The document discusses creativity, simplicity, and collective wisdom in problem solving. It provides examples of problems where complex technological solutions were attempted but failed, such as an automated baggage handling system that cost $400 billion in failed investments. The author argues that the main solutions to problems come from understanding the problem in detail, thinking of solutions without regard for existing technology and with respect for simplicity, and through collective engagement. Mechanism design is proposed as an approach that focuses on problem solving through knowledge development rather than technology development.
This document summarizes a workshop on writing research project reports. The workshop aimed to explain the nature and purpose of research projects and reports, and help students develop the ability to manage research projects and apply appropriate research techniques. It covered topics like what constitutes research, choosing a research problem and topic, developing research objectives, different types of research, data analysis techniques, and writing conclusions. The workshop provided examples and activities to help students understand these concepts and choose their own research topics and objectives. It emphasized writing research objectives in a SMART format and choosing topics that are novel, relevant, interesting and feasible. It also gave a basic overview of quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques.
This document discusses how digital technologies are changing the future of work and the skills needed to succeed. It explores emerging jobs, the importance of developing digital literacies and maintaining an active digital profile. Examples are given of new roles involving coaching, caring and connecting that combine human input with technology. The document emphasizes that developing a customized digital footprint through blogging and social media can boost one's reputation, skills and career opportunities in the long run.
The document summarizes an invitation and agenda for the Generator Dinner on February 21, 2013. It provides information on past winners of the $10,000 team awards and $1,500 community choice awards who will serve on a winners panel. Details are given on eligibility criteria and what the judges will look for in proposals. The event will include opportunities for 60 second pitches and networking at themed tables.
The business value of consumer analytics and big data is not just about what you can discover or infer about the consumer, but how you can use this insight promptly and effectively across multiple touchpoints (including e-Commerce systems and CRM) to create a powerful and truly personalized consumer experience.
For most organizations, mobilizing this kind of intelligence raises organizational challenges as well as technical ones.
This presentation reveals how some leading companies are starting to address these challenges, and describes the vital role of enterprise architecture in supporting such initiatives.
My presentation given at the Association of Subscription Agents annual conference, Feb 2013.
It was titled Understanding how researchers and practitioners use STM information, but the specific theme was understanding how to design information products and services for researchs and practitioners against a background of information abundance (aka information overload).
This document discusses social media monitoring and listening strategies. It defines Generation C as those who are highly connected both online and offline. It outlines key steps for an effective social listening strategy including defining goals, identifying target audiences, influencers, and keywords. It also discusses tools for social listening and creating reporting flows aligned with business goals. Examples are provided of how social data can be used for market research, evaluating competitors, understanding consumers, and brand management.
Research Methodology: Introduction and Processamitsethi21985
As per PTU's MBA Syllabus, Unit No. 1: An Introduction To Research: Meaning, Definition, Objectives, And Process; Research Problem: Selection Of Problem, Understanding Problem, Necessity Of Defined Problem; Review Of Literature In Research. Research Design: Meaning, Types – Descriptive, Diagnostic, Exploratory, And Experimental.
5 ways innovative brands leverage social data insights (1)Cision
The social intelligence space is evolving rapidly. Will you stay ahead of your competitors and industry trends? Learn the intelligent approach communicators take to harness the power of social data to inform business strategy. Members of the Visible Technologies team show how to beat competitors with the latest social intelligence trends, reduce research spend, and move beyond standard social metrics.
This document summarizes a workshop on writing research project reports. The workshop aimed to explain the nature and purpose of research projects and reports, and help students develop the ability to manage research projects and apply appropriate research techniques. It covered topics like what constitutes research, choosing a research problem and topic, developing research objectives, different types of research, data analysis techniques, and writing conclusions. The workshop provided examples and activities to help students understand these concepts and choose their own research topics and objectives. It emphasized writing research objectives in a SMART format and choosing topics that are novel, relevant, interesting and feasible. It also gave a basic overview of quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques.
This document discusses how digital technologies are changing the future of work and the skills needed to succeed. It explores emerging jobs, the importance of developing digital literacies and maintaining an active digital profile. Examples are given of new roles involving coaching, caring and connecting that combine human input with technology. The document emphasizes that developing a customized digital footprint through blogging and social media can boost one's reputation, skills and career opportunities in the long run.
