Data Science Salon Podcast - Jean-Georges Perrin on Spark and Data Quality

Jean-Georges Perrin on Spark and Data Quality

08/05/20 • 63 min

Our guest for this episode is Jean-Georges Perrin, the author of Spark in Action, 2nd edition. We talk about his career path (he's been doing "big data" since before the term existed), what inspired him to write Spark in Action, and where Spark fits in your company's data efforts. He also shares his thoughts on data quality.

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