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ShortCircuitOperator in Apache Airflow: The guide

Marc Lamberti

The ShortCircuitOperator in Apache Airflow is simple but powerful. It allows skipping tasks based on the result of a condition. There are many reasons why you may want to stop running tasks. Let’s see how to use the ShortCircuitOperator and what you should be aware of. By the way, if you are new to Airflow, check my courses here ; you will get at a special discount.

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How to gather requirements for your data project

Start Data Engineering

1. Introduction 2. Gathering requirements 2.1. Identify the end-users 2.2. Help end-users define the requirements 2.3. End-user validation 2.4. Deliver iteratively 2.5. Handling changing requirements/new features 3. Conclusion 4. Further reading 5. Reference 1. Introduction Data engineers are often caught off guard by undefined end-user assumptions.

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The Importance of Experiment Design in Data Science

KDnuggets

Do you feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of ideas that you could try while building a machine learning pipeline? You can not take the liberty of trying all possible ways to arrive at a solution - hence we discuss the importance of experiment design in data science projects.

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Optimize Your Machine Learning Development And Serving With The Open Source Vector Database Milvus

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary The optimal format for storage and retrieval of data is dependent on how it is going to be used. For analytical systems there are decades of investment in data warehouses and various modeling techniques. For machine learning applications relational models require additional processing to be directly useful, which is why there has been a growth in the use of vector databases.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Getting Started with Stream Processing: The Ultimate Guide

Confluent

Whether you’re new to stream processing or evaluating real-time data use cases, learn how stream processing works, its benefits, and the best way to get started.

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Escaping the Prison of Forecasting

Teradata

Retail and CPG businesses are trapped by the disconnect between today’s digital customers and long-established demand forecasting and supply-chain processes. Find out more.

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Useful Lessons And Repeatable Patterns Learned From Data Mesh Implementations At AgileLab

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary Data mesh is a frequent topic of conversation in the data community, with many debates about how and when to employ this architectural pattern. The team at AgileLab have first-hand experience helping large enterprise organizations evaluate and implement their own data mesh strategies. In this episode Paolo Platter shares the lessons they have learned in that process, the Data Mesh Boost platform that they have built to reduce some of the boilerplate required to make it successful, and so

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How Universal Data Distribution Accelerates Complex DoD Missions

Cloudera

We’ve come a long way since 1778 when George Washington’s spies gathered and shared military intelligence on the British Army’s tactical operations in occupied New York. But information broadly, and the management of data specifically, is still “the” critical factor for situational awareness, streamlined operations, and a host of other use cases across today’s tech-driven battlefields. .

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Serverless Stream Processing with Apache Kafka, Azure Functions, and ksqlDB

Confluent

Confluent’s ksqlDB product offers powerful, serverless stream processing tools that maximize Kafka on Azure.

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Free AI for Beginners Course

KDnuggets

Microsoft has put together an AI course for beginners, consisting of a 12 week, 24 lesson curriculum, available for free to all.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Expert Roundtable: Batch vs Streaming in the Modern Data Stack [Video]

Rockset

I had the pleasure of recently hosting a data engineering expert discussion on a topic that I know many of you are wrestling with – when to deploy batch or streaming data in your organization’s data stack. Our esteemed roundtable included leading practitioners, thought leaders and educators in the space, including: Ben Rogojan , aka Seattle Data Guy , is a data engineering and data science consultant (now based in the Rocky Mountain city of Denver) with a popular YouTube channel , Medium blog ,

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How to Use Apache Iceberg in CDP’s Open Lakehouse

Cloudera

In June 2022, Cloudera announced the general availability of Apache Iceberg in the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP). Iceberg is a 100% open-table format, developed through the Apache Software Foundation , which helps users avoid vendor lock-in and implement an open lakehouse. . The general availability covers Iceberg running within some of the key data services in CDP, including Cloudera Data Warehouse ( CDW ), Cloudera Data Engineering ( CDE ), and Cloudera Machine Learning ( CML ).

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Artificial Intelligence Career 2022

U-Next

Introduction. The present era is truly the golden age of technology. Due to the mass-scale adaptation of the latest technologies like the Internet, our life and its objectives are technology bound. We no longer rely on manual methods to get essential things done. For instance, communication services are real-time. We no longer require humans or pigeons to communicate for the most part.

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Top Posts August 1-7: Most In-demand Artificial Intelligence Skills To Learn In 2022

KDnuggets

Most In-demand Artificial Intelligence Skills To Learn In 2022 • The 5 Hardest Things to Do in SQL • 10 Most Used Tableau Functions • Decision Trees vs Random Forests, Explained • Decision Tree Algorithm, Explained.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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How To Create Data Trust Within Your Organization

Monte Carlo

My Painful Data Trust Experience Many years ago, an exec approached me after a contentious meeting and asked, “Shane, so is the data trustworthy?” Perhaps you can relate. My response at the time probably did not build confidence: “Some of it, if not precise, is at least directionally useful.” I’ve been pondering this question and my unsatisfying response recently as I talk to data leaders about what data quality metric they should use to communicate data reliability, whether that be to executive

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The future of data architecture is hybrid: choosing your hybrid-first data strategy starts at Cloudera Now 2022

Cloudera

With all of the buzz around cloud computing, many companies have overlooked the importance of hybrid data. Many large enterprises went all-in on cloud without considering the costs and potential risks associated with a cloud-only approach. The truth is, the future of data architecture is all about hybrid. Hybrid data capabilities enable organizations to collect and store information on premises, in public or private clouds, and at the edge — without sacrificing the important analytics needed to

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Best Artificial Intelligence Books 2022

U-Next

Introduction. Over the past few years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made significant progress in imitating human intellect. Nearly every organization today depends on AI, including retail, banking, and healthcare industries. You might spend some time reading these Top Artificial Intelligence Books for Self-Learning to understand something about AI and its ideas.

