Lars Fiedler – dataflow analytics blog

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Lars has comprehensive expertise building large complex software systems, and has served as a Software Engineer at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory from 2010-2014, where he began developing Composable Analytics. Prior to joining Lincoln Laboratory, Lars worked as a Software Engineer at Microsoft Corporation from 2006 to 2010. Lars received his MS in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2004, and his BS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech in 2003.

Code Reuse and Modularity in Composable

Published January 2, 2019 by Lars Fiedler

Composable provides special mechanisms for managing complexity of dataflows. Specifically, Composable allows you to reuse parts of your dataflow by encapsulating them as stand-alone custom modules. When developing your dataflow…

DataOps: Straightforward Data Migration

Published December 31, 2018 by Lars Fiedler

Business use cases sometimes demand the orchestration or migration of data from one Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) to another. For example, moving data from MySQL to Oracle, or from…

WIX: Scheduling a custom database upgrade to happen After=”InstallSqlData” and Before=”StartServices”

Published October 24, 2018 by Lars Fiedler

At Composable, we develop MSIs for deploying and upgrading instances of the Composable platform. Anytime we want to update an instance, we just simply double click on the latest Composable…

When is a parameterized SQL query slower than having inline values?

Published May 17, 2018 by Lars Fiedler

Software engineers have always been told to parameterize their SQL queries. Why? It avoids any possibilities of SQL injection. Rather than an arbitrary value being formatted into the SQL query,…

Composable shines versus Alteryx

Published April 17, 2018 by Lars Fiedler

Composable shines versus Alteryx

We’ve written previously about the numerous products that market themselves for Data Analytics and Business Intelligence. As we noted earlier, this can be confusing, but we are typically successful in…

Integrating and Syncing Salesforce with Sql Server

Published November 16, 2017 by Lars Fiedler

Integrating and Syncing Salesforce with Sql Server

When it comes to CRMs these days, Salesforce has maintained its industry leadership for quite some time. But its analytics and reporting capabilities surrounding the data it controls has always…

Migrating a FoxPro Database to 64 bit SQL Server

Published September 25, 2017 by Lars Fiedler

Migrating a FoxPro Database to 64 bit SQL Server

We recently had a client who needed to query data from a legacy system built on FoxPro. What is FoxPro you ask? Fox Software was a company Microsoft purchased back…

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Can Edge Analytics Become a Game Changer?

Edge analytics is considered to be the future of sensor handling, and this article discusses its benefits and architecture of modern edge devices, gateways, and sensors. Deep Learning for edge analytics is also considered along with a review of experiments in human and chess figure detection using edge devices.

The Big Bad NLP Database: Access Nearly 300 Datasets

Check out this database of nearly 300 freely-accessible NLP datasets, curated from around the internet.

Hands on Hyperparameter Tuning with Keras Tuner

Or how hyperparameter tuning with Keras Tuner can boost your object classification network's accuracy by 10%.

Decision Tree Intuition: From Concept to Application

While the use of Decision Trees in machine learning has been around for awhile, the technique remains powerful and popular. This guide first provides an introductory understanding of the method and then shows you how to construct a decision tree, calculate important analysis parameters, and plot the resulting tree.

New Poll: When Will AutoML Replace Data Scientists (if ever)?

Take part in the latest KDnuggets poll by weighing in on when you think AutoML and Automated Data Science will replace humans — if ever.

Introducing fastpages: An easy to use blogging platform with extra features for Jupyter Notebooks

This article introduces the easy to use blogging platform fastpages. fastpages relies on Github pages for hosting, and Github Actions to automate the creation of your blog, and contains extra features for Jupyter Notebooks.

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Data Science Curriculum for self-study

Are you asking the question, "how do I become a Data Scientist?" This list recommends the best essential topics to gain an introductory understanding for getting started in the field. After learning these basics, keep in mind that doing real data science projects through internships or competitions is crucial to acquiring the core skills necessary […]

Image Recognition and Object Detection in Retail

“According to Gartner, by 2020, 85% of customer interactions in the retail industry will be managed by AI.”

Python and R Courses for Data Science

Since Python and R are a must for today's data scientists, continuous learning is paramount. Online courses are arguably the best and most flexible way to upskill throughout ones career.