AbouttheReviewers
PuneethaBMisasoftwareengineer,dataenthusiast,andtechnicalblogger.Herresearch
interestsincludebigdata,cloudcomputing,machinelearning,andNoSQLdatabases.She
isalsoaprofessionalsoftwareengineerwithmorethan2yearsofworkingexperience.
Sheholdsamaster’sdegreeincomputerapplicationsfromP.E.S.InstituteofTechnology.
Otherthanprogramming,sheenjoyspaintingandlisteningtomusic.Youcanlearnmore
fromherblog(http://blog.puneethabm.in/)andLinkedInprofile
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IoweagreatdealtoProf.Dr.RamRustagiforbeingarolemodelinmylifeandforhis
zealousinspiration.Iwouldliketothankmybrother,NischithB.M.,forsupportingmein
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HamzehKhazaeiisapostdoctoralresearchscientistatIBMCanadaResearchand
DevelopmentCentre.HereceivedhisPhDdegreeincomputersciencefromUniversityof
Manitoba,Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada(2009–2012).Earlier,hereceivedbothhisBSc
andMScdegreesincomputersciencefromAmirkabirUniversityofTechnology,Tehran,
Iran(2000–2008).HeisalsoasessionalinstructorintheComputerSciencedepartmentat
RyersonUniversity(http://scs.ryerson.ca/~hkhazaei).Heteachessoftwareengineeringto
fourthyearundergraduatestudents.Hisresearchareaincludesbigdataanalytics,cloud
computinginfrastructure,analyticsasaservice,andmodelingofcomputingsystems.
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NitinPradeepKumarisapassionatedeveloperwithextensiveexperienceandoodlesof
interestinemergingtechnologiessuchasthecloudandmobile.Heiscurrentlyacloud
qualityengineeratAppcelerator,aleadingSiliconValley-basedstart-upthatprovidesan
MBaaSplatformpurpose-builtformobileandclouddevelopment.Beforethisstint,he
studiedattheNationalUniversityofSingaporetowardamaster’sdegreeinknowledge
engineering,whichinvolvesbuildingintelligentsystemsusingcutting-edgeartificial
intelligenceanddata-miningtechniques.Heenjoysthestart-upenvironmentandhas
workedwithtechnologiessuchasHadoop,Hive,anddatawarehousing.Helivesin
SingaporeandspendshissparecyclesplayingretroPCgamesonhismobileandlearning
MuayThai.
Iwouldliketothankmyfamily,friends,andmywonderfulbrother,Nivin,forsupporting
meinallmyendeavors.
BalaswamyVaddemanisaHadoophackathonwinnerforHyderabadin2013.Heisone
ofthetopcontributorsontheHivetagathttp://www.stackoverflow.com.Heisabigdata
professionalwith3yearsofexperience.Heiswellknownfortrainingpeopleonbig
data/Hadoop.Sofar,hehasdeliveredsixbigdataprojects.HeisaJava/J2EEexpertwith
8yearsofITexperienceand5yearsofRDBMSexperience.Heisanautomationexpert
onUnix-basedsystemsusingShellscripting.Hehasexperienceinsettingupteamsand
bringingthemuptospeedonbigdataprojects.HeisanactiveparticipantinHadoop/big