How do Data Scientists fit into an organization? How is the role of a Data Scientist different from the role of a Data Engineer? How should the Data Science team be organized to create the most value for the business? Those are questions companies are struggling with as they begin to incorporate Big Data, Analytics, […]
Six Reasons Data Analytics Will Make a Splash in 2017
Click here to learn more about author Jon Pilkington. Looking back over the past year, it is clear that self-service solutions have become widely adopted by organizations across industries, as users want to access and analyze information immediately without having to wait for IT to run a report or provide a database. This trend will continue […]
2016 DATAVERSITY Top 20
It’s that time of year again to announce the Top 20 publications by DATAVERSITY in 2016. We are excited to wrap up another great year of education. We published over 100 articles, over 150 blogs, 89 webinars, two online conferences, and five face-to-face conferences. We also launched our new DATAVERSITY Training Center this year where […]
Bottlenose Takes on the Data Scientist Shortage
Like many of their peers, as business leaders look to the future, they may well be concerned most about getting value out of all the data they possess. They look around at a world of unstructured data, rich in insights, but not suited to traditional legacy databases. They perceive that technologies such as Machine Learning […]
How We Will Harvest Cognition in 2017
Click here to learn more about author James Kobielus. As we bid farewell to 2016, the entire data industry is focused on cognitive computing as the path forward. We’re all making predictions for how Cognitive Computing’s footprint in our lives will deepen in coming years. One key assumption in everybody’s predictions is that somehow this […]
Press Release: DATAVERSITY Announces New Monthly Data Insights & Analytics Webinar Series
Los Angeles, Calif. – DATAVERSITY Education, LLC announces the launch of a new webinar series, Data Insights & Analytics hosted by recognized industry leaders Kelle O’Neal and John Ladley. The series is to be a monthly program with free live webinar events the first Thursday of every month at 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM […]
Social Media Analytics Outperformed the Pollsters
Click here to learn more about author Mark Green. Social Media Analytics Outperformed the Pollsters in the Presidential Election By Mark Green, COO of 4C (www.4Cinsights.com) The polls have been proven wrong twice in 2016 – first in the Brexit vote, and more recently in the U.S. Presidential Election, the two most closely watched and […]
World Programming Unveils New Industrial Analytics and Data Science Features for 2017
by Angela Guess A new press release states, “World Programming, a leading industrial analytics and data science platform provider, today unveiled new features for data scientists and data science teams including those working within life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and financial services. Designed to deliver more analytical capability and higher productivity, WPS version 3.3 includes support for […]
Data Science Education at Carnegie Mellon University: Demand for Analytics Skills
The wide acceptance and demand for Data Science education is reflected in the variety of graduate programs at Carnegie Mellon University. There are nine degree programs offered through four schools, emphasizing different aspects of analytics. Two degrees, the Master’s in Machine Learning and Master’s in Computational Data Science emphasize the computer science elements; the Master’s […]
Frequencies in R — Part 1
Click here to learn more about author Steve Miller. I’m often asked to name the most common statistical procedure used in my company’s Data Science work. My answer, only partly in jest, is frequencies and crosstabs — to help with the mundane tasks of profiling and exploring data. Indeed frequency distributions and the dotplots that showcase […]