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Posted to user@madlib.apache.org by Gregory Chase <gc...@pivotal.io> on 2016/12/09 19:48:55 UTC
[INTRODUCTIONS] I'm Greg, and I'm part of the Apache MADlib community
Dear MADlibers,
I thought it would be fun to get to know some of the other people in the
community.
My name is Greg Chase and I run community development for Pivotal for big
data open source communities that Pivotal contributes to.
Some of you may have seen my frequent emails about virtual events I help
organize for user and contributor education.
The most fun I've had with MADlib to date is the chance to interview Joe
Hellerstein about the origins of the project.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGPZwpB92Aw
I always enjoy the super interesting data science discussion we've had in
the MADlib community calls.
These days I'm much more of a marketer than a coder, but I still love
hearing about the kinds of projects that MADlib users are involved in.
I know we'd all love to hear more about everyone else's projects, and how
you became a MADlib user. So please introduce yourselves!
--
Greg Chase
Global Head, Big Data Communities
http://www.pivotal.io/big-data
Pivotal Software
http://www.pivotal.io/
650-215-0477
@GregChase
Blog: http://geekmarketing.biz/
Re: [INTRODUCTIONS] I'm Greg, and I'm part of the Apache MADlib community
Posted by Nandish Jayaram <nj...@pivotal.io>.
Hi!
My name is Nandish Jayaram, and I am a senior software engineer at Pivotal.
I started contributing to MADlib this February and it has been a great
pleasure doing that! I have worked on grouping support for elastic net and
sessionization among other things in MADlib.
Before joining Pivotal, I was pursuing my PhD at UT-Arlington where I
focused on improving the usability of query systems for large heterogeneous
graphs. I have also interned at HP-Labs and IBM Research in the past.
I am super excited about MADlib's roadmap and look forward to collaborating
with the community to make MADlib even more awesome! :)
NJ
On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Orhan Kislal <ok...@pivotal.io> wrote:
> Hi MADlib,
>
> My name is Orhan Kislal and I am a senior software engineer at Pivotal. I
> have been working on Apache MADlib since January and I have been the
> release manager for all 3 our ASF releases. Before joining Pivotal, I was
> at Intel as an intern, working on various projects such as compiler
> optimizations, assisted driving systems, IoT, etc. and working on my Ph.D.
> at Penn State Univ., researching hardware aware optimizations for machine
> learning algorithms.
>
> Nowadays, I am working on MADlib's R interface (PivotalR) and graph
> analytics problems. I am looking forward to working with you and improve
> MADlib to make it an indispensable tool for every data scientist.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Orhan Kislal
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Frank McQuillan <fm...@pivotal.io>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> My name is Frank McQuillan and I am in product management at Pivotal.
>> For the last couple of years I have been working on Apache MADlib (actually
>> before it was an ASF project). Earlier on at Pivotal, I worked on
>> real-time streaming and architectures for BI/analytics use cases. In my
>> prior life, I have worked in aviation, robots and drones, with a dose of
>> advertising technology thrown in for good measure at Yahoo.
>>
>> With the rapid growth of machine learning in the enterprise especially
>> over the last couple of years, it is great to see SQL-based in-database
>> methods gaining more traction. After all, most enterprises have a wealth
>> of data sitting in relational form, so if we can bring machine learning to
>> that data and operating on it in place, there is a lot of value to be
>> gained. Moving and transforming data can be expensive.
>>
>> Look forward to meeting you in this forum, and also at your favorite
>> database and Hadoop type conferences.
>>
>> Frank McQuillan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Greg, thanks for kicking off the roll call. Getting to know each other
>>> is super
>>> useful (and can be fun! ;-)). I'll go next:
>>>
>>> I am Roman (your friendly neighborhood mentor). I hang around a lot of
>>> ASF
>>> big data projects (as a committer and a PMC member), but lately I've been
>>> gravitating towards IoT as well (Apache Mynewt). I started my career at
>>> Sun
>>> microsystems back at a time when Linux wasn't even 1.x and I've been
>>> doing
>>> enterprise software ever since. I was lucky enough to get to work on
>>> the original Hadoop team at Yahoo! and fall in love with not one but two
>>> elephants (Hadoop and Postgres). Recently I've assumed a position of
>>> VP of Technology at ODPi and I'm still hoping to MHGA! My secret weapon
>>> is Apache Bigtop (which I co-founded) and I'm not afraid to use it!
