Introduction to Apache Cassandra (NoSQL) and Adaptive Business Intelligence

We have another exciting line up planned for November!

Alex Lourie from InstaClustr will be introducing the Cassandra NoSQL database (a highly scalable database developed at Facebook and now in use at eBay, Instagram, Netflix, etc) and discussing his experience (challenges, pitfalls, etc) working with Apache Cassandra. Alex brings a wealth of knowledge having originally worked for DataStax (the main provider of commercial support for Apache Cassandra) and is now undertaking an exciting initiative with InstaClustr to provide hosted and managed instances of Apache Cassandra (on AWS, Azure, etc).

We are also fortunate to have Zbigniew Michalewicz, Chief Scientist from Complexica presenting "From Data to Decision - A 16 year journey". In this talk, Zbigniew will be discussing his experience in commercialising his Adaptive Business Intelligence/Data Science research. Zbigniew has published over 250 articles and 15 books (including the ground breaking "Adaptive Business Intelligence" and "Winning Credibility") and was leading numerous modelling and optimisation projects for corporations such as the Ford Motor Company and Bank of America before Big Data/Data Science took the world by storm.

It is very exciting to have the calibre of these two presenters right here in South Australia! I encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.

Pizza and drinks will be provided at 6pm on the night, with talks starting at 6.30pm. Many thanks to InstaClustr (https://www.instaclustr.com/) for sponsoring this event!