data analytics
Watch the latest episode of The Dr. Data Show, which answers the question, “What the hell do data science and big data really mean?” About the Dr. Data Show. This new web series breaks the mold for data science infotainment, captivating the planet with short webisodes that cover the very best of machine learning and
By: Bill Luker Jr, PhD, Founder and Director, TerraNovumSolutions
Here are two recent entries on the big but neglected issue of data reliability and analytic validity (DR&AV), from the vast commentariat that is LinkedIn: One of my complaints with hashtag#bigdata, is there isn’t enough focus on...
For today’s leading deep learning methods and technology, attend the conference and training workshops at Predictive Analytics World for Government, Sept 17-21, 2018 in Washington, DC. Data-driven decisions for law enforcement are not new and have been used...
If you are like me, when you first heard of analytics and its ability to benefit businesses, non-profits, and government agencies, you felt invigorated and excited, having to hold back the urge to shout “Charge!” As...
By: Bill Luker Jr, PhD
The problem of monetizing Big Data, or improving its usefulness in decision-making, stands out in every forward-looking organization today. To solve it, as everyone knows by now, it is not enough to store or manage it. We...
In my last article, I discussed the increasing impact of automation and its actual impact in creating the analytical file. As any data scientist knows, this component or stage of the data science process can typically represent...
By: Sam Koslowsky, Harte Hanks
Data miners employ a variety of techniques to develop robust predictive models. Often, our analysts are confronted with a dilemma. Should we construct one model to address the business objective? Or perhaps, multiple models may be in...
In anticipation of her upcoming conference presentation, Crowd-Sourcing and Quality: How To Get The Best Out of Hand-Tagged Training Data for Machine Learning Models at Predictive Analytics World for Business New York, Oct 29-Nov 2, 2017, we...
By CADE METZ
Originally published in NYTimes, June 22, 2017 SAN FRANCISCO — The Department of Homeland Security is turning to data scientists to improve screening techniques at airports. On Thursday, the department, working with Google, introduced a $1.5 million contest to build computer...
Predictive models typically estimate the likelihood of future events, such as whether it will rain tomorrow or which customers are most likely to “churn” by cancelling their phone contract. In the case of the weather, we do...