How does Michigan stack up?
The Stack Overflow Developer Survey is "the largest and most comprehensive survey of software developers (and anyone else who codes!) on Earth." In 2019, the survey received almost 90k responses from around the world. What Kind of Analysis is Available? The Big Data...
Big Data, Little Surveys
Amidst our recent flurry of social media activity, you may have missed a few mini surveys that the BDI research team shared via Twitter. Thanks to those of you who responded to those! We learned a few things from the results. The first mini survey tweet asked “What is...
Big Data Ignite to Host FOIAFest This Year
In the spring of 2018, during an Issues in Journalism class he was teaching, Jeff Kelly Lowenstein mentioned a freedom of information festival a dear friend and colleague had started in Chicago several years ago. “Oh, we’re doing that here,” exclaimed Allison...
Pulitzer Prize Winner to Present at BDI 2019
The 2014 fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, raised many questions about police shootings, questions that could not be answered at the time because no one was collecting and analyzing complete data on police shootings. The Washington Post assembled a...
Calvin University hosts Big Data MeetUp
On July 10, 2019, Calvin College becomes Calvin University. In addition to other celebratory events on campus, the Big Data and Hadoop Users Group of West Michigan will be meeting at 6:30 in North Hall 276. We look forward to a presentation by Bill Meade, PhD,...
Friday Announcements — BDI 2018
Have a great photo to share? You can upload photos from Big Data Ignite here. Robots are here! The Robodawgs of Grandville are here today demonstrating their robots in the area near the registration table. Give us your feedback Make next year even better. Fill...
Thursday Announcements — BDI 2018
Have a great photo to share? You can upload photos from Big Data Ignite here. Here are some photos from Wednesday. River City Improv Join us in the Ballroom at 5pm for River City Improv, Grand Rapids' premiere improv group. Bring a friend. A cash bar will be...
Wednesday Announcements — BDI 2018
Have a great photo to share? You can upload photos from Big Data Ignite here. Tweet to Win! Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, some of the sessions you attend will give you a chance to win prizes! All you have to do to win is attend the session and Tweet...
BlueGranite: Transforming Business with AI & the Modern Data Platform
BlueGranite is headquartered out of Southwest MI and operates across the US. We will be presenting twice during Big Data Ignite –highlighting a machine learning use case when it comes to employee flight risk, as well as hosting a half-day workshop on how to get...
New to Big Data? Come to Big Data Ignite!
Big Data Ignite is not just for seasoned data analysts. It is also for students, people considering entering the field, and managers and decision makers who take action based on the work of others in their team. If you are new to big data, or just new to Big Data...
Reserve your seat in a workshop
We are excited about the number and variety of workshops that are being offered at Big Data Ignite 2018. Wednesday, September 19, will be dedicated to half and full-day workshops, and we may have an additional workshop or two on Thursday or Friday. And we have one...
Big Data and K-12 education
Big Data is everywhere... From modeling successful venture capital support to tracking meteotsunamis on the Great Lakes, Big Data a looks to change the way we do business and interact with the world around us. But despite success in a wide variety of spaces, one place...
Why did it happen that way? And what if I …?
Causal effects measure how actions change the world Does this drug improve survival? Does portfolio diversification boost profit? Do social influencers actually influence anybody? These are causal questions, because they ask about the relative merit of one...
Big Data Ignite and Healthcare
Increasingly big data is influencing biomedical research, the delivery of healthcare, and the assessment of our health (both as individuals and as groups). Data can have a significant impact on final outcomes for patients, as well as for the financial resources of...