BOSTON, MA(Marketwired Aug 25, 2014) Pioneering predictive analytics leader RapidMiner last week concluded its RapidMiner World conference, which brought together over 100 RapidMiner users and other data analytics industry experts from around the globe. The fourday conference, which took place from August 18 21 in Boston, explored the latest in predictive analytics, data mining, and the future of RapidMiner.
With practical use cases and industry discussions, RapidMiner World attracted a widerange of participants, ranging in skilllevel and company role. In this inaugural U.S. conference, RapidMiner World attracted influential keynote speakers including Usama Fayyad, Chief Data Officer at Barclays Bank, and Michael Skinner, Patent Analytics Manager at Intel. Also participating was John Myers, Research Director at Enterprise Management Associates, who presented recent research in the analytics market, including insight into the future of advanced analytics.
“It was an excellent experience to host so many talented, curious, and brilliant data analytics experts and users at our first RapidMiner World conference in the U.S.,” said Ingo Mierswa, CEO of RapidMiner. “As the predictive analytics space continues to grow and develop, RapidMiner World is a trusted opportunity for education, networking and brainstorming. This was also the perfect event to conduct the first public demonstrations of RapidMiner Cloud, which was received with great enthusiasm.”
RapidMiner World provided attendees with opportunities to gain handson experience with RapidMiner in a collaborative environment. The conference kickedoff and concluded with two introductory tutorial sessions, designed to educate novice users on predictive analytics and how to implement RapidMiner effectively in any business environment, large or small. Attendees also participated in the Boston Tea Party Challenge Hackathon to find innovative uses for RapidMiner. The winner was Dr. Heiko Paulheim, of the University of Mannheim.
About RapidMiner
Pioneering predictive analytics leader RapidMiner is accelerating how businesses use all kinds of data, including big data, for innovative analytic solutions to predict and act on reliable predictions that drive game changing business value. With an open source heritage, RapidMiner is one of today’s most widely known and used analytics platforms, providing powerful solutions for a wide variety of industries including automotive, banking, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, oil & gas, retail, consumer goods, telecommunications and utilities. For more information, visit www.rapidminer.com.
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