About the Authors

Suresh K. Gorakala is a blogger, data analyst, and consultant on data mining, big data analytics, and visualization tools. Since 2013, he has been writing and maintaining a blog on data science at http://www.dataperspective.info/.

Suresh holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from SRKR Engineering College, which is affiliated with Andhra University, India.

He loves generating ideas, building data products, teaching, photography, and travelling. Suresh can be reached at .You can also follow him on Twitter at @sureshgorakala.

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