Disclaimer: I work for Paradigm4, the creators of SciDB. The views expressed in this blog are my own.
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SciDB at XLDB 2018
Exciting news! Two invited talks feature SciDB at XLDB 2018 this year:
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Caching over and above the primary storage
The omnipresence of caching
People do all sorts of optimizations over their primary storage layer. AWS has built a whole product around a Redis based caching mechanism (to get sub-millisecond response times) https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/redis/
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R R6 classes and passing by reference
A simple test of passing by reference in R6 classes
By default, R6 classes are passed by reference. To avoid this, you need to use clone(deep = TRUE) while copying.
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Machine learning for data management in pharma
AI on the way in, AI on the way out
This article is an excellent article about the data-management challenges faced by pharma companies. It outlines how GSK was faced with the self-realization that they are not equipped to make the best use of the vast quantities of digital data spewing out from their many clinical studies.
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