Machine Learning: Why Now? Your questions answered here and at #StrataHadoop

Machine learning is not new. SAS has been doing it for over 20 years and some early machine learning papers date back to the 50's. So why is it one of the hottest topics at the Strata Hadoop World conference later this week? Clearly, Hadoop is playing a major role in the increased focus on machine learning. Patrick Hall is a Senior Machine Learning Scientist at SAS.