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Big data analytics is useful for security
Big data analytics is a useful security tool for companies to become more resilient in the face of increasing cyberattacks, according to the Business Application Research Center (Barc). Speaking to Computer Weekly, Barc founder and managing director Carsten Bange said: “A recent survey found that 53% of organisations that are using big data security analytics […]
Is Data Science a Liberal Art?
In the sense that all science is a liberal art, yes. This week I read a great piece by Adam Weinberg, the president of Denison University, on his school’s initiatives to apply a liberal arts approach to data science… Read more
How to be More Productive as a Data Scientist
Many data scientists find themselves in an interesting position within their organizations. For many businesses, big data is new territory and hiring data scientists is a new endeavor, usually in an area where managers and business leaders have little to no experience. All they know is that big data analytics can prove beneficial both in […]
Verisk Analytics Organizes Big Data Analytics Forum for Saint Peter’s Data Science Program
On March 8, 2016, Verisk Analytics organized a Big Data Analytics Users Forum at their Jersey City headquarters for Saint Peter’s Data Science program. Verisk Analytics is a data analytics and risk assessment firm serving customers worldwide in insurance, energy, healthcare, financial services, and risk management. In 2015, Verisk Analytics reached Forbes’ list of the […]
Farm innovation driven by data science
KUSA – For this week’s Tech Tuesday, 9NEWS Anchor Cheryl Preheim sat down with Scott Yates to talk about two companies bringing big changes to agriculture, not with new plants or new styles of tractors, but with data science… Read more
4 biggest misconceptions about hiring data scientists
You probably think you know what you need out of a data scientist. However, if you believe in any of these common misconceptions, it might be time to reevaluate your business’ expectations for current and future data scientists… Read more
Wind Obsessed: How One Kitesurfer Is Using Data Science to Hack an Extreme Sport
On a good day, gaggles of kitesurfers gather along the seaside in the Belmont Shore neighborhood of Long Beach, California; a place known to Angelenos as a mecca for kiteboarding and kitesurfing. Here, half-moon shapes of bright red, blue, and orange kites dot sand and sea, as a strong breeze whips minuscule particles of weathered […]
How data science is changing the energy industry
As with many industries, big data science is transforming the energy vertical, providing insights into cost reductions in down markets and allowing oil producers to adjust to market demands in boom times… Read more
How big data is changing history
Historian Richard Bulliet appears to have spent much of the 1960s and 1970s poking holes into punch cards. He was studying the growth of Islam across the Middle East and was taking family information from biographical compilations, and making it machine readable – essentially creating a massive family tree. “I coded this data in ways […]
Money 20/20 Europe: Data scientists are farmers and machine learning is statistics on steroids
Data scientists can provide firms with access to a magical world of machine learning and all that it promises. But what demarcates this hallowed realm of statistical analysis and its proponents? This question was posed to a panel of experts in the field at Money 20/20 Europe in Copenhagen… Read more