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Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. Initiative from the World Bank, AWS, and AGFE trains students on cloud technology and soft skillsThe World Bank, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), and the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education (AGFE), hosted the Skills for The Future Initiative (SFI) at Zayed University in Dubai on June 19th and 20th. The program introduced the next generation of technology leaders in the United Arab Emirates to the skills needed to prepare them for the jobs of the future. The two-day training bootcamp attracted students from 12 institutes who learned about the ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Arielle Trzcinski. One out of two US consumers encountered some type of setback or frustration with their healthcare.[i] While that captures just one moment in time of a consumer’s dissatisfaction with the patient experience, it’s safe to say that this has been the norm for years. The patient experience is broken. There’s a silver lining, though. The critical need to improve the patient experience has given rise to providers such as One Medical that have been adept at delivering best-in-class digital and physical experiences through innovations in digital touchpoints, process enhancement, and wellness management. To ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: Stephanie Donahole. The world seems to be fueling a dystopian view of what artificial intelligence (AI) can do. However, no machine can ever be imbued with the intelligence of a human; they slavishly follow indefinite program conditions which have already been laid down by a smart programmer. With the increase in technology advancments, Gartner foresees a shift. From stand-alone intelligent things to a collaborative swarm network of AI systems.It shouldn’t come to any surprise that workspaces all across the globe are being reshaped. By disruptive technology day in day out. Moreover, they have the ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Sandra Pattison; If you’ve relocated from Turkey or are traveling, you may find that you can’t access the online content you’re used to. Some websites and online services are restricted to particular countries. If you’re not in that country, you’ll be greeted with an error message. You can get past it easily by getting a Turkish IP address, though. Your IP address is like a virtual ID tag, telling the websites and online services you visit where you are. In some cases, the content is just changed to suit the country you’re in. For example, the language ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. As students prepare to go back to school, over 1,000 students, educators, university presidents, college administrators, superintendents, and business leaders from 43 different countries met in Seattle, Washington, to discuss the opportunities in the world of education, and how AWS can be used to create innovative solutions. The conference revolved around three core themes: building the workforce of tomorrow, innovation and transformation, and the role of machine learning in education. Read on for the major highlights from the event: NOVA brings data science courses to the USMC with AWS Educate The ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Elsie Otachi; If you’re outside Venezuela and you’re trying to view online content there, you’ve probably noticed it’s not available. Instead, you get error messages or a different version of the website. The only way to get around those restrictions, known as geoblocks, is to get a Venezuelan IP address. We’re going to show you how to get one. An IP address tells online services and websites you visit where you’re located. If you want to view content or access a service that’s restricted to a particular country, you have to be in that location to do ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. Pearson has announced a new Alexa skill for their Revel product at the “AWS Imagine: A Better World,”A Global Education Conference in Seattle. This free skill gives users convenient access to Revel courses on any Alexa-enabled device. Now, students looking for information on upcoming assignments or those who want to review a concept can just ask Alexa.Revel is Pearson’s fully digital learning environment hosted on AWS. With Revel, students can access courses on everything from art history and philosophy to computer programming and finance. Revel blends digital text, media, and assessments ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Elsie Otachi; Sri Lanka is a beautiful island country in Southern Asia that’s home to a bustling internet infrastructure. If you’re traveling outside the country for work or a holiday and need access to online banking, government websites or TV programming, you’ll encounter geoblocks if you don’t have a Sri Lankan IP address. We’re going to show you how to get one. An IP address is a unique set of random numbers that helps online services and websites identify your device and location, internet service provider and browser information. If you’re abroad and try to access Sri ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: Nina Zumel. In our previous article , we showed that generalized linear models are unbiased, or calibrated: they preserve the conditional expectations and rollups of the training data. A calibrated model is important in many applications, particularly when financial data is involved. However, when making predictions on individuals, a biased model may be preferable; biased models may be more accurate, or make predictions with lower relative error than an unbiased model. For example, tree-based ensemble models tend to be highly accurate, and are often the modeling approach of choice for many machine learning applications. In this note, ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Page Cvelich. Special needs planning is a process that identifies the financial, legal, and lifetime needs for you, your family and your loved one. It doesn't end with the identification of necessary financial tools and legal documents, but also includes the action steps that you need to take to ensure a bright future for everyone in your family during three distinct times of life: while you are alive & well; while you are alive, but are no longer able to be your loved one's primary caregiver because of your own health issues; and, when you pass away ... Read More