FraudPrevention
Analyzing transactions as occur requires OLTP DBMSs with streaming &
in-memory capabs: eg #IBM
DB2 w/ BLU & Streams
A5:
#FraudPrevention
When talk turns to anti-fraud customer "profiling," privacy &
discrimination sensitivities loom large. Tread carefully
A5:
#FraudPrevention
Banks should leverage third-party commercial data sources on customers to round
out profiling of suspect segments
A5:
Anti-Money Laundering Data Marts, Phone Support notes, Teller Information. #FraudPrevention
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
A5:
#FraudPrevention
Key #banking
anti-fraud data sources: transactional records, security audit logs, &
customer/account profiles.
A4:
#FraudPrevention
Transactional data mining & segmentation analysis are fundamental to
distinguish fraudulent vs legit #banking activity
Nerds
who tape on their broken glasses to keep them on their face? Anachronism!
Modern nerds tape lazik-adjusted eyeballs to their sockets
A4:
fraud model gets applied in real-time to current activities, matches are
further analyzed / verified #FraudPrevention
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
A4:
#FraudPrevention
Require predictive propensity models & deterministic business rules to
pre-empt & contain fraud before it can do damage
A4:
#FraudPrevention
Detect fraud requires historical trans analysis, pred models, stream analysis,
social graph analysis, outlier detection
A3:
#FraudPrevention
Multifactor strong authentication flags can flag/deter fraud attempts. Analyze
data to pinpoint+predict future attempts
A3:
Predictive Fraud #Analytics,
Social Network Analysis, Multi-factor Authentication & Cognitive Apps will
all help. #FraudPrevention
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
A3:
data protection, security, encryption help significantly #FraudPrevention
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
A3:
#FraudPrevention
Identifying anomalous banking transction patterns involvs per-customer
historicl analysis & profiling 2 flag exceptions
A3:
#FraudPrevention
Identify potential fraudulent transctions by looking 4 anomalies: unusual
amounts, times, locations, access chanls, etc
A2:
#FraudPrevention
Another key impact of #banking
fraud is shift of biz resource allocation toward risk mitigation, away from
productivity
#FraudPrevention-
A2- Fraud false positives are a key challenge and impact customer satisfaction.
#bigdata #fintech
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
A2:
#FraudPrevention
Another key biz impact of #banking
fraud is widespread lack of trust in the online financial system.
#FraudPrevention-A2-
A Harris Interactive poll in 2013 found 71% would switch banks if they were a
victim of fraud. #fintech
#bigdata
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
A2:
#FraudPrevention
Key biz impacts of #banking
fraud are costs, lags, headaches, & complexities associated w/ensuring
iron-clad security
A1:
#FraudPrevention
Under cover of strong commercial encryption, fraudsters can rob banks blind
& remain hidden.
A1:
#FraudPrevention
Prevalence o zombies, bots, & worms in cyber-crime is shocking. Financial
institutions everywhere under constant attack
RT
@data_henrik: RT @wilsondavisibm #FraudPrevention
A1: It's increasing. Now about 80% of #bank #fraud is from organized
crime.
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
#FraudPrevention
A1 in about 30% of cases, internal collusion is involved. (providing lists,
data, information)
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
A1:
#FraudPrevention
In addition to new online channels for bank fraud, there are new online
social/collaboration tools for fraudsters
RT
@InfoMgmtExec: A1: Fraud always
increases during Economic Downturns, but has really risen during this past 1.
Epidemic. #FraudPrevention
RT
@wilsondavisibm: #FraudPrevention
A1: They are certainly increasing. From usually 1-2% of revenue to closer to 5%
Fraud
always increases during Economic Downturns, but has really risen during this
past one. It's an epidemic now. #FraudPrevention
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
A1:
#FraudPrevention
Criminals certainly have more channels for perpetrating bankd fraud these days:
web & mobile. It can't be decreasing.
@IBM_@bigdatabusiness
@wilsondavisibm DB2 Pleased to
be participating in this #FraudPrevention
tweetchat.
I
will be taking part in #FraudPrevention
in #Banking
tweetchat today from 11-12 ET. Please join me: http://bit.ly/1kL1XOt #fintech
Advanced
analytics? Pick an algorithm, any algorithm p1: http://ow.ly/A3Qm7 p2: http://ow.ly/A3Qne
Thurs #IBMDataMag
quick-hit
Just
because I'm "following" somebody on socials, doesnt necessarily mean
I'm reading them. But it does mean that I'm not "not reading" them
“Most
biz only analyze 12% of their data.” InfoSphere BigInsights 4 Hadoop can change
that! http://ibm.co/XAP0fz #bigdata
Cinematic
title sequences are an art in their own right. Deserve own Oscar. Saul Bass did
great ones in the 60s, eg: http://ow.ly/A3DUh
Does
EU's so-called "right 2 B forgotten" expire at the subject's death?
Can posterity petition to have historical record set right again?
Data
"lake" doesn't make sense. Better 2 say data "reservoir":
holds resource 2 B consumed l8r. Or data "sandbox": playpen 4 data
scientists
Would
it be tempting fate to include kicking an actual bucket on your bucket list?
