HPCC Systems 10 Year Open Source Anniversary Discussion with Florida Atlantic University

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As we continue our 10 year anniversary podcast series, this next episode features two of our longtime academic collaborators. Our host, Flavio Villanustre, VP Technology & CISO, LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group, welcomes Dr. Borko Furht and Dr. Taghi Khoshgoftaar from Florida Atlantic University (FAU). The relationship with FAU pre-dates our move to open source as LexisNexis Risk Solutions was among the first industry members to join the Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement (CAKE), led by Dr. Borko Furht. This is a National Science Foundation (NSF) supported center that provides a framework for interaction between university faculty and industry in the growing areas of technology including data science, machine learning and data analytics. Borko explains this has been a great way to engage students in real world experience leveraging the HPCC Systems platform. In joint collaboration, successful outcomes have resulted in several handbooks, published papers and a number of presentations in deep learning, data mining, and research areas surrounding Ebola and COVID-19. As a mentor of many PhD students, who also interned with HPCC Systems, Taghi adds the exposure the students receive is instrumental in receiving an industry perspective to help launch their career path. Having someone from the LexisNexis HPCC Systems team as a guest speaker in class is a big supplement to the curriculum, as well as having access to ECL training materials and lessons for the students to learn the language and the platform. Furthermore, every industry member of CAKE also has access to these HPCC Systems resources.

FAU faculty and students have participated in every HPCC Systems Community Day event since its inception, contributing to our machine learning libraries, and have left their mark on our wall of fame winners page of those receiving awards and recognition. Our academic partnerships is what makes our HPCC Systems community thrive with innovative contributions and using the HPCC Systems platform in cutting edge research initiatives. This is a true win-win situation where we can have our CAKE and eat it too!