Recap Post
For the past couple of months the blog took a back seat. Basically, since KDD, I have had very little time to write. I have been on the road quite a bit and my trip to KDD unleashed a number of research...
KDD 2007
For the next couple of days I am going to be attending the KDD (Knowledge Discovery in Databases) 2007 conference (conference website) along with some other Oracle colleagues. KDD is one of the primary...
On the Road and Upcoming Talks
This week I am going to be in San Francisco. I have been invited to give a talk at the San Francisco Bay ACM Data Mining SIG on Wednesday. The title of the talk is In-Database Analytics: A Disruptive...
Way Cooler: PCA and Visualization – Linear Algebra in the Oracle Database 2
This post shows how to implement Principal Components Analysis (PCA) with the UTL_NLA package. It covers some of the uses of PCA for data reduction and visualization with a series of examples. It also...
Webcast Announcement: Oracle’s In-Database Statistics
Today (Wednesday), May 2, 2007 at 12:00 PM EST, the Oracle Business Intelligence, Warehouse and Analytics (BIWA) Special Interest Group (SIG) will host another interesting free webcast:Oracle's In-Database...
Webcast Announcement: A Simple Fraud Detection Application using Oracle Data Mining, SQL Developer and Oracle BI EE
Tomorrow, April 25, 2007On April 25, 2007 at 11:45 AM EDT, the Oracle Business Intelligence, Warehouse and Analytics (BIWA) Special Interest Group (SIG) will host the following free webcast:A Simple...
Way Cool: Linear Algebra in the Oracle Database 1
New to the Oracle Database 10g Release 2 is a hidden gem, the UTL_NLA package. This not very well known package (you don't get many hits for it in Google) brings linear algebra functionality to the Oracle...
New Oracle Statistical Functions Page
OTN has a new page (link) describing the statistical functions in the Oracle 10g Database. These functions are available in all versions of the database at no extra cost. Features include:Descriptive statisticsHypothesis...
Welcome BIWA
The Business Intelligence, Warehousing and Analytics Special Interest Group (BIWA SIG, BIWA for short) has been recently created. Although it counts with a strong participation of Oracle employees, BIWA...
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and a Poll
It has been a great year. My daughter was born as well as this blog. I have launched this blog at the beginning of the year (January first to be more precise) and the readership has been great. Amongst...