The document summarizes an invitation and agenda for the Generator Dinner on February 21, 2013. It provides information on past winners of the $10,000 team awards and $1,500 community choice awards who will serve on a winners panel. Details are given on eligibility criteria and what the judges will look for in proposals. The event will include opportunities for 60 second pitches and networking at themed tables.
The business value of consumer analytics and big data is not just about what you can discover or infer about the consumer, but how you can use this insight promptly and effectively across multiple touchpoints (including e-Commerce systems and CRM) to create a powerful and truly personalized consumer experience.
For most organizations, mobilizing this kind of intelligence raises organizational challenges as well as technical ones.
This presentation reveals how some leading companies are starting to address these challenges, and describes the vital role of enterprise architecture in supporting such initiatives.
My presentation given at the Association of Subscription Agents annual conference, Feb 2013.
It was titled Understanding how researchers and practitioners use STM information, but the specific theme was understanding how to design information products and services for researchs and practitioners against a background of information abundance (aka information overload).
This document discusses social media monitoring and listening strategies. It defines Generation C as those who are highly connected both online and offline. It outlines key steps for an effective social listening strategy including defining goals, identifying target audiences, influencers, and keywords. It also discusses tools for social listening and creating reporting flows aligned with business goals. Examples are provided of how social data can be used for market research, evaluating competitors, understanding consumers, and brand management.
Research Methodology: Introduction and Processamitsethi21985
As per PTU's MBA Syllabus, Unit No. 1: An Introduction To Research: Meaning, Definition, Objectives, And Process; Research Problem: Selection Of Problem, Understanding Problem, Necessity Of Defined Problem; Review Of Literature In Research. Research Design: Meaning, Types – Descriptive, Diagnostic, Exploratory, And Experimental.
5 ways innovative brands leverage social data insights (1)Cision
The social intelligence space is evolving rapidly. Will you stay ahead of your competitors and industry trends? Learn the intelligent approach communicators take to harness the power of social data to inform business strategy. Members of the Visible Technologies team show how to beat competitors with the latest social intelligence trends, reduce research spend, and move beyond standard social metrics.
Building a professional digital identity Lisa Harris
This document provides guidance on building a professional digital identity. It discusses growing networks through proactive contributions, managing personal and professional identities, and useful online identity resources. The document emphasizes that a digital identity can help professionals keep updated in their field, engage with others, showcase their work, and enhance career development. It addresses challenges like information overload and privacy concerns, but argues that an active digital identity approach can help address these issues. The document provides tips on social media use, digital networks, and presenting a consistent online presence to benefit one's career.
Summaries of Workshops held at IJCAI 2016 at New York in JulyBiplav Srivastava
IJCAI is the premier AI conference. The workshops represent some of the cutting-edge topics related to AI theory and practice. See details at: http://ijcai-16.org/index.php/welcome/view/accepted_workshops
This document provides an overview of a research project examining how social media affordances influence user participation and comment generation on open educational resource (OER) repositories. The research aims to understand which socio-cultural and socio-technical factors facilitate or inhibit user-generated comments. It will take a social constructivist approach using cultural probes and a grounded theory methodology to analyze data from participant research journals and screen recordings. Preliminary findings suggest motivation and perceptions of quality/trust may influence participation. The research is ongoing with coding of transcripts and diaries in progress.
Social Media: How to Build Brands, Find Followers and Attract Fans (PR News B...Sandra Fathi
Presentation at PR News Boot Camp in Washington DC on November 29th, 2012. How brands big and small use social media to reach millions, listening and engagement, tools of the trade, best practices and case studies, dos and dont's.
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Digital marketing strategy involves developing a plan to promote a brand and achieve goals using digital channels. It builds on traditional marketing strategies and integrates both online and offline tactics. An effective strategy considers factors like the target market, competitors, and core competencies. It also sets objectives, chooses appropriate digital tactics, and defines metrics to measure success. Regular monitoring and optimization is important to ensure the strategy continues meeting its goals over time.
This document discusses social media analytics and some of the challenges involved. It provides an overview of different types of social media analytics including sentiment analysis, social network analysis, and image/video analysis. Real-time and non-real-time customer and competitive analytics are also discussed. The document outlines some of the processes involved in social media analytics and highlights challenges like bias in social media data and unstructured social media data.
What is research for impact and what does this mean for communications? Here's a few points and principles discussed among Sitra's strategy & research unit.
