Data Mining, Down Under

Welcome to “Data Mining, Down Under”, a blog by Aussie data miner Shane Butler.

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Revenue Science Gets $25 Mil. in Funding

February 23rd, 2006 · No Comments · Industry

Looks like I missed this one back in December, but Revenue Science (formerly digiMine) has gained an additional USD$25 Million in VC funding. This brings total funding to $70 Million. digiMine was co-founded in 2000 by Usama Fayyad. Later the the consulting arm was spun off as the DMX Group and the company renamed to [...]

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Fayyad on Data Mining (cont)

January 15th, 2006 · No Comments · Industry, News, Tips & Tutorials

Dont forget to read the other KDnuggets interviews with Usama Fayyad:

Part 2: his Data Mining work at Yahoo!

Part 3: his interests, hobbies and outlook for the future, including this gem: “Any smart young (and good) data miners out there: I think I can keep you very busy indeed!”

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KDnuggets Interviews Fayyad

November 8th, 2005 · No Comments · Industry, News, Tips & Tutorials

In the latest issue of KDnuggets News Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro talks to Usama Fayyad in an interview series covering his time at Yahoo, data mining challenges, data mining start-up DigiMine, the resulting spin-off consulting company DMX Group and consulting lessons. I have to say, what a great interview. Fayyad points to lessons on data stratergy, consulting [...]

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