This Week in Neo4j – New Data Science Online Courses, Finding Fraud, Using Neo4j With Laravel, New NSMNTX Release, Graph Algorithms From OSCON, and More!
By Michael Hunger
August 23, 2019 7 mins read
Check out this TWIN4j for the latest happenings in Neo4j this week, such as the Enterprise Edition 4.0 Milestone testing and more.
Keywords: AI / Machine Learning • data science • GRANDstack • graph algorithms • GraphQL • PHP • twin4j
Popularity and PageRank at Westerburg High
By Jocelyn Hoppa
August 6, 2019 9 mins read
Learn more about the graph algorithm PageRank, told through an example of high school popularity via the classic 1980s movie “Heathers.”
Keywords: cypher • graph algorithms • Graph Databases • graphs are everywhere • Heathers • Page Rank
Announcing NODES 2019 Global GraphHack
By Jocelyn Hoppa
July 25, 2019 2 mins read
Leading up to our first-ever Neo4j Online Developer Expo and Summit (NODES 2019), we’re planning a worldwide virtual hackathon with our community! Neo4j community members of all experience levels are encouraged to participate. This is a great opportunity to connect… Read more →
Keywords: DevZone • Global GraphHack • graphconnect • hackathon • Neo4j Community • Neo4j Online Developer Expo and Summit • NODES 2019
The Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
By Jocelyn Hoppa
June 12, 2019 22 mins read
Discover how we can methodically explore capabilities related to artificial intelligence and machine learning to successfully predict the future.
Keywords: ai • AI ethics • AI technology • artificial intelligence • Big Data • graphconnect • machine learning • machine learning technology • modern computing • natural language generation
This Week in Neo4j – Why Kettle?, Pokémons in a Graph, Influencers in the Graph Community
By Mark Needham
May 18, 2019 4 mins read
Explore everything that’s happening in the Neo4j community for the week of 18 May 2019, including finding influencers using graph algorithms.
Keywords: apache kafka • Cypher Query Performance • depth-first search • neo4j streams • Pentaho Kettle • social network analysis • twin4j
#GraphCast: How Graphs Are Used around the Globe
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 10, 2019 2 mins read
Check out this week’s #GraphCast, featuring graph technology users from around the world talking about how they use Neo4j to solve connected data problems.
Keywords: Adobe • Data Visualization • Global Graph Celebration Day • Graph Theory • GraphCast • Leonhard Euler • machine learning • nasa • Neo4j Bloom • Panama Papers
Free O’Reilly Book: Graph Algorithms in Apache Spark and Neo4j
By Jocelyn Hoppa
April 15, 2019 3 mins read
Grab your free copy of the brand new O’Reilly book, “Graph Algorithms: Practical Examples in Apache Spark & Neo4j” – a practical guide to graph analytics.
Keywords: Connected Data • data scientists • developers • graph algorithms • Graph Analytics • intelligent solutions • machine learning • neo4j • oreilly • predictive analytics
#GraphCast: Graph Analytics For The Throne [GoT]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 24, 2019 2 mins read
Welcome to this week’s #GraphCast – our series featuring what you might have missed in Neo4j media from the past fortnight. Last time, I pointed out that we have an incredible Neo4j Online Meetup and that you’re a square if… Read more →
Keywords: For The Throne • Game of Thrones • GoT • graph algorithms • Graph Analytics • GraphCast • Neo4j Online Meetup
Graph Algorithms in Neo4j: Louvain Modularity
By Jocelyn Hoppa
March 18, 2019 5 mins read
Graph algorithms provide the means to understand, model and predict complicated dynamics such as the flow of resources or information, the pathways through which contagions or network failures spread, and the influences on and resiliency of groups. This blog series… Read more →
Keywords: community detection algorithms • cypher • detecting communities • fraud analytics • graph algorithms • Graph Analytics • intelligent solutions • Louvain Modularity • neo4j • Social Networks
Sentiment and Social Network Analysis
By Jocelyn Hoppa
March 13, 2019 13 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Laura Drummer at GraphConnect New York in November 2017. Presentation Summary Traditional social network analysis is performed on a series of nodes and edges, generally gleaned from metadata about interactions between several actors… Read more →
Keywords: communications data • cyber analytics • document term matrix • graphconnect • NMF • Novetta • social network analysis • social network map • SocialBee • topic modeling
#GraphCast: Fake News Edition
By Jocelyn Hoppa
February 10, 2019 2 mins read
Welcome to this week’s #GraphCast – our new series featuring what you might have missed on the Neo4j YouTube channel. Last time, our Editor-in-Chief, Bryce Merkl Sasaki, pivoted away from video and onto the podcast medium to highlight a recent… Read more →
Keywords: fake news • graph database • GraphCast • machine learning • NBC News • neo4j • open sourced data • russian trolls • twitter
DeepWalk: 5-Minute Interview with Dr. Steven Skiena
By Jocelyn Hoppa
February 8, 2019 4 mins read
“Graphs have become very powerful, they’re fundamental, and they’re only becoming more and more important,” said Dr. Steven Skiena, Director of the AI Institute at Stony Brook University. Graphs are a fundamental part of computer science, and they are only… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • data science • DeepWalk • Dr. Steven Skiena • graph algorithms • graph embedding • machine learning • Social Networks • Stony Brook University • word2vec
Large-Scale Real-Time Recommendations with Neo4j
By Jocelyn Hoppa
January 30, 2019 8 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Tim Hanssen at GraphConnect 2018 in New York City. Presentation Summary Prepr is a multi-channel engagement platform that streamlines content workflows and powers valuable audience interactions. They were using the MySQL relational database… Read more →
Keywords: cypher • dynamic queue • engagement platform • event recommendations • graphconnect • MySQL • native graph database • real-time recommendations • relational database
Graph Algorithms in Neo4j: Degree Centrality
By Jocelyn Hoppa
January 28, 2019 3 mins read
Graph algorithms provide the means to understand, model and predict complicated dynamics such as the flow of resources or information, the pathways through which contagions or network failures spread, and the influences on and resiliency of groups. This blog series… Read more →
