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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
In the future, everyone will be a data scientist for 15 seconds
While Microsoft has been busy expanding SQL Server’s power — and making it more welcoming to a variety of users — other companies are also working hard to put analytics in the hands of everyone, and that means boiling down big data to bite-sized charts… Read more
Toyota partners with Microsoft on new data science company, Toyota Connected
To advance its work in data analytics and connected cars, Toyota recently partnered with Microsoft on a new company based in Plano, Texas called Toyota Connected. On Monday, Toyota launched Toyota Connected, Inc., a new company that will serve to expand the automaker’s abilities in data center management, data science, and data management. Toyota Connected […]
This new jobs site helps data scientists and employers connect
Now that “data scientist” has been declared this year’s hottest job, it seems a safe bet that there are plenty of people out there calling themselves by that name but without the requisite skills. Enter Correlation One, a new, data science-specific job site focused on helping employers and qualified professionals connect… Read more
Data Science and Statistics: Different Worlds?
In the last few years data science has become an increasingly popular discipline. Often linked to the use and analysis of Big Data, data scientists are seen as the new professionals who can unlock the potential of an increasingly data-rich world, and to generate economic and social benefits from the data revolution… Read more
“Techniques and Algorithms in Data Science for Big Data”
In simple terms, Big Data – when combined with Data Science – allow managers to measure and assess significantly more information about the subtleties of their businesses, and to use the information in making more intelligent decisions. In 2011, during the period when the growth of Big Data was really gaining significant notice throughout the […]
“Adobe ups data science game, revamps Marketing Cloud, launches co-op for cross device marketing”
Adobe on Tuesday revamped its Marketing Cloud with a common user interface, deeper integration among its core tools, enhancements for mobile and more analytics features. The company, which will outline its enhancements at its Summit conference in Las Vegas, is also pivoting the Marketing Cloud to focus more on customer experiences.
“How Barclays data scientists created an algorithm to anonymise data at scale”
IT industry should be doing more to create privacy solutions for the big data age, says Raffael Strassnig Is there a technical fix to allow privacy to keep pace with advances in big data technologies? That, in essence, was the topic addressed by Raffael Strassnig, VP data scientist at Barclays retail bank, in his presentation […]