The auto insurance industry has always relied on data analysis to inform their policies and determine individual rates. With the technology available today, there’s even more data to draw from. The good news is that this new data can help lower your insurance rate. Here is the type of data …
March 27, 2020, 3:38 p.m.
Cloud computing has now become a common term that all of us have heard of. However, unfortunately, many of us still don’t understand the complete potential of cloud computing. It is high time for all us to understand how it can make our lives easier. Instead of storing data on …
March 18, 2020, 9:30 a.m.
Fire safety technology is changing in interesting ways. Worcester Polytechnic Institute has the only graduate fire protection engineering program in the United States. Professors at this school have said that big data is becoming more integral to the fire protection field. Big Data Finds New Applications in Fire Safety Data …
March 17, 2020, 8:39 p.m.
Online privacy is more of a concern than ever before. A poll from Pew Research showed that 62% of Americans are worried that they can’t go a single day without their data being collected. Fortunately, big data can also help with protecting privacy. Big data advances have made VPNs more …
Jan. 27, 2020, 12:49 p.m.
It was an exciting cloud data science week. Lots of interesting stuff to cover, so let’s get started. News Microsoft DP-100 Certification Updated – The Microsoft Data Scientist certification exam … The post Cloud Data Science 4 appeared first on Data Science 101.
Yes, it’s AI again! Artificial Intelligence (AI) is always in the limelight from the last couple of years. Mostly it is considered as a blessing to the IT world. However, many experts have shown their doubtfulness too. No, you just can’t say “Ok Boomer” here! Of course, they have greater …
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is creating a Data Management and Sharing Policy. They are currently looking for input on the policy. The NIH funds a lot of research, and this policy will affect the data and results researchers produce. NIH’s DRAFT Data Management and Sharing Policy: We Need …
Alula recently wrote a great article on the intersection of big data and home security. A few years ago, this was a topic that was confined to the pages of science fiction books. However, big data has proven to be a very useful tool in home security in recent years. …
Big data has given birth to a number of new applications. Both mobile and desktop devices are able to use more sophisticated applications to serve users in every part of the world. Tech Beacon wrote some very insightful guidelines for people trying to develop applications. Big data isn’t just useful …
Big data is changing the entire nature of decision-making across organizations of all sizes. Companies on either side of the world have identified countless applications for big data, which is helping them save considerable amounts of money and get better ROIs from various assets. Big Data is the Foundation of …
Sept. 30, 2019, 10:32 p.m.
I am putting together some of my own resources on Data Strategy. Here are a few of the top resources I found helpful so far. What is a Data Strategy? – various definitions of a data strategy The 5 essential Components of a Data Strategy – a detailed whitepaper(PDF) from …
Sept. 26, 2019, 12:49 p.m.
Smart items make up the majority of modern life. We have smartphones, smart speakers, smart cars and an entire Internet of Things (IoT) filled with devices meant to make our lives easier and more intuitive. Even the data businesses use has the option to become smart when business intelligence practices …
Sept. 26, 2019, 9:30 a.m.
Big data is changing the world in a number of ways. Companies rely on data to deliver efficient services, but they also have to worry about cybersecurity risks. Towards Data Science provided a very detailed guide on the relevance of machine learning to hackers. Hackers use a number of different …
Sept. 24, 2019, 8:55 p.m.
Gone are the days when storage of information can only be done with the traditional remote servers which are located in a secluded location. Today, the in-thing is cloud data storage where information and data are stored electronically online. With this approach, you can store unlimited data online (in the …
Sept. 13, 2019, 9:58 p.m.
Machine learning is tremendously beneficial for many e-commerce companies. Marketing expert and founder of Crazy Egg, Neil Patel, has discussed the benefits of machine learning in e-commerce. They are using machine learning and predictive analytics to forecast market trends, which can be very useful as they strive to grow. One …
5 things to know about Insight (Spoiler: it’s not a bootcamp!)Setting the record straight about the best program for transitioning to careers in data and techNew York Insight Fellows in June 2019Over the past seven years, Insight has helped more than 2,000 Fellows transition into new careers in data and …
In an earlier age, perhaps as little as a decade ago, businesses had to rely on intuition and educated guesses to guide their spending. The situation was famously captured by John Wanamaker, who said, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don’t know which …
July 30, 2019, 12:37 p.m.
In the early stages of basketball, there was very little use for data and analytics. Sports, in general, were largely anti-data science simply because it didn’t seem like it could apply to a game. Fast forward to the present day, and data science and data analytics are being used in …
July 26, 2019, 12:17 a.m.
