Mastering Machine with Spark 2.x（精通Spark 2.x）

Mastering Machine Learning with

Spark 2.x

Create scalable machine learning applications to power a

modern data-driven business using Spark

Alex Tellez

Max Pumperla

Michal Malohlava

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI

Mastering Machine Learning with Spark 2.x

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First published: August 2017

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Alex Tellez is a life-long data hacker/enthusiast with a passion for data science and its

application to business problems. He has a wealth of experience working across multiple

industries, including banking, health care, online dating, human resources, and online

gaming. Alex has also given multiple talks at various AI/machine learning conferences, in

addition to lectures at universities about neural networks. When he’s not neck-deep in a

textbook, Alex enjoys spending time with family, riding bikes, and utilizing machine

learning to feed his French wine curiosity!

First and foremost, I’d like to thank my co-author, Michal, for helping me write this book.

As fellow ML enthusiasts, cyclists, runners, and fathers, we both developed a deeper

understanding of each other through this endeavor, which has taken well over one year to

Denise, and daughter, Miya, who have provided the love and support to continue the

writing of this book during nights and weekends. I cannot emphasize enough how much

you both mean to me and how you guys are the inspiration and motivation that keeps this

engine running. To my daughter, Miya, my hope is that you can pick this book up and one

day realize that your old man isn’t quite as silly as I appear to let on.

Last but not least, I’d also like to give thanks to you, the reader, for your interest in this

exciting field using this incredible technology. Whether you are a seasoned ML expert, or a

newcomer to the field looking to gain a foothold, you have come to the right book and my

hope is that you get as much out of this as Michal and I did in writing this work.