Most pundits will have an opinion on who will triumph in this year’s US Open men’s final – Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic – but the best insights into who will be crowned champion will come from the same technology that has helped cities to lower crime rates and plan for extreme weather. Deep
It seems Big Data is currently persona non grata. In the last week, a headline in The New York Times asked “Is Big Data an Economic Big Dud?” and, based on some (perhaps mis-interpreted) sentiments in the most...
The agricultural industry has seen many changes in the past 100 years. Since the birth of the industrial agriculture in 1900, we have moved forward to the era of digital enhanced agriculture where everything that is done...
Every business has a treasure trove of data, from customer and transaction information to manufacturing and shipping statistics. The key is figuring out how to use past data to better the business’ future. One strategy is for...
How powerful would it be for marketers to know what their customers are going to do before they actually do it? To predict how they would react to certain messages and offers, or to intervene just before...
NBA Moneyball: The Celtics have hired a 23-year-old stats wunderkind to advise coach Brad Stevens By: Kelly Dwyer, Editor, Ball Don’t Lie Originally published at Yahoo! Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge made a calculated gamble in...
IBM’s Watson computer, which defeated the two all-time human champs on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! in 2011, is a glowing example of the heights achievable by predictive analytics. This is a machine that answers questions—about any...
A week after November’s United States presidential election and Nate Silver was everywhere. Already an established member of the American political commentariat via his blog FiveThirtyEight.com, Silver’s name went into the stratosphere after he correctly predicted the...
Today, data is BIG: It disrupts, defines, and determines a spate of outcomes, from elections to medical treatments. Data “embodies a priceless collection of experience from which to learn,” according to Siegel. “Every medical procedure, credit application,...
The travel company cuts costs, improves pricing accuracy and speeds page loads. Travel booking and comparison shopping web site Orbitz Worldwide is making a case for hiring staff with math skills. With a statistical analysis, its hotels...
