This Week in Neo4j – Discovering the Soul of a Product, UK Singles Chart Graph, Building Real-Time UIs with Kafka and Vue.js
By Mark Needham
January 18, 2020 4 mins read
Hi graph gang, In this week’s video from the NODES 2019 conference, Pat Brown and Karim Shehadeh explain how they used Neo4j to discover the soul of a product at Under Armour. Nathan Smith finds the optimal solution for Sudoku,… Read more →
Explore: APOC • cypher • GRANDstack • Neo4j 4.0 • NODES 2019 • Quick Graph • Sudoku • twin4j • UK Charts
A *Decade* of Graphs: Neo4j’s Top 10 Biggest Moments of the 2010s
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
December 31, 2019 8 mins read
Relive all the inspirational moments and groundbreaking announcements from the graph tech community in the last decade – from Neo4j 1.0 to GQL and more.
Explore: cypher • GQL • graph algorithms • graph query language • graphconnect • neo4j • Neo4j Aura • opencypher • Panama Papers • spring data neo4j
How to Make Small Talk with Your Boss About Music (With the Help of Graph-Based Recommendations)
By Jocelyn Hoppa
December 19, 2019 5 mins read
Learn how graph-based recommendations could be the key to not having an awkward elevator conversation ever with your boss.
Explore: collaborative filtering • cypher • data analysis • digital content • graph algorithms • graph-based recommendations • graphs • music recommendations • neo4j • Recommendations
Demographics Master Data at Citigroup
By Corin Gainey
December 12, 2019 19 mins read
Walter Trotta explains how graphs help him and Citibank dive deeply into demographics master data and what they get from this information.
Explore: Connected Data • cypher • data challenges • data domain • data governance • data model • graph database • Graph Databases • graphconnect • Knowledge Graph
A Conversation with Graphs
By Corin Gainey
November 20, 2019 16 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 →
Explore: ai • Connected Data • cypher • graph algorithms • Graph Databases • Graph Theory • graphconnect • json • machine learning • neo4j
#GraphCast: “Graph Databases Will Change Your Freakin’ Life”
By Jocelyn Hoppa
November 15, 2019 < 1 min read
Catch this week’s GraphCast: Watch this entertaining presentation on graph databases and learn the reasons and ways they are life-changing for developers.
Explore: cypher • Ed Finkler • emil eifrem • graph database • GraphCast • GraphStory • neo4j • NODES 2019
Fullstack GraphQL with Neo4j
By Corin Gainey
November 13, 2019 20 mins read
Dive into this introduction to GraphQL with Will Lyon. Built by Facebook, GraphQL is a query language to describe data sets and deliver predictable results.
Explore: artificial intelligence • Connected Data • cypher • Graph Databases • graph query language • graph visualization • graphconnect • GraphQL • GraphQL API • neo4j
Introducing Neo4j Aura: A New Graph Database as a Service
By Jocelyn Hoppa
November 6, 2019 4 mins read
Discover unique features of Neo4j Aura, the first fully managed native graph database as a service, and why it was built to be developer friendly.
Explore: ACID • Connected Data • cypher • database as a service • DBaaS • GRANDstack • GraphQL • intelligent applications • native graph database • Neo4j Aura
Streaming Graphs: Combining Kafka and Neo4j
By Jocelyn Hoppa
October 29, 2019 10 mins read
If you’re looking for the basics on how to turn streams into graphs with Neo4j and the Neo4j-Streams plugin, you’ve come to the right place.
Explore: apache kafka • Confluent Cloud • cypher • financial fraud • iam • Neo4j Browser • neo4j streams • property graph model • Recommendations • social network
This Week in Neo4j – We need your GraphConnect 2020 talks, New Educator Program, Tuning Cypher, How do British MPs vote?
By Mark Needham
October 19, 2019 4 mins read
After last week’s trip to Sweden for our team offsite and the NODES 2019 conference, this week was a quieter one back at home base. We spent the first half of the week going over all the videos and collecting… Read more →
Explore: cypher • GraphAcademy University Program • GraphConnect 2020 • Kafka • NODES 2019 • PostgreSQL • twin4j
How Boston Scientific Improves Manufacturing Quality Using Graph Analytics
By Corin Gainey
October 16, 2019 20 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Eric Wespi and Eric Spiegelberg at GraphConnect New York in September 2018. Presentation Summary We’re going to talk about some project themes that make sense when you’re going about developing a graph project.… Read more →
Explore: artificial intelligence • Connected Data • cypher • graph database • GraphAware Hume • graphconnect • Hume • machine learning • neo4j • nlp
This Week in Neo4j – NODES Keynote, Cypher Eager Operator, Releases of Neo4j OGM and jQAssistant
By Mark Needham
October 12, 2019 4 mins read
Our team was in Ängelholm, Sweden this week, to spend some time working together which is rare as a distributed group. But especially also to run the very first Neo4j Online Developer Conference (NODES), with more than 50 sessions by… Read more →
Explore: ann • cypher • eager • jqassistant • NODES 2019 • similarity algorithms • twin4j
Turning Data Into Actionable Knowledge: 5-Minute Interview with David Meza
By David Penick
October 4, 2019 3 mins read
Check out this 5-minute interview with David Meza, Chief Knowledge Architect at Johnson Space Center, about how Neo4j has helped NASA.
