Watson Studio, formerly Data Science Experience or DSX, is
IBM’s software platform for
data science. The platform consists of a workspace that includes multiple collaboration and open-source tools for use in data science.
In Watson Studio, a
data scientist
Data science is an interdisciplinary field that uses scientific methods, processes, algorithms and systems to extract or extrapolate knowledge and insights from noisy, structured and unstructured data, and apply knowledge from data across a bro ...
can create a project with a group of collaborators, all having access to various
analytics models and using various languages (
R/
Python
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** ''Python'' (genus), a genus of Pythonidae found in Africa and Asia
* Python (mythology), a mythical serpent
Computing
* Python (pro ...
/
Scala). Watson Studio brings together staple
open source tools including
RStudio
RStudio is an integrated development environment for R, a programming language for statistical computing and graphics. It is available in two formats: RStudio Desktop is a regular desktop application while RStudio Server runs on a remote server ...
,
Spark
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* Spark (fire), a small glowing particle or ember
* Electric spark, a form of electrical discharge
Spark may also refer to:
Places
* Spark Point, a rocky point in the South Shetland Islands
People
* Spark (surname)
* ...
and
Python
Python may refer to:
Snakes
* Pythonidae, a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia
** ''Python'' (genus), a genus of Pythonidae found in Africa and Asia
* Python (mythology), a mythical serpent
Computing
* Python (pro ...
in an integrated environment, along with additional tools such as a managed
Spark
Spark commonly refers to:
* Spark (fire), a small glowing particle or ember
* Electric spark, a form of electrical discharge
Spark may also refer to:
Places
* Spark Point, a rocky point in the South Shetland Islands
People
* Spark (surname)
* ...
service and data shaping facilities, in a secure and governed environment.
Watson Studio provides access to data sets that are available through
Watson Data Platform, on-premises or on the
cloud
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. The platform also has a large community and embedded resources such as articles on the latest developments from the
data science world and public data sets. The platform is available in on-premises, cloud, and desktop forms.
History
IBM announced the launch of Data Science Experience at the Spark Summit 2016 in
San Francisco
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. IBM invested $300 million in efforts to make
Spark
Spark commonly refers to:
* Spark (fire), a small glowing particle or ember
* Electric spark, a form of electrical discharge
Spark may also refer to:
Places
* Spark Point, a rocky point in the South Shetland Islands
People
* Spark (surname)
* ...
the analytics operating system for all of the company's big data efforts.
In June 2017,
Hortonworks
Hortonworks was a data software company based in Santa Clara, California that developed and supported open-source software (primarily around Apache Hadoop) designed to manage big data and associated processing.
Hortonworks software was used to b ...
and IBM announced their partnership to collaborate on IBM's Data Science Experience. Hortonworks previously had a partnership relationship with Microsoft.
In 2018, the Data Science Experience platform was renamed IBM Watson Studio.
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