How Apna Built a Better Job Search Experience With Graph Database
By Enzo
April 27, 2023 3 mins read
Discover how Apna uses Neo4j Graph Database to offer a more personalized and efficient job search experience for India’s emerging workforce.
Keywords: Analytics • apna • data modeling • graph database • India • job search • neo4j • network • performance • Recommendations
Design Thinking for Graph Data: The Secret to Successful Graph-Powered Apps
By Angela Zimmerman
September 7, 2022 13 mins read
Design thinking is the secret to successful graph-powered apps. My organization, Predictive UX, designs graph-based applications. We come at it from a human-first user experience perspective and work primarily with enterprise organizations on complex content and data projects. I want to share some insights with you today about how design thinking impacts data products.
Keywords: design thinking • graph-powered apps • Predictive UX • talk • UX design
Introducing Graph Databases For Dummies
By Jocelyn Hoppa
September 16, 2020 7 mins read
Check out some main highlights from Chapter 1 of the newly release Graph Databases For Dummies, Neo4j Special Edition.
Keywords: data models • graph database basics • Graph Database for Dummies • labeled property graphs • queries at scale
A Conversation with Graphs
By Corin Gainey
November 20, 2019 19 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Tatiana Hartinger at GraphConnect New York in September 2018. Presentation Summary Tatiana Hartinger is a mathematician and a Cognitive Solutions Consultant specializing in graph theory from Cognitiva. Cognitiva is using graphs to enhance… Read more →
Keywords: ai • Connected Data • cypher • graph algorithms • Graph Databases • Graph Theory • graphconnect • json • machine learning • neo4j
Overcoming CCPA Compliance Challenges: Why Graph Technology Is the Best Solution
By David Penick
October 28, 2019 3 mins read
Read the final installment in our series on CCPA challenges, which shows four steps to privacy compliance and why graph technology is the superior solution.
Keywords: California Privacy Act • CCPA • CCPA compliance • data breach • data privacy • GDPR • graph database • graph technology • neo4j • privacy compliance
GraphConnect 2020: Call for Papers Closing November 15
By Jocelyn Hoppa
October 17, 2019 2 mins read
Are you interested in submitting a talk to GraphConnect 2020? Read this blog to learn about the call for papers deadline and submission details.
Keywords: call for papers • graph database • GraphConnect 2020 • neo4j • Neo4j Community
#GraphCast: The Laundromat [Panama Papers Movie]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 30, 2019 2 mins read
Check out this week’s #GraphCast, featuring a trailer of “The Laundromat” (starring Meryl Streep), a movie about the Panama Papers investigation powered by Neo4j.
Keywords: graph database • graph visualization • GraphCast • icij • international consortium of investigative journalists • money laundering • Mossack Fonseca • Panama Papers • tax evasion
Blazing Fast Recommendations: 5-Minute Interview with Tim Hanssen
By Jocelyn Hoppa
August 9, 2019 3 mins read
Check out this 5-minute interview with Tim Hanssen, Founder and CTO of Mediaconnect, who uses Neo4j to build a real-time recommendation engine.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • graph database • graph technology • Joins • real-time recommendations • Recommendations • relational database • sql • Tim Hanssen
#GraphCast: Follow the Money
By Jocelyn Hoppa
August 2, 2019 2 mins read
Watch this week’s #GraphCast, in which recent ICIJ news has us diving back into the Paradise Papers and their use of graph technology for the investigation.
Keywords: data journalism • Data Visualization • graph database • GraphCast • icij • investigative journalism • Linkurious • neo4j • paradise papers
Toward AI Standards: Why Context Is Critical for Artificial Intelligence
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
June 24, 2019 4 mins read
Learn what Neo4j CEO Emil Eifrem believes is the most critical component of both technical and ethical standards for AI – and how we might make it happen.
Keywords: ai • AI standards • artificial intelligence • graph technology • Knowledge Graph • logic processing • machine learning • National Institute of Standards and Technology • NIST • Panama Papers
#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
Applying Graphs to Enterprise Media Asset Management
By Jocelyn Hoppa
March 28, 2019 10 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Brant Boehmann and Chris Goodacre at GraphConnect New York in October 2017. Presentation Summary Scripps Networks Interactive is a leading developer of engaging lifestyle content in the home, food and travel categories for… Read more →
Keywords: AWS • cypher • digital asset management • enterprise media asset management • graph database • graphconnect • LDAP • nosql • Scripps Networks Interactive
#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
#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
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
#GraphCast: Emil Eifrem on the Exponential View podcast with Azeem Azhar
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
January 20, 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 week, our Managing Editor, Jocelyn Hoppa, highlighted the similarities between the choose-your-own-adventure movie, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and running… Read more →
Keywords: Azeem Azhar • data journalism • Data Relationships • emil eifrem • Exponential View • graph technology • GraphCast • icij • international consortium of investigative journalists • Panama Papers
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
How Real-Time Recommendations Increase Revenues, Optimize Margins and Delight Customers [Infographic]
By Jocelyn Hoppa
November 8, 2018 2 mins read
“You may also like” sounds simple, but there’s a lot happening behind the scenes. Real-time recommendations work best when they take into account both the user’s needs (what is of interest to them) and your business strategy (items you need… Read more →
Keywords: business rules • collaborative filtering • financial services • government services • graph platform • graph technology • Healthcare • knowledge-based filtering • neo4j • real-time recommendations
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
Powering Recommendations with a Graph Database: Proven Business Benefits [+ Case Studies]
By Jocelyn Hoppa
August 27, 2018 6 mins read
Relevant, real-time recommendations drive revenue, but they are challenging to deliver. That’s because good recommendations require bringing together so much data, surfacing the relationships between all that data and delivering just the right suggestion in context and in the moment.… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • data architecture • eBay • graph database • pricing engine • rdbms • real-time recommendations • Recommendations • sql • Walmart
The Story behind Russian Twitter Trolls: How They Got Away with Looking Human – and How to Catch Them in the Future
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 7, 2018 6 mins read
It’s no secret that Russian operatives used Twitter and other social media platforms in attempt to influence the most recent U.S. presidential election cycle with fake news. The question most people aren’t asking is: How did they do it? More… Read more →
Keywords: fake news • Graph Algorithm • graph analysis • Mueller indictment • NBC News • PageRank • Russia • Russian troll • social media • U.S. elections
Getting Started with Data Analysis using Neo4j [Community Post]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
February 1, 2018 9 mins read
[As community content, this post reflects the views and opinions of the particular author and does not necessarily reflect the official stance of Neo4j.] Why Are We Doing This? Data analysis is the phenomenon of dissecting, structuring and understanding data.… Read more →
Keywords: APOC • cypher • data analysis • data integrity • Issuu • json • Neo4j Desktop • Neo4j documentation • nosql • user-defined procedures
Analyzing the Paradise Papers with Neo4j: A Closer Look at Queries, Data Models & More
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
November 13, 2017 7 mins read
Our friends from the ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists) just announced the Paradise Papers this past week, a new trove of leaked documents from the law firm Appleby and trust company Asiaciti. Similar to the Panama Papers before (which… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • cypher • Duchy of Lancaster • graph algorithms • graph visualization • icij • neo4j • Panama Papers • paradise papers • Wilbur Ross