Scalable analytics faster than ever
Second Edition
Mastering
Apache Spark 2.x
Romeo Kienzler
Mastering Apache Spark 2.x
Second Edition
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Romeo Kienzler
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Mastering Apache Spark 2.x
Second Edition
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About the Author
Romeo Kienzler works as the chief data scientist in the IBM Watson IoT worldwide team,
helping clients to apply advanced machine learning at scale on their IoT sensor data. He
holds a Master's degree in computer science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Zurich, with a specialization in information systems, bioinformatics, and applied statistics.
His current research focus is on scalable machine learning on Apache Spark. He is a
contributor to various open source projects and works as an associate professor for artificial
intelligence at Swiss University of Applied Sciences, Berne. He is a member of the IBM
Technical Expert Council and the IBM Academy of Technology, IBM's leading brains trust.
Writing a book is quite time-consuming. I want to thank my family for their
understanding and my employer, IBM, for giving me the time and flexibility to finish this
work. Finally, I want to thank the entire team at Packt Publishing, and especially, Tejas
Limkar, my editor, for all their support, patience, and constructive feedback.
