Predicting the 2017 Oscar Winners With BigML - DZone Big Data

Machine Learning is accelerating its transition from academia to industry. We see more and more media outlets reporting about it, but most of the time they exclusively focus on the final results and don't look into all the human-powered tasks that happen behind the scenes... the stuff that really makes the magic possible. So for most people, Machine Learning continues to be some sort of elusive magic. We were recently approached by One, the Vodafone-sponsored section of El Pais, to explain how Machine Learning works and, after giving it some thought, we decided to explain it using a simple example in a domain everyone is familiar with. As the 89th annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award ceremony draws near and movie fans all over the world are getting ready for their office pools, we couldn't resist the temptation to take a stab at predicting the 2017 Oscars by applying some BigML-powered Machine Learning courtesy of our own Teresa Álvarez and Cándido Zuriaga.