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Tuning XGBoost Hyperparameters

KDnuggets

Hyperparameter tuning is about finding a set of optimal hyperparameter values which maximizes the model's performance, minimizes loss, and produces better outputs.

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

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Data Engineers Spend Two Days Per Week Firefighting Bad Data, Data Quality Survey Says

Monte Carlo

New! Check out our latest 2023 data quality survey. Just about everyone who talks about data quality (including us!) cites the Gartner survey that poor data quality costs organizations an average $12.9 million every year. It’s a great finding to shed light on the business cost of bad data, but it was time to dig a bit deeper. So we decided to partner with Wakefield Research to survey more than 300 data professionals about: The details around the number of data incidents and how long it tak

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Getting Started with Cloudera Stream Processing Community Edition

Cloudera

Cloudera has a strong track record of providing a comprehensive solution for stream processing. Cloudera Stream Processing (CSP), powered by Apache Flink and Apache Kafka, provides a complete stream management and stateful processing solution. In CSP, Kafka serves as the storage streaming substrate, and Flink as the core in-stream processing engine that supports SQL and REST interfaces.

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Top Cyber Security Tools To Know About In 2022

U-Next

The significance of cyber security tools like Kali Linux needs an instant realization. It includes network forensics, programming, cryptography, encryption, etc., which you can learn here. Introduction To Cyber Security Tools. Dependence on the cyber world will be an ever-growing phenomenon in the following time. Today, our cyber dependency is everywhere, from the health sector to education, banking to business enterprises.

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AI for Ukraine is a new educational project from AI HOUSE to support the Ukrainian tech community

KDnuggets

“AI for Ukraine” is a series of workshops and lectures held by international artificial intelligence experts to support the development of Ukraine’s tech community during the war. This is a non-commercial educational project by AI HOUSE – a company focused on building the AI/ML community in Ukraine and is part of the Roosh tech ecosystem.

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The Ultimate Guide To Data-Driven Construction: Optimize Projects, Reduce Risks, & Boost Innovation

Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

In today’s construction market, owners, construction managers, and contractors must navigate increasing challenges, from cost management to project delays. Fortunately, digital tools now offer valuable insights to help mitigate these risks. However, the sheer volume of tools and the complexity of leveraging their data effectively can be daunting. That’s where data-driven construction comes in.

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What is Apache Airflow Used For?

ProjectPro

With over 8 million downloads, 20000 contributors, and 13000 stars, Apache Airflow is an open-source data processing solution for dynamically creating, scheduling, and managing complex data engineering pipelines. It is one of the most effective and reliable tools used by data engineers for orchestration, logging, and scheduling workflows or data pipelines.

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#ClouderaLife Spotlight: Preety Vatvani

Cloudera

Preety Vatvani, working out of Cloudera’s Singapore office, is Cloudera’s first lead development team lead. Her role is to recruit and work with a team of interns interested in a career in technology sales, and train them so they can field inside sales opportunities and gain valuable early career experience. In this #ClouderaLife Spotlight we talked to Preety about how she got this program off the ground.

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Working As A Business Analyst

U-Next

Introduction – Who Is A Business Analyst? Through data analysis, Business Analysts assist an organization in enhancing its operations, goods, services, and software. These adaptable employees operate in business and IT sectors to close the gap and boost productivity. Through data analysis, Business Analysts assist organizations in optimizing their operations, goods, services, and software.

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5 Key Data Science Trends & Analytics Trends

KDnuggets

Let’s have a look at some of the key tech trends on the horizon right now.

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Business Intelligence 101: How To Make The Best Solution Decision For Your Organization

Speaker: Evelyn Chou

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.

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Best Approach For Resume screening by Machine Learning-Part 1

Knoldus

Reading Time: 3 minutes Introduction Resume screening is the process of determining whether a candidate is qualified for a role based on his or her education, experience, and other information captured on their resume. It’s a form of pattern matching between a job’s requirements and the qualifications of a candidate based on their resume. The goal of screening resumes is to decide whether to move a candidate forward – Continue Reading The post Best Approach For Resume screening by Machine Learni

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An Introduction to Disaster Recovery with the Cloudera Data Platform

Cloudera

The previous decade has seen explosive growth in the integration of data and data-driven insight into a company’s ability to operate effectively, yielding an ever-growing competitive advantage to those that do it well. Our customers have become accustomed to the speed of decision making that comes from that insight. Data is integral for both long-term strategy and day-to-day, or even minute-to-minute operation.

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Degree Data Science

U-Next

A multidisciplinary area called Data Science makes it possible to draw information from organised and unorganised data. Read on to learn more about succeeding with a degree in this field. Introduction – What is Data Science? The field of study known as Data Science focuses on extracting knowledge from massive volumes of data utilising numerous science techniques, programs, and procedures.

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KDnuggets News, August 10: Free AI for Beginners Course • Most In-demand Artificial Intelligence Skills To Learn In 2022

KDnuggets

Free AI for Beginners Course • Most In-demand Artificial Intelligence Skills To Learn In 2022 • Getting Started with SQL Cheatsheet • 3 Free Statistics Courses for Data Science • The Complete Collection of Data Science Projects – Part 1.

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Driving Responsible Innovation: How to Navigate AI Governance & Data Privacy

Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL

Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.