2006 Partial Reflections
Thot of a short re-cap of the months that passed, and plan what's ahead.
Since January this year, I have been sharing about the theory and practicals behind some of the powerful data mining algorithms with the Singapore and Malaysia SQL Server community. Within Singapore, I have been doing bi-monthly BI presentations, each time focussing on one data mining algorithm in SQL Server 2005. So far, we have already covered > 50% of the algorithms.
- Decision Trees
- Clustering
- Association Rules
- Time Series
- Naive Bayes
It is amazing that we have come so far, and the fantastic audience that have been faithfully attending these sessions. If you have enjoyed these talks, and have comments on how I can improve, do not hesitate to drop me a comment. If you have a case that you are working on, and you do not know how to make use of these algorithms, do not hesistate to drop me a beep too. We can discuss it over a cup of tea.
In July, I was also very fortunate to be able to link up with Jaser Elmorsy, who leads the SQL Server usergroup in Austria, and did a BI presentation in Vienna (Austria).
I have been looking back and deciding on which are the areas I should be focussing on in the next few months. Over a span of the past 2-3 weeks, I have decided that I will continue the efforts to increase awareness of the "hidden" BI gems in SQL Server 2005 and how it can help developers and their companies to create value by uncovering patterns, identifying trends in the large databases that they have amassed over the years.
A good friend, KT, shared with me that "You don't know what you don't know." I find it is an apt phrase to describe the scenarios facing IT departments and their business counterparts. If they do not know what they are looking for (beyond the daily/monthly/quarterly reporting), then how do they start identifying the trends in their businesses, and thus proactively react to the ever-competitive business landscape.
If the data minings algorithms in SQL Server 2005 can help them identify "what they do not know", then I think it would be great if they could learn about them, and harness these algorithms to solve their various business problems.
Another exciting technology which I will be focussing on will be LINQ. I hope to be able to get fellow developers up-to-speed on what LINQ has to offer, and share why I think it is the way to go... Watch out for the upcoming video where I will share the powerful constructs of LINQ, and show how developers can use it within C# 3.0.
Cheerios!
Since January this year, I have been sharing about the theory and practicals behind some of the powerful data mining algorithms with the Singapore and Malaysia SQL Server community. Within Singapore, I have been doing bi-monthly BI presentations, each time focussing on one data mining algorithm in SQL Server 2005. So far, we have already covered > 50% of the algorithms.
- Decision Trees
- Clustering
- Association Rules
- Time Series
- Naive Bayes
It is amazing that we have come so far, and the fantastic audience that have been faithfully attending these sessions. If you have enjoyed these talks, and have comments on how I can improve, do not hesitate to drop me a comment. If you have a case that you are working on, and you do not know how to make use of these algorithms, do not hesistate to drop me a beep too. We can discuss it over a cup of tea.
In July, I was also very fortunate to be able to link up with Jaser Elmorsy, who leads the SQL Server usergroup in Austria, and did a BI presentation in Vienna (Austria).
I have been looking back and deciding on which are the areas I should be focussing on in the next few months. Over a span of the past 2-3 weeks, I have decided that I will continue the efforts to increase awareness of the "hidden" BI gems in SQL Server 2005 and how it can help developers and their companies to create value by uncovering patterns, identifying trends in the large databases that they have amassed over the years.
A good friend, KT, shared with me that "You don't know what you don't know." I find it is an apt phrase to describe the scenarios facing IT departments and their business counterparts. If they do not know what they are looking for (beyond the daily/monthly/quarterly reporting), then how do they start identifying the trends in their businesses, and thus proactively react to the ever-competitive business landscape.
If the data minings algorithms in SQL Server 2005 can help them identify "what they do not know", then I think it would be great if they could learn about them, and harness these algorithms to solve their various business problems.
Another exciting technology which I will be focussing on will be LINQ. I hope to be able to get fellow developers up-to-speed on what LINQ has to offer, and share why I think it is the way to go... Watch out for the upcoming video where I will share the powerful constructs of LINQ, and show how developers can use it within C# 3.0.
Cheerios!
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