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I'm interested in dabbling into this and am wondering what books are you looking at/recommend?

• MoOmer 14y ago
  Sorry about the confusion - 'Big Data' is something I haven't delved into at all yet - I'm following a discrete maths course along with JUST getting into Ruby/Rails & Android development. I'm new to CS, and only recently followed along with www.cs50.net last fall. I did, however, ask my brother-in-law, whose main focus is big data in the medical field, about it. I'll post his recommendations if any later on - so check this in a day or so if you can.
  • tempire 14y ago
    If you're taking CS in school, make sure to take Linear Algebra. If you're self-taught, The khanacademy.org Linear Algebra playlist is invaluable.
    • MoOmer 14y ago
      Thanks for the heads up, I downloaded a cache of courses that were recorded and made available online some time ago - one of those being Linear Algebra. I'll have to work through it soon!
• bgilroy26 14y ago
  It really depends on what your background is / what context you're learning in.
  • gawker 14y ago
    My background's in CS and I've mostly been a web developer for several years. Only know the normal SQL stuff but wouldn't consider myself an expert. I'm also interested in OLAP but I can't seem to find anything on it other than what it is.