Learning Cascading

Michael Covert, CEO, Analytics Inside LLC, has significant experience in a variety of business and technical roles. Michael is a mathematician and computer scientist and is involved in machine learning, deep learning, predictive analytics, graph theory, and big data. He earned a bachelor's of science degree in mathematics with honors and distinction from The Ohio State University. He also attended it as a PhD student, specializing in machine learning and high-performance computing. Michael is a Cloudera Hadoop Certified Developer.

Michael served as the vice president of performance management in Whittman-Hart, Inc., based in Chicago, and as the chief operating officer of Infinis, Inc., a business intelligence consulting company based in Columbus, Ohio. Infinis merged with Whittman-Hart in 2005. Prior to working at Infinis, Michael was the vice president of product development and chief technology officer at Alta Analytics, and the producer of data mining and visualization software. In addition to this, he has served in technology management roles for Claremont Technology Group, Inc., where he was the director of advanced technology.

I would like to thank the editors of Packt Publishing who guided us through this writing process and made significant contributions to what is contained here. I would also like to thank Bernie, Allen, and Supreet who expended tremendous effort through many hours of technical review, and in doing so, helped to ensure that this book was of the highest quality.

More than anyone else, I would like to thank my wife, Kay, for her support while writing this book, and more so, throughout my entire adult existence. Without her, most of the good things that have occurred in my life would not have been possible. I also would like thank my dogs, Ellie and Josie, who served as constant, faithful companions through all of this. Lastly, I would like to thank my coauthor, business partner, and most of all, my friend, Victoria Loewengart. She has not only helped make all this possible, but working with her also made it fun and rewarding.

Victoria Loewengart, COO, Analytics Inside LLC, is an innovative software systems architect with a proven record of bringing emerging technologies to clients through discovery, design, and integration. Additionally, Victoria spent a large part of her career developing software technologies that extract information from unstructured text. Victoria has published numerous articles on topics ranging from text analytics to intelligence analysis and cyber security. Her book An Introduction to Hacking & Crimeware: A Pocket Guide was published by IT Governance, UK, in January 2012. Victoria earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Purdue University and a master's degree in intelligence studies from the American Military University.

I am indebted to the editors of Packt Publishing who did a fantastic job in making sure that this book sees the light of day. Also, I would like to thank our reviewers Bernie, Allen, and Supreet for putting a lot of time and effort into making sure that this book addresses all the necessary issues and does not have technical errors.

On a personal note, I would like to thank my wonderful husband, Steven Loewengart, for his never-ending love, patience, and support through the process of writing this book. I would also like to thank my parents, Boris and Fanya Rudkevich, for their encouragement and faith in me. I am grateful to my daughters, Gina and Sophie, for keeping me young and engaged in life. Finally, I would like to thank my coauthor, friend, and business partner, Mike Covert, for his wisdom and mentorship, and without whom, this book would have not happened.

Learning Cascading

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