Click to learn more about author Julien Gautier. Over the last month, the business world has come to a standstill with organizations across the business landscape scrambling to make sense of how to preserve revenue as the world grapples with the economic downturn associated with COVID-19. This is particularly true in one industry: retail. The […]
Differential Privacy: An Introduction for First Graders
Click to learn more about author Alfred Rossi Okay, that title is a little bit of a lie — unless you are a first grader who happens to know a lot about data privacy or data science, in which case I’m happy to recommend some excellent bedtime reading. Now that differential privacy is once again […]
Data Chef ETL Battles: WebLog Data for Clickstream Analysis
Click to learn more about co-author Maarit Widmann. Click to learn more about co-author Anna Martin. Click to learn more about co-author Rosaria Silipo. Do you remember the Iron Chef battles? It was a televised series of cook-offs in which famous chefs rolled up their sleeves to compete in making the perfect dish. Based on a […]
Using AI and Data Science to Drive Worker Productivity
Click here to learn more about Dr. Tommy Weir. The current global crisis has forced millions of white-collar knowledge workers to work from home, and many struggle with the daily distractions that come with that. Organizations empathize with this challenge but also need their workers to be as productive as possible during this challenging time. […]
Alteryx Unveils Analytic Process Automation Platform
According to a recent press release, “Alteryx, Inc. today unveiled its enhanced analytic process automation (APA) platform, which unifies analytics, data science and business process automation in one, end-to-end platform. By bringing data, processes and people together in a converged approach, the Alteryx APA Platform enables high-impact business outcomes and rapid upskilling of people across […]
How to Migrate a Legacy Data Warehouse to the Cloud, Painlessly
Click to learn more about author Roy Hegdish. Today’s data-intensive world presents both challenges and opportunities for modern organizations. Data grows exponentially, as do the breadth and depth of the types of analysis business departments wish to perform. Data infrastructure must adapt to this new reality of higher volumes, velocity, and veracity of data. A […]
Deep Learning and Analytics: What is the Intersection?
Emergent artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, especially the automated algorithms populating analytics platforms, are impacting and reshaping the world of business analytics. The underlying connections between traditional analytics processes and the disruptive technologies will make you cheer if you happen to be a data scientist or a business analyst — because your redefined role in the […]
Iguazio and NetApp Accelerate Deployment of AI Applications
A recent press release states, “Iguazio, the data science platform for real-time machine learning applications, today announced a strategic partnership with NetApp that provides enterprises with a simple, end-to-end solution for developing, deploying and managing AI applications at scale and in real-time on top of the ONTAP AI framework. Despite the great promise of AI […]
Without Improved Business Skills, a Dark Day is Coming for Data Scientists
Click here to learn more about Ted Kwartler. Each semester my Harvard University Extension class is about half business and half computer science students. As you may expect, the business pupils struggle with learning how to code. However, computer scientists feel hindered by business case studies and learning how to interact in a cross-functional group. […]
The POFMU Principle: Process Once for Many Uses
Click to learn more about author Matt Habiger. Data is often not created for purposes that please data scientists. It is often collected for operations or billing, and as such, a significant amount of preparation time is needed to make it ready for data science. This is clearly the case with location data sourced from […]