I am excited about the potential for good that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has in the education system. Every child is unique, with different interests, natural abilities and preferred ways of learning. AI can be used to personalise learning for each child, providing them with the content and instruction that they …

Survivorship bias is a type of sampling bias where only data points that represent survivors of a process or event are used to train a model. This can lead to inaccurate or biased conclusions, as the model will only be able to predict the outcomes of events that are similar …

McKinsey's 2021: The Year in Charts is an interesting read and provides valuable perspective. The first chart in the report compares the mortality rate from COVID-19 with heart disease, cancer, influenza and others. The data suggests that the mortality was 8x that of influenza in the US in 2021.

In this post, we take a look at why a strong AI/ML capability is a necessary capabilities in order for an organisation to reach a mature digital state.

Let’s start by considering what I mean by a mature digital state. Probably the most commonly used models to assess …

There was a recent article published in the New York Times on How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers’ Buttons. It described how the economics of being an Uber driver has changed as the platform has grown; furthermore, it details how Uber are resorting to gamification to influence …

Summary: In this short article we look at why Hadoop MapReduce is considered a necessary foundation of an agile Enterprise Data Analytics platform.

In this short article we look at why Hadoop MapReduce is considered a necessary foundation of an agile Enterprise Data Analytics platform.

Earlier this week I spoke …

Summary: In part one of Experimenting with Hadoop MapReduce on the AWS Platform, we developed an Amazon VPC environment suitable as the foundation to deploy Hadoop MapReduce. In part two, we present an Amazon CloudFormation template that can be used to automate the creation of the aforementioned environment. We also …

Summary: In this article, we present a solution architecture suitable as a foundation for a Hadoop MapReduce pilot on the AWS platform. We start by considering under what circumstances an organisation may want to manage their own Hadoop MapReduce platform on EC2 instead of simply using Amazon Elastic Map Reduce …

Summary: In this article we look at the burgeoning field of Interactive Data Preparation. We take a close look at what it is, why its becoming increasingly valuable, some common use cases, recent commercial activity and why industry trends will continue to fuel investment in this space.

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Data analytics is increasingly becoming a tool for organisations to help their customers live richer, healthier and more engaged lives and not just provide a means for targeted marketing of products and services. In this short article, we look at how RunKeeper is using data analytics to improve the lives …