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Using Vertica Machine Learning to Analyze Smart Meter Data

Machine learning and data science have the potential to transform businesses because of their ability to deliver non-obvious, valuable insights from massive amounts of data. However, many data scientist's workflows are hindered by computational constraints, especially when working with very large data sets. While most real-world data science workflows require more than multiple cores on...

Geospatial Analysis on Shapefile of Longitude and Latitude Data Using Vertica: Hurricane Bonnie

This blog post was authored by Ginger Ni. Like any natural disaster, hurricanes can leave behind extensive damage to life and property. The question asked by NGOs, government agencies, and insurance companies is, "How can we predict the locations where a storm will inflict the most damage?" Modern spatial analysis enables us to predict the...
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Using Big Data Analytical Tools for Predicting Potential Global Distribution of an Amphibian Pathogen

During the summer of 2015, I participated in an internship program with Vertica. Most interns assisted in software development, but my primary goal was to use Vertica, Vertica Place, and HP Distributed R to address an ecological problem