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EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS
Effective Machine Learning Needs Leadership — Not AI Hype
 Originally published in BigThink, Feb 12, 2024.  Excerpted from The...
Today’s AI Won’t Radically Transform Society, But It’s Already Reshaping Business
 Originally published in Fast Company, Jan 5, 2024. Eric...
Calculating Customer Potential with Share of Wallet
 No question about it: We, as consumers have our...
A University Curriculum Supplement to Teach a Business Framework for ML Deployment
    In 2023, as a visiting analytics professor...

Predictive Forecasting

Forecasting At Uber With Recurrent Neural Networks

 Originally published in Uber Engineering, June 9, 2017 At Uber, event forecasting enables us to future-proof our services based on anticipated user demand. The goal is to accurately predict where, when, and how many ride requests Uber will receive at any given time. Extreme events—peak travel times such as holidays, concerts, inclement weather, and sporting events—only heighten

Case Study: Hotel Occupancy Forecasting’s Big Payoff

 This Predictive Analytics story started with a question as most Predictive sojourns do. During a process improvement project meeting for a national resort company a question was posed; how much could the company save with an improved...