My trip to the Moon… and Mars (part 2)

This article follows my previous post on my trip to NASA in Langley, Va. in early March 2019. This is the second and last part of this article. Before going […]

My trip to the Moon… and Mars (part 1)

I like to use π day, to remember a few things about science and technology that influence who I am. This year, π day is perfect for that. Let me tell […]

How I built the perfect data science team

When I assembled my first data science team, the term was barely getting printed in the Harvard Business Review. I had no clue that I was building a team pioneering […]

Eleven key elements of data science outcome

Before thinking about what is the outcome of data science, maybe I should take the two seconds I think it takes to define it. As how to define data science, […]

(Almost) All you need to know about file ingestion in Apache Spark

As you may know, I start writing Apache Spark with Java (now renamed Spark in Action, 2nd edition). Usually, as the book develops, authors share a few excerpt of the book […]

Eight very hot data trends for 2019

Read about eight very hot predictions for data management in 2019, in usages, shapes, governance, and people.

What is Apache Spark, the podcast

A couple of weeks ago, I chatted about Apache Spark with Tobias Macey on data engineering on more specifically Apache Spark. Tobias Macey runs the data engineering podcast, which you can directly […]