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Welcome to Marcel's Blog, where I explore the ever-evolving realms of information technology and data. As an IT enthusiast and data aficionado, I am passionate about unraveling the complexities of the digital world and sharing practical insights that can help you stay ahead. From deep dives into the latest tech trends to actionable tips for harnessing data's power, my goal is to inspire and inform. Join me on this journey to uncover the innovations driving our digital future and transform the way we engage with technology.

Exact Median calculation in Impala

If you have found this post, you have probably discovered that Cloudera’s Impala, Hive or Apache Spark, is lacking a bit of the out-of-the-box support for calculating the exact Median of a column.

Unfortunately, Impala only offers a function that calculated the approximation of the Median. This is done use the APPX_MEDIAN function. In Hive, you can calculate the exact 

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My experience from the Google Advanced Solution Lab (ASL) for Machine Learning

At the end of last year, I was in the fortunate opportunity to join the people of Google in their EU HQ in Dublin. I spend 4 weeks at their Advanced Solution Lab (abbreviated with ASL) to be completely immersed into the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. This was one of…

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Why there’s no time to wait to start protecting the AI’s mind

The importance and popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) has seen a great rise in recent years. However, the successful creation and application of AI models require significant investment to get it right and to harvest the …

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