>>>
>>> I'm here to help as much as I can to make sure that this community
>>> evolves into a vibrant, self-governed, exciting place worthy of being
>>> a top level project (TLP) at ASF. If you have any questions or ideas
>>> that you may want to bounce off of me -- please don't hesitate to reach
>>> out directly or on the mailing list.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Roman.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Gregory Chase <gc...@pivotal.io>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Dear MADlibers,
>>> >
>>> > I thought it would be fun to get to know some of the other people in
>>> the
>>> > community.
>>> >
>>> > My name is Greg Chase and I run community development for Pivotal for
>>> big
>>> > data open source communities that Pivotal contributes to.
>>> >
>>> > Some of you may have seen my frequent emails about virtual events I
>>> help
>>> > organize for user and contributor education.
>>> >
>>> > The most fun I've had with MADlib to date is the chance to interview
>>> Joe
>>> > Hellerstein about the origins of the project.
>>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGPZwpB92Aw
>>> >
>>> > I always enjoy the super interesting data science discussion we've had
>>> in
>>> > the MADlib community calls.
>>> >
>>> > These days I'm much more of a marketer than a coder, but I still love
>>> > hearing about the kinds of projects that MADlib users are involved in.
>>> >
>>> > I know we'd all love to hear more about everyone else's projects, and
>>> how
>>> > you became a MADlib user. So please introduce yourselves!
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Greg Chase
>>> >
>>> > Global Head, Big Data Communities
>>> > http://www.pivotal.io/big-data
>>> >
>>> > Pivotal Software
>>> > http://www.pivotal.io/
>>> >
>>> > 650-215-0477
>>> > @GregChase
>>> > Blog: http://geekmarketing.biz/
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>
Re: [INTRODUCTIONS] I'm Greg, and I'm part of the Apache MADlib community
Posted by Orhan Kislal <ok...@pivotal.io>.
Hi MADlib,
My name is Orhan Kislal and I am a senior software engineer at Pivotal. I
have been working on Apache MADlib since January and I have been the
release manager for all 3 our ASF releases. Before joining Pivotal, I was
at Intel as an intern, working on various projects such as compiler
optimizations, assisted driving systems, IoT, etc. and working on my Ph.D.
at Penn State Univ., researching hardware aware optimizations for machine
learning algorithms.
Nowadays, I am working on MADlib's R interface (PivotalR) and graph
analytics problems. I am looking forward to working with you and improve
MADlib to make it an indispensable tool for every data scientist.
Thanks,
Orhan Kislal
On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Frank McQuillan <fm...@pivotal.io>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My name is Frank McQuillan and I am in product management at Pivotal. For
> the last couple of years I have been working on Apache MADlib (actually
> before it was an ASF project). Earlier on at Pivotal, I worked on
> real-time streaming and architectures for BI/analytics use cases. In my
> prior life, I have worked in aviation, robots and drones, with a dose of
> advertising technology thrown in for good measure at Yahoo.
>
> With the rapid growth of machine learning in the enterprise especially
> over the last couple of years, it is great to see SQL-based in-database
> methods gaining more traction. After all, most enterprises have a wealth
> of data sitting in relational form, so if we can bring machine learning to
> that data and operating on it in place, there is a lot of value to be
> gained. Moving and transforming data can be expensive.
>
> Look forward to meeting you in this forum, and also at your favorite
> database and Hadoop type conferences.
