Tag: Trends

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Jinan Budge. We consistently get inquiries from clients asking us about the trends and effective ways to create cybersecurity awareness within their organization. This field has grown so much in recent years. There are now so many fantastic tactics that organizations have tried and tested; we can all learn from them. You should never have to resort to one-off, perfunctory, computer-based training — instructional learning does not work. Our latest research provides a solid and inspiring set of awareness and engagement tactics. These tactics span boards, executives, lines of business, and end users. They also ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Brigitte Majewski. Grab A Latte And Start Spring Shopping — You’ll Be Rewarded Barneys introduced a new loyalty program this month, and Starbucks announced upgrades to its existing program. We’re not surprised. Loyalty programs are a hot commodity — and I mean commodity: It’s incredibly hard for brands to maintain a differentiated program. Our data shows that more than 80% of loyalty programs use a currency — such as points and miles — to incentivize behaviors, and almost as many use instant cash back or discounts. The result: All programs start to look alike to ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Aileen Scott. “Information is the oil of 21st century and analytics is the combustion engine” ~ Gartner  Big data is the new oil and there’s no denying to this fact. In certain ways the analogy fits, it is easy to draw attention about how information (data) is used to power much of the transformative technology that we see today such as predictive analysis, automation and artificial intelligence etc.   As technology move towards the businesses domain, many organisations are drawing their focus towards data-driven decision making. Many organisations and firms are ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Emma Tomkins. UK government departments and the wider public sector are under huge pressure to improve service delivery and efficiency. We also know that investments in data analytics and data science play a key role in transforming services to help citizens. So what are the key challenges preventing more widespread adoption of these solutions? This post looks at some examples of success achieved to date. And I'll also discuss how to overcome some of the practical challenges that still prevent investment in effective analytics solutions. From observations to actions Accelerating citizen outcomes requires increasing collaboration across ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Vincent Granville. Monday newsletter published by Data Science Central. Previous editions can be found here. The contribution flagged with a + is our selection for the picture of the week. To subscribe, follow this link.   Featured Resources and Technical Contributions  Fascinating New Results in the Theory of Randomness (Updated, long article) + Efficient Tuning of Online Systems Using Bayesian Optimization  K-nn Clustering Explained in One Picture  Logistic Regression in One Picture  March Madness, KenPom and Python/Pandas.  Determining Sample Size in One Picture  Intro to Grafana: Installation, Configuration, and Building the First Dashboard  Combining R ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: ajit jaokar. AI and patents - trends to watch  from the WIPO technology trends report WIPO Technology Trends report 2019  came as a surprise to me. We in AI are not used to thinking about patents so much because tools / platforms are mostly Open sourced. Here are the key takeaways from this report i The ratio of scientific papers to inventions has decreased from 8:1 in 2010 to 3:1 in 2016 – indicative of a shift from theoretical research to the use of AI technologies in commercial products and services ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Mark Grannan. I have been noodling on the future of digital experience (DX) for the better part of six years. Today I want to run a hypothesis past you: Headless architecture and AI/machine-learning (ML) automation are competing for the future (and soul) of the DX tech stack. So let’s examine both sides of this equation: 1.) Headless, oh headless . . . this has been an onrushing tide for three-plus years and shows no signs of slowing. This trend originated in multiple areas of DX, especially with a few of the earliest entrants: SendGrid for ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. Managing water crises is one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and the decline in the available quality and quantity of fresh water is ranked as one of the top ten most serious societal risks by the World Economic Forum’s 2018 Global Risks report. Using satellite imagery available through the AWS Open Data Program and the AWS Cloud, BlueDot Observatory is establishing a global monitoring system for all at-risk water bodies. This monitoring reveals a sad truth – the total loss of water bodies is in the not-too-distant future.We invited ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: Smridhi Malhotra. Conventionally, there are few video metrics more important to keep an eye on than the number of views a video gets. Knowing how different platforms measure ‘views,’ it should be apparent that that’s not the most reliable way to measure the relative success of a video campaign.With all the different metrics available, it can be difficult to narrow down on a few touchpoints that are more important than others in order to tell what’s working.The more proper way of generating an understanding of how effective a video campaign is would be to ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: R on kieranhealy.org. The data from the 2018 wave of the General Social Survey was released during the week, leading to a flurry of graphs showing various trends. The GSS is one of the most important sources of information on various aspects of U.S. society. One of the best things about it is that the data is freely available for more than forty years worth of surveys. Here I’ll walk through my own quick look at the data, in order to show how R can tidily manage data from a complex survey. I decided to revisit a ... Read More