Keywords: centrality algorithms • cypher • Degree Centrality • graph algorithms • Graph Analytics • graph database • Graph Search • PageRank • pathfinding • social network
Graph Algorithms in Neo4j: PageRank
By Jocelyn Hoppa
January 22, 2019 5 mins read
Graph algorithms provide the means to understand, model and predict complicated dynamics such as the flow of resources or information, the pathways through which contagions or network failures spread, and the influences on and resiliency of groups. This blog series… Read more →
Keywords: centrality algorithms • cypher • graph algorithms • Graph Analytics • graph search algorithms • Larry Page • machine learning • PageRank • Twitter analytics
Social Power, Operational Ease: 5-Minute Interview with David Fox, Software Engineer at Adobe
By Jocelyn Hoppa
January 11, 2019 3 mins read
“We were able to go from 48 Cassandra instances to three Neo4j instances. Going into the project, we weren’t sure whether that was going to be possible,” said David Fox, Software Engineer at Adobe. Adobe runs Behance, a social network… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • activity feed • Adobe • Behance • Cassandra • David Fox • Graph Databases • machine learning • Neo4j Community • social network
The Top 10 Neo4j Podcasts of 2018
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
December 27, 2018 4 mins read
Since March 2015, Neo4j VP Rik Van Bruggen has been hosting the Graphistania podcast, covering the wonderful world of graph database technology and interviewing some of the most interesting graph thinkers and developers from across the globe. If you’re new… Read more →
Keywords: data science • emil eifrem • Graphistania • Kettle • natural language processing • Neo4j Community • real-time recommendation engine • social network analysis • spring data neo4j • telecom
#GraphCast: Graph Algorithms & Game of Thrones
By Jocelyn Hoppa
December 9, 2018 < 1 min read
Welcome to this week’s #GraphCast – our new series featuring what you might have missed on the Neo4j YouTube channel. Last week, our Editor-in-Chief, Bryce Merkl Sasaki, shined some light back on our Intro to APOC video series (by Michael… Read more →
Keywords: data analysis • Game of Thrones • graph algorithms • graph database • GraphCast
How to Exploit the 6 Relationships of Retail to Delight Your Customers [Infographic]
By Jocelyn Hoppa
November 30, 2018 < 1 min read
Retail opportunities are as big and dynamic as the industry has ever seen, and yet, knowing what to do or how to attack said opportunities is a bit more difficult to ascertain. U.S. retail sales per year are in the… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • Graph Databases • graph technology • Retail • retail competitive advantage • retail opportunities
Fraud Detection Using Graph Technology
By Jocelyn Hoppa
November 16, 2018 4 mins read
Graph technology refers to the storage, management and querying of data graphical representation. Here, your indices become vertices and your relationships are converted into edges. Through analysis of the fine-grained relationships, by using graph analysis, you can find out oddities… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • data analysis • data modeling • fraud detection • graph algorithms • graph database • graph technology • machine learning • money laundering • social media networks
Graph Algorithms in Neo4j: Use Cases for Graph Transactions & Analytics
By Jocelyn Hoppa
November 5, 2018 5 mins read
Today’s most pressing data challenges center around connections, not just tabulating discrete data. Graph analytics accelerate breakthroughs across industries with more intelligent solutions. This blog series is designed to help you better leverage graph analytics so you can effectively innovate… Read more →
Keywords: ai • customer 360 • eBay • fraud detection • graph algorithms • Graph Analytics • identity and access management • Network Monitoring • real-time recommendations • Social Networks
How to Know What You Know:
5-Minute Interview with Dr. Alessandro Negro, Chief Scientist at GraphAware
By Jocelyn Hoppa
November 2, 2018 5 mins read
“I want to know what I know. That describes what knowledge graphs do for companies,” said Dr. Alessandro Negro, Chief Scientist at GraphAware. In this week’s five-minute interview, we discuss how GraphAware uses natural language processing to help companies gain… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • data model • fraud detection • graph algorithms • graph technology • Knowledge Graph • machine learning • natural language processing • Recommendation Engine • textual data
Graphs4Good: Connected Data for a Better World
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
September 20, 2018 6 mins read
You’re reading this because of a napkin. It was the year 2000, and I was on a flight to Mumbai. Peter, Johan and I had been building an enterprise content management system (ECM) but kept running up against the challenge… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • data journalism • data science • fake news • graph technology • Graphs4Good • icij • nasa • Neo4j Community • Panama Papers
Graph Databases for Beginners: Graph Theory & Predictive Modeling
By Joy Chao
September 5, 2018 10 mins read
There’s a common one-liner, “I hate math…but I love counting money.” Except for total and complete nerds, a lot of people didn’t like mathematics while growing up. In fact, of all school subjects, it’s the most consistently derided in pop… Read more →
Keywords: graph database • Graph Theory • local bridge • Network Science • predictive analysis • predictive modeling • Social Graph • social science • structural balance • triadic closure
Graph Databases for Beginners: Why a Database Query Language Matters (More Than You Think)
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 15, 2018 12 mins read
Languages (the natural, human kind) shape how you view the world. From color to time to gender relations, there’s no escaping how language limits (or expands) your worldview. Words are the categories and labels that we use to process and… Read more →
Keywords: cypher • cypher query language • database query language • graph database • graph technology • query language • rdbms • relational database • sql • structured query language