DeepMind, the Google-owned AI company, has an agreement with the Royal Free NHS Trust that gives it access to healthcare data on 1.6 million patients who visit three London hospitals. The agreement includes access to five years of historical data. The company is building an application to help monitor patients with kidney disease. While it will be interesting to see what DeepMind can produce … [Read more...]
Free Apache Spark Analytics Made Simple e-book
Databricks have just published a free e-book entitled "Apache Spark Analytics Made Simple". Contents include An introduction to the Spark API for analytics Tips and tricks to simplify unified data access Real-world case studies of how various companies are using Spark with Databricks to transform their business There are more to come. Titles are Mastering Advanced Analytics with Apache … [Read more...]
17000 UK male pregnancies reported in 2012
A 2012 study of National Health Service data in the UK found that there were over 17000 male inpatient admissions to obstetric services over 8000 male inpatient admissions to gynecology nearly 20000 male inpatient admissions to midwifery Before jumping to the conclusion that the UK is at the forefront of an exciting/disturbing evolutionary trend we should probably look for a simpler … [Read more...]
Overview of Microsoft R Server
Learning Tree just published my overview of Microsoft R Server. … [Read more...]
Microsoft R Server is now on the Microsoft Data Science Virtual Machine
The Microsoft Data Science Virtual Machine (DSVM) now comes pre-configured with Microsoft R Server Developer Edition. As you can scale the DSVM according to your needs, this is an easy way to get going with some heavy duty R computations. … [Read more...]