Data Jujitsu: The Art of Turning Data into Product

by DJ Patil

Overview

Acclaimed data scientist DJ Patil details a new approach to solving problems in Data Jujitsu.

Learn how to use a problem's "weight" against itself to:

• Break down seemingly complex data problems into simplified parts
• Use alternative data analysis techniques to examine them
• Use human input, such as Mechanical Turk, and design tricks that enlist the help of your users to take short cuts around tough problems

Learn more about the problems before starting on the solutions—and use the findings to solve them, or determine whether the problems are worth solving at all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449341121
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/14/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	26
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

DJ Patil has held a variety of roles in Academia, Industry, and Government. These include, VP of Product at RelateIQ which was acquired by Salesforce. The Data Scientist in Residence at Greylock Partners. The Chief Scientist, Chief Security Officer and Head of Analytics and Data Product Teams at the LinkedIn Corporation. Additionally he has held a number of roles at Skype, PayPal, and eBay. He is known for co-coining the term Data Scientist.

As a member of the faculty at the University of Maryland, his research focused on nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory and he helped start a major research initiative on numerical weather prediction. As an AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow for the Department of Defense, Dr. Patil directed new efforts to leverage social network analysis and the melding of computational and social sciences to anticipate emerging threats to the US. He has also co-chaired a major review of US efforts to prevent bioweapons proliferation in Central Asia and co-founded the Iraqi Virtual Science Library (IVSL). In 2104 he was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader.

More details can be found on his LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dpatil and can be followed on twitter @dpatil.