I was going from an interview that I had heard about a year ago with Jeremy Howard, President of Kaggle (a big data contest organization). J comes up as a tool that he says is used for 'real hard core data hacking'.
Kaggle explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxB-rEQvBeM#t=9m05s His use of APL and J concepts in proposals for Perl 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxB-rEQvBeM#t=8m01s Demand for data scientists: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxB-rEQvBeM#t=43m43s Advice to beginners. He recommends Python http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxB-rEQvBeM#t=50m09s Cheers, bob On Feb 20, 2014, at 8:25 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > J is currently an excellent tool for developing those skills, but if any of > us have implemented J as a notation for homogeneous computations on > computing clusters, I've not heard about it. > > And that's a shame. We have a lot we could offer people but we need to > clean up our act if we are going to succeed there. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:13 AM, robert therriault > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Nice work Raul, >> >> I agree with Joe that it is key that the audience be identified, the next >> step beyond that is finding a way to get the production in front of that >> audience...gasp...marketing. >> >> For now the best suggestion I have is to move your author's note to the >> top and make it an abstract. I think it sets the tone and the motivation >> for the reader really well. >> >> On the employment issue, I think that people with skills in big data are >> in demand ... and that J is an excellent tool to develop and execute those >> skills. >> >> Cheers, bob >> >> On Feb 20, 2014, at 7:41 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>>> I think the essay is fairly technical in nature and requires a fairly >> steep >>>> baseline of knowledge. I agree that it might be helpful to identify the >>>> audience up front. Maybe even have a "Why J?" for different types of >>>> audiences >>>> >>> >>> In terms of wiki structure, perhaps urls with Essays/WhyJ/AudienceType >>> might work. >>> >>> That said, I am limited in my own vision (which is spread a bit thin >> right >>> now). >>> >>> If anyone wants to propose their own draft and/or piggy back their vision >>> on mine (or even replace mine - I have no problem taking a back seat), >>> please feel free. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -- >>> Raul >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
