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The R Medicare Factor
Several years ago, I came across a report that led me to a new data set revolving on Medicare payment and utilization for physicians and...


First Doctorship in Data Science
You may even call it post-doctorship, as the level is beyond the traditional PhD degree. It is not a degree, not competing with...


The Browser of a Data Scientist
Some opinions expressed in this article may be those of a guest author and not necessarily Analytikus. Staff authors are listed...


Probabilistic Forecasting: Learning Uncertainty
The majority of industry and academic numeric predictive projects deal with deterministic or point forecasts of expected values of a...


Big Data and Machine Learning (Google case)
The database is like a library building ... every book (information) that enters must be properly placed (processed systematically), when...


Machine learning or laughing? Amazon’s Alexa is freaking people out with unprovoked chuckle
It’s one thing to believe that Amazon’s Alexa is constantly listening to us, but quite another to worry that she’s laughing at what she...


Traditional Programming versus Machine Learning, in One Picture
I found this on Facebook, but it could be 30 years old. Not sure who the original author was, but the quality was very poor, so I...


Intelligent Systems Vs. Artificial Intelligence: How To Help Your Clients
If many of your clients don’t understand the difference between artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent systems, you’re not alone....


Advanced Analytics Platforms – Big Changes in the Leaderboard
Summary: The Magic Quadrant for Advanced Analytic and ML Platforms is just out and there are some big changes in the leaderboard. Not...


5 Best Practices for Email Data Analysis
Data analytics is a red-hot field in terms of growth and popularity, but there’s a relatively new segment of the field that’s starting to...


How Marketers Use Data Science to Increase Reach
Interesting Infographics produced by Villanova University. Some opinions expressed in this article may be those of a guest author and not...


Top Game Changing Data Trends for 2018
These predictions for 2018 are from Infologix. “Metadata management and ensuring data privacy for regulations such as GDPR joins earlier...


The thin lines: business intelligence (BI), business analytics (BA), and data analytics
There is so much hype and interest in Business Analytics (BA), it begs the question of digging deep into hives. I was curious in finding...


Your Journey to Data Science Maturity (by Kirk Borne)
Great, short visual summary produced by Kirk Borne. Highlights: Computational Ask the right questions Design thinker Willingness to fail...


An Unexpected Use of AI
Back to the heydays of Youtube, when it was all about amateur videos. Here, with a modern twist: A guy (me) dancing while listening to...


AI: Robots Helping Each Other (Nice Video)
Interesting video by Boston Dynamics about robots helping each other to open a door. Maybe next time it will be about robots fighting...


The one critical skill many data scientists are missing
When I started to learn about data science and consider it as a career choice, there was a diagram that I came across regularly and still...


Most Data Science Job Ads are Targeted to Young People - Why?
If you are on Facebook, you've probably seen their ads to attract candidates to data science positions. You've probably seen ads...


Big Data Isn’t a Thing; Big Data is a State of Mind
“Big Data is dead.” “Big Data is passé.”“We no longer need Big Data; we need Machine Learning now.”As we end 2017 and look forward to big...


Lessons in Becoming an Effective Data Scientist
I was recently a guest lecturer at the University of California Berkeley Extension in San Francisco. On a lovely Saturday afternoon, the...
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