>
> Frank McQuillan
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Greg, thanks for kicking off the roll call. Getting to know each other is
>> super
>> useful (and can be fun! ;-)). I'll go next:
>>
>> I am Roman (your friendly neighborhood mentor). I hang around a lot of ASF
>> big data projects (as a committer and a PMC member), but lately I've been
>> gravitating towards IoT as well (Apache Mynewt). I started my career at
>> Sun
>> microsystems back at a time when Linux wasn't even 1.x and I've been
>> doing
>> enterprise software ever since. I was lucky enough to get to work on
>> the original Hadoop team at Yahoo! and fall in love with not one but two
>> elephants (Hadoop and Postgres). Recently I've assumed a position of
>> VP of Technology at ODPi and I'm still hoping to MHGA! My secret weapon
>> is Apache Bigtop (which I co-founded) and I'm not afraid to use it!
>>
>> I'm here to help as much as I can to make sure that this community
>> evolves into a vibrant, self-governed, exciting place worthy of being
>> a top level project (TLP) at ASF. If you have any questions or ideas
>> that you may want to bounce off of me -- please don't hesitate to reach
>> out directly or on the mailing list.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Roman.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Gregory Chase <gc...@pivotal.io> wrote:
>> > Dear MADlibers,
>> >
>> > I thought it would be fun to get to know some of the other people in the
>> > community.
>> >
>> > My name is Greg Chase and I run community development for Pivotal for
>> big
>> > data open source communities that Pivotal contributes to.
>> >
>> > Some of you may have seen my frequent emails about virtual events I help
>> > organize for user and contributor education.
>> >
>> > The most fun I've had with MADlib to date is the chance to interview Joe
>> > Hellerstein about the origins of the project.
>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGPZwpB92Aw
>> >
>> > I always enjoy the super interesting data science discussion we've had
>> in
>> > the MADlib community calls.
>> >
>> > These days I'm much more of a marketer than a coder, but I still love
>> > hearing about the kinds of projects that MADlib users are involved in.
>> >
>> > I know we'd all love to hear more about everyone else's projects, and
>> how
>> > you became a MADlib user. So please introduce yourselves!
>> >
>> > --
>> > Greg Chase
>> >
>> > Global Head, Big Data Communities
>> > http://www.pivotal.io/big-data
>> >
>> > Pivotal Software
>> > http://www.pivotal.io/
>> >
>> > 650-215-0477
>> > @GregChase
>> > Blog: http://geekmarketing.biz/
>> >
>>
>
>
Re: [INTRODUCTIONS] I'm Greg, and I'm part of the Apache MADlib community
Posted by Frank McQuillan <fm...@pivotal.io>.
Hi,
My name is Frank McQuillan and I am in product management at Pivotal. For
the last couple of years I have been working on Apache MADlib (actually
before it was an ASF project). Earlier on at Pivotal, I worked on
real-time streaming and architectures for BI/analytics use cases. In my
prior life, I have worked in aviation, robots and drones, with a dose of
advertising technology thrown in for good measure at Yahoo.
With the rapid growth of machine learning in the enterprise especially over
the last couple of years, it is great to see SQL-based in-database methods
gaining more traction. After all, most enterprises have a wealth of data
sitting in relational form, so if we can bring machine learning to that
data and operating on it in place, there is a lot of value to be gained.
Moving and transforming data can be expensive.
Look forward to meeting you in this forum, and also at your favorite
database and Hadoop type conferences.
Frank McQuillan
On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org>
wrote:
> Greg, thanks for kicking off the roll call. Getting to know each other is
> super
> useful (and can be fun! ;-)). I'll go next:
>
> I am Roman (your friendly neighborhood mentor). I hang around a lot of ASF
> big data projects (as a committer and a PMC member), but lately I've been
> gravitating towards IoT as well (Apache Mynewt). I started my career at Sun
> microsystems back at a time when Linux wasn't even 1.x and I've been doing
> enterprise software ever since. I was lucky enough to get to work on
> the original Hadoop team at Yahoo! and fall in love with not one but two
> elephants (Hadoop and Postgres). Recently I've assumed a position of
> VP of Technology at ODPi and I'm still hoping to MHGA! My secret weapon
> is Apache Bigtop (which I co-founded) and I'm not afraid to use it!
