Archive for September, 2014
Melissa McCormack,Research Manager at predictive analytics research firm Software Advice, was recently interviewed about dark data by our Event Marketing Manager, Crystal Prag. Learn about businesses that can benefit from dark data extraction and processing, and also discover how businesses can continually merge dark data and traditional sources of light data. What ways can businesses
Predictive analytics holds a lot of promise for the modern sales and marketing organization. Smart companies are investing in the power of Big Data to pinpoint the most profitable prospects. But it also raises tricky questions and...
In anticipation of his upcoming conference presentation at Predictive Analytics World Healthcare in Boston, “Resource Optimization: Using Predictive Analytics to Forecast Hospital Patient Volume for Hospital Resource Allocation and Staffing,” we asked Nephi Walton, M.D., MS Biomedical...
Big Data is moving into America’s hospitals, whether we like it or not. Electronic health records are combining with clinical analytics that can synthesize huge amounts of data. Soon doctors will rely on predictive analytics to more...
It is obvious what predictive modeling algorithms like decision trees, neural networks, linear and logistic regression, and others are used for: building predictive models for classification and/or regression. However, they can be useful for many other tasks...
In anticipation of her upcoming keynote conference presentation at Predictive Analytics World Workforce in San Francisco, we asked Greta Roberts, CEO, Talent Analytics, and Program Chair of PAW Workforce, a few questions about her work in predictive...
Based purely on the data, a really good data scientist will probably tell you the odds are poor that you’ll be able to find and hire really good data scientists. Surveys say there simply aren’t enough people with...
Big data and how best to utilise it has become a perennial subject, and the endless debates around it rarely come to a satisfactory conclusion. However, it is technology that will unlock the benefits, and narrow AI...
For more case studies in HR analytics, see Predictive Analytics World for Workforce, March 31-April 1, 2015 in San Francisco. We have written over 500 blog posts on the SmashFly blog and many remain as relevant today...
By: Adam Mazmanian, staff writer covering Congress, the FCC and other key agencies
Originally published at
www.fcw.com Dean Silverman keynoted at Predictive Analytics World for government, September 15-18, to see more on the conference click here. Dean Silverman, head of the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Compliance Analytics, leads the charge to transform taxpayer...
