Click here to learn more about Ted Kwartler. Each semester I am tempted to teach my Harvard Extension students using standard data sets like Iris or Titanic. It would be easy with so many examples floating around. Plus, the explanation of a K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm fits perfectly into an Iris world. But honestly, real-world data […]
IIoT in Action: Improving Equipment Effectiveness in the Plastics Industry
Click to learn more about author Boris Shiklo. In this piece, we’ll explore how IIoT drives productivity in the plastics industry and provide an example of implementing an IIoT solution for monitoring equipment effectiveness at a plastic parts manufacturing enterprise. Volatile raw material prices, the lack of skilled labor, and the complexity of the global […]
Four Ways in Which Augmented Reality is Transforming with Immersive Experiences
Click to learn more about author Shefali Basu. How is AR Helping Businesses Train Their Employees? When you want to buy a shirt, you go to stores and try on the shirts you like. When you want to buy a house, you go to visit flats or apartments and choose the one where you can […]
Digital Transformation in Marketing and the Crucial Role of DevOps
Click here to learn more about Gilad David Maayan. In marketing, digital transformation means leveraging your digital channels to gain deeper insights for the purpose of improving the customer journey. DevOps plays an essential role in digital transformation, from integrating data into marketing tools to uncovering new revenue streams. This article explains how marketing and […]
AI Strategy: Using the 715 Framework to Build High Value Big Data
Click to learn more about author Asha Saxena. As I predicted that the virtual chief AI officer will be a trend in my last article. AI has become critical as we enter Industry 4.0. More than ever businesses need to pivot with the most massive shift towards the digital economy that has accelerated by the force […]
Leading the Way in Data Analysis for Business Intelligence
Click to learn more about author Samuel Bocetta. Companies are implementing business strategies with some key objectives in mind: cost reduction, improvements in efficiency, and enhanced profitability. Business intelligence can add huge value in these areas, which is why professionals in business intelligence and data analysis are in great demand. In a 2017 IBM report, […]
Guided Labeling Episode 1: An Introduction to Active Learning
Click to learn more about author Paolo Tamagnini. One of the key challenges of utilizing supervised machine learning for real-world use cases is that most algorithms and models require lots of data with quite a few specific requirements. First of all, you need to have a sample of data that is large enough to represent […]
Research Reveals Shortcomings in Data Literacy Projects: Don’t Let This Happen to You
Click to learn more about author Kartik Patel. Data Literacy is a hot topic in business today. As businesses struggle to remain competitive and to do more with less, every enterprise is looking for a way to optimize resources to get the most out of every team member. To do that, the business management team must […]
The Right Data is the New Black, and How Leading Brands Obtain It
Click to learn more about author Julius Cerniauskas. The digital universe is expanding fast. According to a SINTEF study conducted back in 2013, 90 percent of all the world’s data was generated from 2011 to 2012. By 2020, the number of data bits created globally was expected to reach 44 zettabytes, as predicted by the […]
JS Show It! Interactive Choropleth World Map Using GeoChart Visualization
Click to learn more about co-author Rosaria Silipo. Click to learn more about co-author Paolo Tamagnini. The Plot Today we want to draw the choropleth map as shown above. So, what do we need? A map of the countries of the world and the corresponding numbers of their populations A short JavaScript code to load […]