Explore: 5-minute interview • Connected Data • cypher • Data Visualization • David Meza • engineers • graph database • graph technology • graph visualization • Knowledge Graph
This Week in Neo4j – NODES Preview: Data Science & Graph Algorithms, Graphing Brexit, Building a Chat Bot
By Mark Needham
September 28, 2019 4 mins read
This week we preview the Data Science and Graph Algorithms talks at the NODES 2019 conference and we do further analysis on the Brexit Graph. Max De Marzi starts a series of posts showing how to build a chat bot,… Read more →
Explore: Brexit • chat bot • cypher • data science • graph algorithms • Neo4j Community • NODES 2019 • Social Networks • twin4j
Faster, Smarter, Better: Optimizations for Neo4j Graph Algorithms
By Jocelyn Hoppa
September 23, 2019 6 mins read
Learn about the recent improvements made to the Neo4j Graph Algorithms library, including improved configuration and usability, as well as feature requests.
Explore: compute memory • Connected Components • cypher • data scientists • graph algorithms • label propagation • louvain • Neo4j Desktop • PageRank
GQL Is Now a Global Standards Project alongside SQL
By Jocelyn Hoppa
September 16, 2019 3 mins read
Learn how Graph Query Language (GQL) has just been approved to become an international standards project and what’s next for this graph database tech.
Explore: cypher • GQL • graph query language • IT standards • ldbc • open source • opencypher • property graph • sql • WG3
It’s All in the Relationships: 15 Rules of a Native Graph Database
By Jocelyn Hoppa
September 9, 2019 3 mins read
Learn all the rules of what makes up a native graph database and its deep search advantages over NoSQL relational databases.
Explore: ACID • cypher • graph database platform • index free adjacency • labeled property graph • native graph database • neo4j • nosql • relational database
This Week in Neo4j – NODES 2019 Preview: Modeling, Network analysis of Prisoners of Zenda, Building a Questionnaire with Neo4j
By Mark Needham
September 7, 2019 4 mins read
Hello everybody! I’m back after a few weeks off. Thanks to Jennifer and Will for writing TWIN4j in my absence, I enjoyed reading their take on the week’s graph related news. This week we preview the modeling talks at the… Read more →
Explore: cypher • graph algorithms • Network Science • NODES 2019 • RX • spring data neo4j • twin4j
Creating an Intelligent Recommendation Framework
By Jocelyn Hoppa
September 5, 2019 3 mins read
Read this blog to learn more about the benefits of using a native graph database to build a real-time recommendation engine with personalization.
Explore: centrality algorithms • community detection • cypher • data model • graph algorithms • graph database • graph model • GraphQL API • index free adjacency • Intelligent Recommendations Framework
This Week in Neo4j – Kafka Streams Graph Processing, GRANDstack Football Transfers, Spring Data Neo4j RX, Role Based Access Control In Neo4j 4.0, Learning Cypher, and More!
By William_Lyon
August 30, 2019 5 mins read
This week we have a look at using Neo4j with Kafka Streams, how to build a GRANDstack application to analyze football transfers, a beta release of Spring Data Neo4j RX, a guide for learning Cypher in 30 minutes, an overview of the new role based access control features coming in Neo4j 4.0, a look at NLP with graphs, a guide to knowledge graphs.
Explore: access control • cypher • GRANDstack • GraphQL • Kafka • Knowledge Graph • RDF • spring data neo4j • twin4j
Visual Cypher: Presenting Tools That Create, Visualize and Parse Cypher
By Corin Gainey
August 28, 2019 8 mins read
Learn how valuable creating, visualizing and parsing Cypher is within graph building with Eric Monk.
Explore: arrows • Connected Data • cypher • data model • data models • db.Schema • graph visualization • graphconnect • Load CSV
Visualizing This Week in Tech
By Jocelyn Hoppa
August 15, 2019 6 mins read
Learn how to visualize common elements amongst the barrage of weekly tech stories with knowledge graphs and machine learning techniques.
Explore: ai • cypher • Data Visualization • Doc2Vec • graph algorithms • graph model • Knowledge Graph • machine learning • Named Entity Recognition • natural language understanding
Popularity and PageRank at Westerburg High
By Jocelyn Hoppa
August 6, 2019 8 mins read
Learn more about the graph algorithm PageRank, told through an example of high school popularity via the classic 1980s movie “Heathers.”
Explore: cypher • graph algorithms • Graph Databases • graphs are everywhere • Heathers • Page Rank
Running Decision Trees in Neo4j
By Jocelyn Hoppa
July 31, 2019 9 mins read
Discover how Neo4j works with decision trees to deliver fast results for solving real-world problems, with an unorthodox nightclub example from Max De Marzi.
Explore: Boolean • cypher • data model • Decision Tree • graphconnect • java • Java API • JVM • open source • stored procedure
#GraphCast: Intro to Graph Databases
By Allison Wu
July 5, 2019 < 1 min read
Check out this week’s #GraphCast, featuring Ryan Boyd in his video series, Intro to Graph Databases, and learn how to become a graphista in no time!
Explore: cypher • graph database • graph query language • GraphCast • neo4j • relational data
