In this episode of the Ai X Podcast, Bob Foreman, Lead Software Engineering LexisNexis Risk Solutions, joins us to discuss the High-Performance Computer Cluster (HPCC) project, an open-source, massive parallel-processing computing platform for data processing and analytics.

Bob has spent more than a decade working with HPCC Systems and with the Enterprise Control Language as a course developer and trainer. Not only is he a highly experienced developer, but he is also the designer of the HPCC Systems online training courses and is the senior instructor for all classroom and remote-based training.

Join him for a deep dive into the HPCC project to discover how it simplifies complex data analysis at scale and why it’s an ideal tool for students, startups, or companies exploring or running POC for large-scale data-intensive computing.

Topics:
Guest Background and Professional Development
Overview of LexisNexis as a company 
Guest current role 
What high-speed data engineering involves and why it's important in big data solutions
Main components of the HPCC Systems platform
Where the HPCC Systems platform fits in the data landscape
The role of Thor, Roxie, and ECL in the platform  
Example of how ECL (Enterprise Control Language) can be used to manipulate and analyze large datasets
How Roxie enhances the performance of real-time data querying and analysis
How to get started with HPCC's open-source massive parallel system. 
Working with small sets of data before getting to large data sets
The Machine Learning Library native to HPCC
How the HPCC platform fits into the latest trends of Machine Learning and Generative AI 
HPCC-related events in 2024
ODSC Workshops and how HPCC community initiatives
How to follow HPCC updates

Show Notes:
Learn more about Bob Foreman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobforeman/ 
Learn more about the HPCC Platform: https://github.com/hpcc-systems/HPCC-Platform |
https://hpccsystems.com/about/#Platform
HPCC call ECL bundles: https://github.com/hpcc-systems/ecl-bundles
HPCC Systems Machine Learning Library: https://hpccsystems.com/download/free-modules/hpcc-systems-machine-learning-library/

Bob’s Educational Resources
Bob’s online course: https://hpccsystems.com/training/free-online-learning-with-hpcc-systems/

HPCC community initiatives: https://www.missingkids.org/ourwork/ncmecdata

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HPCC - Open-Source Platform High-Performance Computing on Large-Scale Data with Bob Foreman

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