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Chief scientist at Neo4j reports about 40 conference talks and traces a thread from distributed systems through REST to native graph storage, arguing graphs model the web as a giant network. Neo4j supports RDF ingestion and Cypher queries while coexisting with tools like Cassandra for ingest. Concrete wins include BBC Olympics metadata, network‑management fault analysis, and an oil/gas pipeline optimization using graphs plus genetic algorithms; these projects run in production and materially reduce work or risk rather than remaining academic ideas.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:10First time speaking at GOTO
- 1:49Impact of giving lots of presentations
- 4:00Storytelling
- 7:14Building tools
- 9:39Graphs and REST
- 13:15Semantic Web
- 16:25Types of Data
- 20:58Social Applications
- 23:27Network Management
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