Click to learn more about author Assaf Egozi. In the first part of this series, Assaf Egozi discussed key drivers and barriers to adoption for using AI/ML to power business analysis. This follow-up article highlights practical ways that citizen data analysts are using the technology to drive value for their business. Citizen data analysts are […]
Machine Learning vs. Deep Learning
The debate on machine learning vs. deep learning has gained considerable steam in the past few years. The fundamental strength of both these technologies lies in their ability to learn from available data. Though both of these offshoot AI technologies triumph in “learning algorithms,” the manner in which machine learning (ML) algorithms learn is very […]
The Future of AI: Assistance with Voice-to-Text Translation
Click to learn more about author Rachel Roumeliotis. Artificial intelligence (AI) is now powering conversational commerce in retail, increasingly using chatbots to streamline and improve customer service. This can help with everything from answering customer queries and resolving issues to helping sell more merchandise through product recommendations. Voice-to-text translation is a crucial part of this […]
Biden’s Greenhouse Emission Policy: The Role of AI in Tackling Climate Change
Click to learn more about author Pranay Agrawal. In a landmark move, earlier this year the Biden administration and other global leaders laid out ambitious pledges aimed at reducing emissions over the coming decades. The U.S. announced that it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by the end of the decade, while other countries […]
Case Study: Predictive Analytics and Data Science Keep an Eye on the Weather
Weather companies want to do their best so that consumers and businesses can have reliable forecasts – not just for the day but in advance of it. Accuracy matters to weather services such as the Weather Channel and AccuWeather and predictive analytics, along with Data Science, is allowing them to get more precise weather reports […]
How Work Zones Safety Is Improved with Connected Vehicle Data
Click to learn more about author Matt Blackwell. As the U.S. focuses more on its infrastructure, highway, and road construction, spending is projected to grow to more than $100 billion by 2022. As the number of worksites grows, the danger to workers and drivers navigating these work zones increases too. In 2019, there were 115,000 crashes in work zones, […]
Accelerating Enterprise Growth with Data Science
Click to learn more about author Sudeep Rao. The 21st century has been characterized by the exponential growth of disruptive technology and its impact in multiple industry sectors – from manufacturing, banking, and finance to health care and retail. This has been accompanied by a concurrent data explosion, with every industry sector now generating information […]
Blockchain Uses Multiply with New Database Innovations
Blockchain is still considered new technology, best known for supporting cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether. But blockchain can provide security for a variety of purposes, ranging from privacy controls on medical records to preventing vote tampering. Ultimately, blockchain is a secure, encrypted database of agreements. Blockchain serves as a bookkeeping/contract platform which is incorruptible […]
What Is Data Mining?
Data Mining is an older (and now allied) subset of machine learning and artificial intelligence that deals with large data sets. It uses pattern recognition technologies with statistical and mathematical techniques to forecast business trends and find useful patterns. “Data mining is also known as Knowledge Discovery in Data (KDD).” A component of data mining, […]
The Future of Analytics: What is All the Hype About?
Expert’s ears immediately perk up upon attending a talk about how to get big insights from analytics. After all, analytics has become the new hot topic of the day. However, asked Nipa Basu, during her keynote presentation The Future of Analytics at the DATAVERSITY Enterprise Analytics Online Conference: “What is the difference between hype and […]