Patrick Wendell: 2 books

Learning Spark

Lightning-Fast Big Data Analysis

by Holden Karau, Andy Konwinski, Patrick Wendell
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015

Data in all domains is getting bigger. How can you work with it efficiently? Recently updated for Spark 1.3, this book introduces Apache Spark, the open source cluster computing system that makes data analytics fast to write and fast to run. With Spark, you can tackle big datasets quickly through...

Robot Ethics

The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics

by Colin Allen, Wendell Wallach, James J. Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2011

Prominent experts from science and the humanities explore issues in robot ethics that range from sex to war. Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to...