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Data Analysis With R
I’ve been working my way through the Machine Learning for Hackers book from O’Reilly press (which really should be named R for Machine Learning), and just finished a small data analysis project in R. While the syntax is a little … Continue reading
The Penn Data Store and Medical Data Integration
Here is the second poster presentation from the NEDB 2013 conference at MIT. The conference was on Feb. 1, 2013, and was a boat-load of fun. ABSTRACT: As a premier research institution, the University of Pennsylvania harbors numerous databases: these … Continue reading
Posted in Careers And Work, Education, Genetics, Information Technology, Resource-a-rama
Tagged CCHIT-certified data warehouse, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology, clinical data warehouse, Clinical research, data integration, Data warehouse, Medical record, Medical research, Penn, Penn Data Store, United States, University of Pennsylvania
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The Future of Health Data
Here is the poster that I presented at the New England Database Conference 2013, held over at MIT‘s Stata Center in Cambridge, MA. I’ve also excised the abstract for ease of reading (and so that Google will zero in on … Continue reading
What Does an IT Manager Do?
I had a chance to catch up with my high school friend, who now works it IT. He’s been in tech for over 10 years, but originally has a BS in Economics, with a minor in CIS – this was … Continue reading
Free Online Public Data Sources: An Annotated Bibliography
Free Online Health Data Sources: An Annotated Bibliography By William Murakami-Brundage 1st edition, February 2012 There exists a shortage of usable data sets and public health data. Whether your interest is biomedical engineering, health informatics, data mining, or public health … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Libraries, Education, Information Technology, Resource-a-rama, The Cloud
Tagged Annotated bibliography, CaBIG, California, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS Data Compendium, data mining, Medicaid, Medicare, National Cancer Institute, Open data, United States
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What Does a Data Analyst Do?
What does a data analyst do? As a data analyst, someone typically handles data coming from or going into a data warehouse or business intelligence system. They compile the reports, verify the quality (integrity), and use the data to assist executive- … Continue reading
Posted in Careers And Work, Education, Information Technology
Tagged Big Data, Business intelligence, business intelligence system, Data analysis, data mining, Data warehouse, Data Warehousing, database application design, database management systems, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Oracle Database, query language sql, RapidMiner, relational database management, Relational database management system, relational database management systems, SQL
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Academic Experiences in Computer Information Systems: Associate vs. Graduate Education
I had the chance to catch up with my brother-in-law over the weekend, and cross-compare notes about our educational paths. I am finishing my Masters in Information Systems (MSIS), and he is half of the way through his Associates in … Continue reading
Posted in Careers And Work, Education, Information Technology
Tagged Associates, collecting unemployment benefits, Commonwealth of Independent States, Community college, computer information systems, Doctor of Philosophy, Drexel, Drexel University, E-learning, Education, educational paths, employment dept, GPA, Grade (education), Information systems, local community college, Masters, mlt program, MSIS, Oregon, Portland Community College, United States
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Visualizing World Bank Indicators: Research Poster
At this point, I kind of forget where my research is going, and also where it has been. Anyways, I will send this out on the Internetz for anyone whom is interested. It is the corresponding presentation to the KML … Continue reading
Leveling Up in IT
What is the difference between a junior and senior position? One pat answer is $20,000. If you are going into IT, a huge question is probably ’how do I get to the top of my field?’ Well, IT has a few unique characteristics that make it … Continue reading
Don’t Get Lazy, and Learn for Life
I am enrolled in Drexel‘s MSIS, and have only a few classes to go. Currently, I’m finishing up my pre-req courses to finish the Masters of Science in Information Systems (MSIS). Before this, I completed my MSLIS (MS Library and … Continue reading →