November 9, 2019

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Becoming smarter about credible news

Becoming smarter about credible news

Data helps us understand our market in new and novel ways. In today's world, sifting through the noise in modern journalism means navigating enormous amounts of data, news, and tweets. Tom Reilly and Khalid Al-Kofahi explain how Thomson Reuters is leveraging big data and machine learning to chase down leads, verify sources, and determine what's newsworthy.
Talk Title Becoming smarter about credible news
Speakers Tom Reilly (Cloudera), Khalid Al-Kofahi (Thomson Reuters)
Conference Strata + Hadoop World
Conf Tag Big Data Expo
Location San Jose, California
Date March 14-16, 2017
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Data helps us understand our market in new and novel ways. In today’s world, sifting through the noise in modern journalism means navigating enormous amounts of data, news, and tweets. Tom Reilly and Khalid Al-Kofahi explain how Thomson Reuters is leveraging big data and machine learning to chase down leads, verify sources, and determine what’s newsworthy.

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