Building a Scalable, Data Sovereign National ID System

Building a Scalable, Data Sovereign National ID System

Some of the smartest minds in philanthropy are backing the concept of a simple yet powerful national ID system. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Tata Trusts, the Omidyar Network and the Pratiksha Trust have all gotten involved with this movement because of its foundational capabilities for enabling a wide range of social programmes. They have put their resources

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Machine Learning Using H20, R and MinIO

Machine Learning Using H20, R and MinIO

I’ve been working with neural networks and machine learning since the late ‘80. Yes, I’m that old. The first product I bought was California Scientific Software BrainMaker Professional. I loved that product because it got me started with neural networks. I still have it: It was a 3 layer neural network product that came with source code in

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MinIO and Apache Arrow Using R

MinIO and Apache Arrow Using R

Arrow here, Arrow there, Arrow everywhere. Seems like currently you can't swing a dead cat without hitting an article or blog post about Apache Arrow. Most seem to be addressing a developer audience and are based on a Python and Spark style development platform. Today I’m going to write about using Apache Arrow with MinIO from the

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The Architect’s Guide to Using AI/ML with Object Storage

The Architect’s Guide to Using AI/ML with Object Storage

This post first appeared in The New Stack. With the constant evolution of the enterprise, machine learning and artificial intelligence have become board-level initiatives. Marketing claims aside, capabilities that seemed almost mythical a few years ago are now taken for granted as AI/ML becomes baked into every software stack and architecture. This is becoming known as AI-first architecture. In

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