Machine Learning for Oracle Database Professionals

Heli Helskyaho is CEO for Miracle Finland Oy. She holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Helsinki and specializes in databases. At the moment she is working on her doctoral studies, researching and teaching at the University of Helsinki. Her research areas cover big data, multi-model databases, schema discovery, and methods and tools for utilizing semi-structured data for decision making. Heli has been working in IT since 1990. She has held several positions, but every role has included databases and database designing. She believes that understanding your data makes using the data much easier. She is an Oracle ACE Director, an Oracle Groundbreaker Ambassador, and a frequent speaker at many conferences. She is the author of several books and has been listed as one of the TOP 100 influencers in the IT sector in Finland for each year from 2015 to 2019.Jean Yu is Senior Data Engineer/Scientist on the IBM Hybrid Cloud Management Data Science Team. Her current interests include machine learning, model performance, and model-driven application productization. She holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She has more than 20 years of experience in developing, deploying, and managing software applications, as well as in leading development teams. Her recent awards include an Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for significant innovation in Cloud Brokerage Cost and Asset Management products in 2019 as well as an Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for Innovation in the Delivery of Remote Maintenance Upgrade for Tivoli Storage Manager in 2011.Jean is a master inventor with 12 patents granted, two patent applications filed, and five plateau inventions. She has been a voting member of the IBM Invention Review Board since 2006. She has been a speaker at conferences such as North Central Oracle Apps User Group Training Day 2019 and Collaborate 2020.Kai Yu is Distinguished Engineer at Dell EMC Solutions Engineering and a member of the Dell Technical Leadership Community. He has 26 years of experience in architecting and implementing various IT solutions, specializing in Oracle database, Oracle analytics, and cloud and IT infrastructure.Kai has been a frequent speaker at various IT/Oracle conferences with over 180 presentations in more than 20 countries. He also authored 35 articles in technical journals such as IEEE Transactions on Big Data, and has co-authored the Apress book Expert Oracle RAC12c. He has been an Oracle ACE Director since 2010, has served on the IOUG/Quest Conference committee, and has been the IOUG RAC SIG president and the IOUG CLOUG SIG co-founder and vice president. He received the 2011 OAUG Innovator of Year award and the 2012 Oracle Excellence Award: Technologist of the Year: Cloud Architect by Oracle Magazine. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Wyoming.