Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, Ph.D. (@KDNuggets) is editor and publisher of KDnuggets.com, and a well-known expert in business analytics, data mining and data science. He can be found high on anyone’s list of «who’s who in big data.» Michael Karasick, Ph.D. (@MichaelKarasick) is vice president of research in IBM’s acclaimed Almaden Research Lab where he oversees scientists and engineers performing exploratory and applied research. David Pittman (@TheSocialPitt) will hosted the discussion with these.