Stereotypical
geeks in clashing colors, dress-shirt pocket protectors, &
Scotch-tape-repaird eyeglass frames. I've never seen one in th wild
I
always GGL foreign words that natively hav accent marks not in English
alphabet. I use GGL response text in my work. Eg, crème de la crème
"Gravy
train"? At what point did "gravy" become synonym for
"luxury"? Was it ever transported in bulk on the railroads like crude
oil?
Are
frauds in #banking
increasing or decreasing? Join us Thu 8/7 at 11am EDT http://bit.ly/fraudChat
#FraudPrevention
#DB2
"
#IBM Extends Consulting
to New & Existing Clients with Click-to-Buy Services" (http://ow.ly/A1Obn )
JK--Analytic expertise as a service
Ask
these 4 questions before attending any conference. For #ibminsight the
answer is yes, yes, yes & yes. https://ibm.biz/BdFHSx
#analytics
Participating
in the IT industry standard-setting process is a bit like watching paint dry,
but not as fun.
Join
me, @bigdatabusiness, & @wilsondavisibm tomorrow #IBM tweetchat #FraudPrevention
in Banking, 11am-12noon EDT (http://ow.ly/A1vMW )
VoltDB
and #IBM Present: The
Key to Unlocking the Economic Value of Fast Data in the Cloud http://bit.ly/1kHpik7
pic.twitter.com/718IM2ICf9
RT
@graemeknows: "Talking to @jameskobielus. Feelin' the flow.
Workin' it." JK--Graeme's one of the few I know who brainstorms fast &
well
I
always skip to byline of any tech article. Curious who author is, what their
agenda might be. Then I skim 2 C how egregiously they push it
"Predictive
Modeling w/ #BigData:
Is Bigger Really Better?" (http://ow.ly/A1cDX ) JK--Research showing
yield of fresh insights as U scale
"IBM
Named Only Leader in Gartner MQ 4 Mobility Svcs" (http://ow.ly/A18TM )
JK--And GG did research BEFORE we announced Apple partnership
Catch
in-person panel with me @sardire @ajbowles @n2semantics Thurs 8-21 San Jose
Cognitive Computing Forum (http://ow.ly/A17Fj )
Decis
automation? Retraining & restraining th long-data arm o the law p1 http://ow.ly/A12Jv
p2 http://ow.ly/A12L5
Wed #IBMDataMag
qh
"Direct
Comparison of #IBM
InfoSphere Streams & Apache Storm in A Real World Use Case" (http://ow.ly/A0Ydb )
JK--Good whitepaper
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Got Nuffin' by Spoon
JK--Live right now from Dexter&Denny. Standout cut from Austin band's 2010 LP
"Transference."
"When
data becomes dangerous" (http://ow.ly/zYL0K ) JK--Sci-fi-fueled
freakouts not conducive to sober analysis
"Tyranny
Of Th Beep: Taming Th @#$! Sensors" (http://ow.ly/zYcPa )
JK--Computer noise pollution kills spirit thru stream of auditory cuts
"Lab
that created Spark wants to speed up everything" (http://ow.ly/zYbxc )
JK--Good one on UC-Berkeley AMPLab & Brkly Data Analytix Stak
"SQL-on-Hadoop:
Full Circle Back to Shared Nothing Database Architectures" (http://ow.ly/zYaGm )
JK--Great #IBM research
article.
"Proceedings
of the VLDB Endowment" (http://ow.ly/zYacb ) JK--Unbelievably rich
trove of #bigdata #datascience
research journal articles
"Containers:
The Enabler of YARN" (http://ow.ly/zY8Ji ) JK--Discusses Docker
in #YARN #Hadoop context.
Reading
Don Rickles' memoir. I'm struck by his utter boldness & counterintuitive
approach to comedy. No jokes, just insults, & folks luv it!
"Computer
Programming Is a Trade; Let's Act Like It" (http://ow.ly/zY421 )
JK--Exactly right. Univ degree not necessary 2 B gr8 developer
Join
me, @bigdatabusiness & @wilsondavisibm for #IBM tweetchat #FraudPrevention
in Banking, Thurs Aug 7, 11am EDT (http://ow.ly/zY1tD ).
I
always make point of specifying precise state/city where DC-area event takes
place. Especially if it's Northern Virginia .
We're NOT WashDC
"The
Big Data Seminar 2014" (http://ow.ly/zXZZs ) JK--September 17–18, Arlington VA , Hilton Crystal
City
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen from
Born to Run JK--1975. Nicely shows off the rocking chops of entire E St Band.
"Take
a Quantitative Look at Insight 2014" (http://ow.ly/zXYjQ ) JK--October
26-30, Vegas. Register: http://ow.ly/zXYvh #IBMDataMag
"Transformative
Analytics" (http://ow.ly/zXY3A ) JK--IBM Press book:
discover how IBM realizes value frm big data & analytics #IBMDataMag
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Bad Betty by The
Sonics JK--2014. Believe or not, new single from the legendary 1960s Seattle rockers. Very
Sonics!