>
> I'm here to help as much as I can to make sure that this community
> evolves into a vibrant, self-governed, exciting place worthy of being
> a top level project (TLP) at ASF. If you have any questions or ideas
> that you may want to bounce off of me -- please don't hesitate to reach
> out directly or on the mailing list.
>
> Thanks,
> Roman.
>
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Gregory Chase <gc...@pivotal.io> wrote:
> > Dear MADlibers,
> >
> > I thought it would be fun to get to know some of the other people in the
> > community.
> >
> > My name is Greg Chase and I run community development for Pivotal for big
> > data open source communities that Pivotal contributes to.
> >
> > Some of you may have seen my frequent emails about virtual events I help
> > organize for user and contributor education.
> >
> > The most fun I've had with MADlib to date is the chance to interview Joe
> > Hellerstein about the origins of the project.
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGPZwpB92Aw
> >
> > I always enjoy the super interesting data science discussion we've had in
> > the MADlib community calls.
> >
> > These days I'm much more of a marketer than a coder, but I still love
> > hearing about the kinds of projects that MADlib users are involved in.
> >
> > I know we'd all love to hear more about everyone else's projects, and how
> > you became a MADlib user. So please introduce yourselves!
> >
> > --
> > Greg Chase
> >
> > Global Head, Big Data Communities
> > http://www.pivotal.io/big-data
> >
> > Pivotal Software
> > http://www.pivotal.io/
> >
> > 650-215-0477
> > @GregChase
> > Blog: http://geekmarketing.biz/
> >
>
Re: [INTRODUCTIONS] I'm Greg, and I'm part of the Apache MADlib community
Posted by Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org>.
Greg, thanks for kicking off the roll call. Getting to know each other is super
useful (and can be fun! ;-)). I'll go next:
I am Roman (your friendly neighborhood mentor). I hang around a lot of ASF
big data projects (as a committer and a PMC member), but lately I've been
gravitating towards IoT as well (Apache Mynewt). I started my career at Sun
microsystems back at a time when Linux wasn't even 1.x and I've been doing
enterprise software ever since. I was lucky enough to get to work on
the original Hadoop team at Yahoo! and fall in love with not one but two
elephants (Hadoop and Postgres). Recently I've assumed a position of
VP of Technology at ODPi and I'm still hoping to MHGA! My secret weapon
is Apache Bigtop (which I co-founded) and I'm not afraid to use it!
I'm here to help as much as I can to make sure that this community
evolves into a vibrant, self-governed, exciting place worthy of being
a top level project (TLP) at ASF. If you have any questions or ideas
that you may want to bounce off of me -- please don't hesitate to reach
out directly or on the mailing list.
Thanks,
Roman.
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Gregory Chase <gc...@pivotal.io> wrote:
> Dear MADlibers,
>
> I thought it would be fun to get to know some of the other people in the
> community.
>
> My name is Greg Chase and I run community development for Pivotal for big
> data open source communities that Pivotal contributes to.
>
> Some of you may have seen my frequent emails about virtual events I help
> organize for user and contributor education.
>
> The most fun I've had with MADlib to date is the chance to interview Joe
> Hellerstein about the origins of the project.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGPZwpB92Aw
>
> I always enjoy the super interesting data science discussion we've had in
> the MADlib community calls.
>
> These days I'm much more of a marketer than a coder, but I still love
> hearing about the kinds of projects that MADlib users are involved in.
>
> I know we'd all love to hear more about everyone else's projects, and how
> you became a MADlib user. So please introduce yourselves!
>
> --
> Greg Chase
>
> Global Head, Big Data Communities
> http://www.pivotal.io/big-data
>
> Pivotal Software
> http://www.pivotal.io/
>
> 650-215-0477
> @GregChase
> Blog: http://geekmarketing.biz/
>