Cloudera Heads to SXSW 2017 AUSTIN, Texas, Mar

AUSTIN, Texas, March 07, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MEDIA ALERT —  Cloudera , the provider of the leading global platform for machine learning and advanced analytics built on the latest open source technologies, today announced their presence at SXSW for the first time. Cloudera will take part in a number of events at SXSW: a hackathon to help find missing children, ‘Smart City’ Day and an AI for Good panel.

SXSW Childfinder Hackathon

The Cloudera Cares team, in partnership with The National Center of Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Intel will be kicking off a month long virtual hackathon at SXSW. The hackathon will focus on finding innovative ways to scrape the public web for information on how to locate missing children. Specifically, hackathon participants will be working on finding data pertaining to missing children in the Austin area.

When : Saturday, March 11 ^th from 2:00-6:00pm CT

Where : Cloudera Austin Office, 515 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701

For more information, and to register to attend, visit: https://childfinder.hackerearth.com/

To find the official SXSW listing, visit: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2017/events/OE06534

Smart City Day at SXSW

Cloudera is a community sponsor of Smart City Day at SXSW, presented by US Ignite, Glasshouse Policy and Digi.City. The day will encompass a series of 10-minute 'lightning’ talks from smart city leaders from around the world including mayors, city technology and innovation officers, startups and community advocates.

When: Sunday, March 12 ^th from 11:00am-4:00pm CT

Where: Choose San Antonio House, 75 1/2 Rainey St, Austin, TX 78701

For more information, visit: http://www.digi.city/smart-city-day

SXSW Panel: AI for Good: Harnessing Power to Solve Problems

Through artificial intelligence we have an opportunity to recognize patterns and extract meaning from massive volumes of data and use those insights to solve the world’s most critical social issues. This panel will focus on harnessing AI (artificial intelligence) for good, specifically about how AI can help in the fight to end child exploitation, and improve efficiency and response time to find missing and exploited children.

Panelists include:

• Mark Gianturco, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Federico Gomez Suarez, Microsoft and Thorn
• Alison Yu, Cloudera Cares
• Lisa Thee, Intel
• Nick Edmonds, Google

When : Sunday, March 12 ^th from 2:00-3:00pm CT

Where : Lucille, 77 Rainey St., Austin, Texas, 78701

To find the official SXSW listing and more information, visit: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2017/events/PP69403

Journalists Invited

Media representatives are welcome to attend. Interested writers and broadcasters should contact Deborah Wiltshire at press@cloudera.com or at +1.650.644.3900.

About Cloudera

Cloudera delivers the modern data management, analytics and machine learning platform built on the latest open source technologies. The world’s leading organizations trust Cloudera to help solve their most challenging business problems with Cloudera Enterprise, the fastest, easiest and most secure data platform available for the modern world. Our customers efficiently capture, store, process and analyze vast amounts of data, empowering them to use advanced analytics to drive business decisions quickly, flexibly and at lower cost than has been possible before. To ensure our customers are successful, we offer comprehensive support, training and professional services. Learn more at cloudera.com .

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Deborah Wiltshire Cloudera press@cloudera.com +1 (650) 644-3900