"Establishing
Data Governance for Enterprise Business Terms" (http://ow.ly/zXW7Y )
JK--Case study: Canadian National Railway #IBMDataMag
"Broadening
Support for Apache #Spark
" (http://ow.ly/zXVKr ) JK-- #IBM expanding commitmt for
#Spark large-scale
proc engine #IBMDataMag
"Hadoop
Dev for Developers by Developrs" (http://ow.ly/zXViO )
JK--Visit Hadoop Dev site 4 info on Hdp/InfoSphere BigInsights #IBMDataMag
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp My Sister by The
Juliana Hatfield Three frm Become Wot U R JK--1993. One of my fave 90s
rocksongs. Real girl feelings
"Circumvent
IT Project Backlog for Effcient Ops" (http://ow.ly/zXUnr )
JK--Aartika Sardana on data mgt in app consol/retiremt #IBMDataMag
"Automate
Conversion to Native SQL Procedures" (http://ow.ly/zXTWU )
JK--Nate Murphy on implementng DB2 native SQL procedures #IBMDataMag
"Virtualize
Nonproduction Testing Ecosystems" (http://ow.ly/zXThq )
JK--RHughes & HSuri on #IBM
Netezza Platf Devel Software #IBMDataMag
Geospatial
analytics? Ammunition against pestilence (http://ow.ly/zXOiZ )
Tuesday #IBMDataMag
quick-hit
Book
on "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die." Viewing all of those
will consume the rest of my natural lifespan.
"Ask
'crunchy' #bigdata
questions tht lead 2 breakthru analytics" (http://ow.ly/zWbEQ )
JK--Defines as Qs alignd w/burning biz imperativs
"History
o Ensemble Methods" (http://ow.ly/zWaJY ) JK--"Build large
# o somewot indep pred modls, combin by vote/avg 2 yield vry hi perf"
OpenML
(http://ow.ly/zWaf7 ).
Yet another new open data-science community. Collaborative development of
machine learning models.
Most
IT indstry "infographics" have all th clean, crisp focus of a Rube
Goldberg machine that's been rendered graphically by Jackson Pollock
When
faulty-phone-connection crosstalk content is more interesting than the audioconference
you're on, that's a problem of a different order
"Role
of NLP in #BigData"
(http://ow.ly/zW7To )
JK--Good. Discussions of oil & gas industry apps of natural language
processing are rare
"The
Geography of Wikipedia Articles" (http://ow.ly/zW7ty )
JK--Wow. Needs to be correlated to individual contributors.
"Google
Translate's Lead Scientist...Help Conquer Death" (http://ow.ly/zW1MH )
JK--Strategic overreach. Grim Reaper already knows endgame
First
impressions are important as framing devices. I think of them in a cinematic
sense as the "establishing shot."
Another
one of those online data-scientist professional-services marketplaces: Experfy
(http://ow.ly/zVzOs ).
Interesting.
#BigData on the move?
Emergence of the mobile back-end as a service p1: http://ow.ly/zVqSL
p2: http://ow.ly/zVqV4
Mon #IBMDataMag
qh
Drafted
latest #IBM jk #ITKnowledgeExchange
column: "Algorithms are not magic"
Drafted
latest #IBM jk #InfoWorld column:
"Monetizing your existence as a crowdsourced data scientist"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Wind by Cat
Stevens from Tea for the Tillerman JK--1970. His best work had devotional soul
at its very heart.
New
@IBMSmtWorkforce offerings
combine #social, #cloud and #analytics to
add precision to talent management http://ibm.biz/BdF4gx
"Blistering
fast SQL access to your #Hadoop
data" (http://ow.ly/zV6eU ) JK--Fatma Ozcan on #IBM #BigSQL 3.0 performance
benchmarks.
A
lot of things on the Web are horrible timewasters that you can't really know
are a waste of time till you've wasted the time.
Dumbest
come-on in online publshng that's probably effective eyeball lure:
"[such&such] could change yr life." If U click & it doesnt,
tough
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Femme Fatale by
Velvet Underground from VU+N JK --1967. I luv
th faint flat almost comical "she's a FF" chorus on this
Actress
Cheryl Hines weds RFKJr. Couple intro'd by Larry David. Would be gr8 "Curb
Yr Enthusiasm" plot premise. Where would Larry take this?
Daughter
& I did a great speedwalk last night. Actually, didn't start as speedwalk,
but we hustled halfway due to impending electrical storm
Toxic
algae bloom in western Lake Erie contaminates Toledo water supply. Industry not the prime
culprit. Agricultural runoff has run amok.
In
border-control news, Texas
governor Rick Perry says we need to keep out Syrian terrorists by fortifying
the Mexican border.
At
one point or another, almost every member o my extended family has had email
hacked. When siblings & cousins call me "James," it's unh-uh
Did
Whole Foods and Trader Joe's in a single shopping trip. Have no use for the
former, love the latter. Dont need overpriced frou-frou food
Listened
to this Bill Gates interview from Comdex 1986 (http://ow.ly/zTdpl ). Hard
to believe that's almost 30 years ago. Ah, nostalgia!
Dining
with the girls at Tippy's Tacos
Brookfield Plaza South Sprinfield
with good enchiladas.
