He pursued B.E from Gujarat Technological University in 2012 and started his career as Data Engineer at Tatvic. His professional experience includes working on the development of various Data analytics algorithms for Google Analytics data source, for providing economic value to the products. To get the ML in action, he implemented several analytical apps in collaboration with Google Analytics and Google Prediction API services. He also contributes to the R community by developing the RGoogleAnalytics' R library as an open source code Google project and writes articles on Data-driven technologies.
Vignesh is not limited to a single domain; he has also worked for developing various interactive apps via various Google APIs, such as Google Analytics API, Realtime API, Google Prediction API, Google Chart API, and Translate API with the Java and PHP platforms. He is highly interested in the development of open source technologies.
Vignesh has also reviewed the Apache Mahout Cookbook for Packt Publishing. This book provides a fresh, scope-oriented approach to the Mahout world for beginners as well as advanced users. Mahout Cookbook is specially designed to make users aware of the different possible machine learning applications, strategies, and algorithms to produce an intelligent as well as Big Data application.
Acknowledgment
First and foremost, I would like to thank my loving parents and younger brother Vaibhav for standing beside me throughout my career as well as while writing this book. Without their support it would have been totally impossible to achieve this knowledge sharing. As I started writing this book, I was continuously motivated by my father (Prahlad Prajapati) and regularly followed up by my mother (Dharmistha Prajapati). Also, thanks to my friends for encouraging me to initiate writing for big technologies such as Hadoop and R.
During this writing period I went through some critical phases of my life, which were challenging for me at all times. I am grateful to Ravi Pathak, CEO and founder at Tatvic, who introduced me to this vast field of Machine learning and Big Data and helped me realize my potential. And yes, I can't forget James, Wendell, and Mandar from Packt Publishing for their valuable support, motivation, and guidance to achieve these heights. Special thanks to them for filling up the communication gap on the technical and graphical sections of this book.
Thanks to Big Data and Machine learning. Finally a big thanks to God, you have given me the power to believe in myself and pursue my dreams. I could never have done this without the faith I have in you, the Almighty.
Let us go forward together into the future of Big Data analytics.
About the Reviewers
Krishnanand Khambadkone has over 20 years of overall experience. He is currently working as a senior solutions architect in the Big Data and Hadoop Practice of TCS America and is architecting and implementing Hadoop solutions for Fortune 500 clients, mainly large banking organizations. Prior to this he worked on delivering middleware and SOA solutions using the Oracle middleware stack and built and delivered software using the J2EE product stack.
He is an avid evangelist and enthusiast of Big Data and Hadoop. He has written several articles and white papers on this subject, and has also presented these at conferences.
Muthusamy Manigandan is the Head of Engineering and Architecture with Ozone Media. Mani has more than 15 years of experience in designing large-scale software systems in the areas of virtualization, Distributed Version Control systems, ERP, supply chain management, Machine Learning and Recommendation Engine, behavior-based retargeting, and behavior targeting creative. Prior to joining Ozone Media, Mani handled various responsibilities at VMware, Oracle, AOL, and Manhattan Associates. At Ozone Media he is responsible for products, technology, and research initiatives. Mani can be reached at <.
Vidyasagar N V had an interest in computer science since an early age. Some of his serious work in computers and computer networks began during his high school days. Later he went to the prestigious Institute Of Technology, Banaras Hindu University for his B.Tech. He is working as a software developer and data expert, developing and building scalable systems. He has worked with a variety of second, third, and fourth generation languages. He has also worked with flat files, indexed files, hierarchical databases, network databases, and relational databases, such as NOSQL databases, Hadoop, and related technologies. Currently, he is working as a senior developer at Collective Inc., developing Big-Data-based structured data extraction techniques using the web and local information. He enjoys developing high-quality software, web-based solutions, and designing secure and scalable data systems.
I would like to thank my parents, Mr. N Srinivasa Rao and Mrs. Latha Rao, and my family who supported and backed me throughout my life, and friends for being friends. I would also like to thank all those people who willingly donate their time, effort, and expertise by participating in open source software projects. Thanks to Packt Publishing for selecting me as one of the technical reviewers on this wonderful book. It is my honor to be a part of this book. You can contact me at