Posts by Melody Smith
Emerging Technology Gets Schooled
Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are key drivers of growth and innovation across all industries, and the education sector is no different. This interesting topic came to us from Gulf Today in their article, “Emerging technologies in education.” While AI-powered solutions have been in the education/technology space for some time, the industry has been…
Read MoreUsing Data to Form Business Strategy
The ability to predict future events and trends is crucial across industries. Predictive analytics appears more often than you might assume—from your weekly weather forecast to algorithm-enabled medical advancements. This interesting subject came to us from Gulf Business in their article, “What are the benefits of predictive analytics for businesses?“ Though predictive analytics has been around…
Read MoreUnderstanding AI and the Potential Bias
The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in sensitive areas like recruitment, criminal justice and healthcare, has stirred a debate about bias and fairness. Yet human decision making in these and other domains can also be flawed, shaped by individual and societal biases that are often unconscious. Will AI’s decisions be less biased than human…
Read MoreWalk Away from the Data
Sometimes you want to call in professional help for data hoarders. If you’ve ever walked into a hoarder’s home, you were likely met by endless piles of seemingly worthless things. To the owner, though, these items are invaluable. It can be similar when you look at an organization’s collection of data. Venture Beat brought this interesting…
Read MoreUsing Emerging Technology in Marketing
Emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoT) platforms can be a fun new tool for marketers, but new research shows that many businesses aren’t getting the ROI they had hoped for yet. This interesting information came to us from AIThority in their article, “Emerging Tech Like Blockchain, AI, and IoT…
Read MoreData Analytics Require Integrity
Recent studies revealed about 40% of enterprise data is either inaccurate, incomplete or unavailable, which results in businesses failing to achieve their data-driven goals. Venture Beat brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “4 tips for using analytics and data to drive growth and profits.” How do major organizations use data and analytics to…
Read MoreDigital and Technology Are Not the Same
In this digital era, the pace of change and rapid rate of growth of the digital economy as a contributor to the top line means your business model and your support systems need the agility, scalability, and cost efficiency to enable innovation and growth. Digital transformation refers to the process of adopting digital technologies and…
Read MoreThe Science of Data
Today, data is the asset that businesses are gathering critical insights on to improve business performance and protect the asset. But who will glean insights? Who will process all the collated raw data? Everything is done either by a data analyst or a data scientist. While data analysts and data scientists both work with data,…
Read MoreClassification and Findability
In what seems totally unrelated, a short video on the history of white bread made me think about taxonomies and classifying data. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Reverse Engineering, the Cycle of Culture, and the Dark History of White Bread.” Whatever the topic may be, understanding the…
Read MoreMachine Learning Used for Safety
Google is using machine learning to help with security around Chrome, making it more enjoyable. This interesting information came to us from AI News in their article, “Google employs ML to make Chrome more secure and enjoyable.“ In the next release of Chrome, the web browser will use machine learning to predict when permissions prompts are…
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