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 must analyze.  Hence, the term—what else? —“Big Data Analytics” (BDA). Yet in spite of the overwhelming need for […]

 Originally published by Big Think For more content on government applications of predictive analtyics, attend Predictive Analytics World for Government, Sept 18-19, 2018 in Washington, DC. As predictive analytics advances decision making across the public and private sectors, nowhere could this prove more important – nor more risky – than in law enforcement. If the […]

 In anticipation of his upcoming conference presentation at Predictive Analytics World for Healthcare Las Vegas, June 3-7, 2-18, we asked Benjamin Cleveland, Data Scientist at UnityPoint Health, a few questions about incorporating predictive analytics into healthcare. Catch a glimpse of his co-presentation, From When You Arrive to After You Leave:  Integrating Predictive Models into a Cross […]

 With much of the latest discussion focused on the latest techniques in machine learning  and in particular deep learning, the significant benefits of machine learning and deep learning are now a public reality. Yet, machine learning in effect represents the predictive analytics techniques that have been used for many years by data scientists.  Furthermore, data […]

 In anticipation of her upcoming conference co-presentation at Predictive Analytics World for Healthcare Las Vegas, June 3-7, 2-18, we asked Ashley Walsh, Director of Client Services at LeanTaas, a few questions about incorporating predictive analytics into healthcare. Catch a glimpse of her co-presentation, Push Instead of Pull: Using Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning, and Cloud and Mobile […]

  For today’s leading deep learning methods and technology, attend the conference and training workshops at Deep Learning World Las Vegas, June 3-7, 2018.   Deep learning is white hot – both in buzz and in actual value. This recently-proven collection of advanced neural network methods scales machine learning to a new level of capabilities – namely, […]

 Five years ago, in 2013, two emerging advocates for Big Data raised its public profile to the highest level it had enjoyed by then, and possibly since. They punched through the oblivion of anyone who needed to hear about it, but had not been vouchsafed the secret handshakes; and too many who tried to understand […]