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Originally published in Analytics Magazine Book: Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil (Crown, September 2016) Book review bottom line: Definitely go read this book, despite the fact that it does convey a certain oversimplifying, “black-and-white” position. Related reading: I devoted all of Chapter two of Predictive
The Employee Cost Curve It is simple enough to document the hard costs that make up the initial stages of employee life-cycle. This section will walk through the major cost areas, but the specifics will depend on...
By Gregory Piatetsky, KDnuggets Originally published in KDnuggets The popular job site Glassdoor published a list of 50 Best Jobs in America, and Data Scientist is again the no. 1 job in USA, with Job score 4.8...
By: Dave Karpf, Assistant Professor in the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Originally published in CivicHall.org For the past week or so, an article titled “The Data That Turned the World Upside Down” has been following me around like a bad headcold. The article tells a compelling “whodunit” story...
In anticipation of his upcoming conference presentation, Defining Optimal Segmentation Territories – 10 Years of Research at Predictive Analytics World San Francisco, May 14-18, 2017, we asked Frédérick Guillot, Senior Manager, Research and Innovation at The Co-operators...
In anticipation of his upcoming keynote co-presentation, Picking the Right Modeling Technique for the Problem, at Predictive Analytics World London, October 12-13, 2016, we asked Michael Berry, Analytics Director at TripAdvisor Hotel Solutions, a few questions about...
In anticipation of his upcoming conference presentation, Risk Management Algorithms – Paving the Way to Value Creation at Predictive Analytics World Financial in New York City, October 23-27, 2016, we asked Frank Fiorille, Sr. Director of Risk...
The NSA can leverage bulk data collection with predictive analytics to target law enforcement activities. But this little-known capability both intensifies and redefines the debate over how much data governments should be collecting. About this article. This...
In anticipation of his upcoming conference keynote presentation, Fraud Screening for 2/3rds of All Card Transactions: A Consortium and Its Data at Predictive Analytics World Financial in New York City, October 23-27, 2016, we asked Scott Zoldi,...
In anticipation of his upcoming conference co-presentation, Using Predictive Models for Demand Simulation – Purchase, Response and Uplift Modeling in Practice, at Predictive Analytics World New York, October 23-27, 2016, we asked Thomas Klein, Associate Director Advanced...