Lue myös: http://www.sitra.fi/blogi/tulevaisuus/kuka-lukee-raportteja-oikeasti-kuka
Communicating the impact of our research can be essential for securing funding, forming research partnerships, building a case for tenure and promotion, or achieving other goals. But what does “impact” really encompass, and how do we show evidence of it? This session will highlight key strategies, resources, and services that can help you to successfully communicate your research impact.
Presenter: Erin Owens, Professor and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Newton Gresham Library, Sam Houston State University
Module 3 - Improving Current Business with External Data- Online caniceconsulting
The document discusses how to use external data to improve business. It defines external data as data generated outside an organization that can come from a variety of sources and serve nearly every industry. The document outlines different types of external data like primary data, secondary data, and open data. It provides examples of sources for primary data, which is original and reliable, and secondary data, which already exists. The benefits of using external data to supplement internal data and gain a more comprehensive view are also discussed.
This document discusses new digital research literacies and publishing platforms. It covers 1) digital research literacies, 2) scholarly peer networks like Academia and ResearchGate, 3) publishing platforms like blogs, SlideShare and Twitter, 4) moving from bibliometrics to altmetrics to measure impact, and 5) findings about the effects of digital research on open access to knowledge and gender differences in citation rates. The document concludes with recommendations for ANU Law researchers to acknowledge emerging technologies, base practices on collaboration, support open teaching and research, and use new media to shape research narratives and impact.
Social intelligence understanding your audience to enhance your businessAlterian
While it is necessary to know what influencers are saying about your brand, if that’s all you know about them, you’re missing an essential part of the conversation.
Understanding who your influencers are, what interests them and how their interests change over time will help you determine not only how to position the marketing of your products, but it can impact the future design and development of your products.
Join Scott Briggs, Director, Social Strategies and Insights at Alterian, as he goes through the methodology of starting with your audience and using social data to put them at the heart of your business.
What You Will Learn:
The methodology behind using social data to find insights from your true audience
How to use social media to understand consumer life cycles
How to understand the value of non-brand advocates
How to develop messaging and products tailored around your consumers
This presentation was provided by Judy Luther of Informed Strategies during the NISO webinar, Engineering Access Under the Hood, held on November 1, 2017
Lessons from lockdown
Tuesday 8 September 2020
presented by
Ian Cribbes and Vicki Griffiths
with the content co created also by Tim Lyons and Sarah Coleman
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar:
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/lessons-from-lockdown-webinar/
Going Deep with Social: Methods to Listen andRipple6, Inc.
Go beyond the initial step of listening on the web to see how simple, yet comprehensive solutions can help you to gain insights from some of the most relevant conversations among your customers. You'll learn about nimble, cost-effective methods that can be quickly deployed and integrated with your overall research plans.
• How do you generate rich qualitative insight on the discussions that are most relevant to you?
• How can you paint more vivid, lifelike pictures of your audience by understanding how they are connected and the context of conversations
Composing the perfect research symphony – What are the key elements to conduc...innogy Innovation GmbH
The key elements to conducting quality online qualitative research include creating a hybrid research design with different activity types, facilitating participant motivation and discussion over multiple time points, and employing various media formats. An effective moderation strategy is also important. Quality is achieved by composing a schedule of diverse activities that explore behaviors, contexts, projections, and discussions both individually and in groups. This allows insights to emerge over time through participant self-reflection and interaction.
This document summarizes the Library Impact Data Project, which aimed to show correlations between library usage data (books borrowed, e-resources accessed) and student attainment across multiple universities. Phase 1 found statistical significance between library usage and grades. Phase 2 added more student data points and found further correlations with demographics. The project aims to create a shared analytics service to allow libraries to analyze usage and benchmark against peers. Key areas for the next phase include developing an intuitive dashboard, addressing ethical issues around profiling individuals, and integrating additional data sources.
The document outlines Amanda Kern's graphic design project opposing Florida Senate Bill 6 and House Bill 7189, which would tie teachers' salaries to student performance on standardized tests. Kern's objectives are to create social awareness against passing the bill through various design solutions. She conducts research on the bill and target audiences. Initial concepts explore "wanted" posters, "help wanted" themes, and designs emphasizing typography and student/teacher thoughts to effectively communicate the message.
SGCI-URSSI-Sustainability in Research ComputingSandra Gesing
Sustainability in research computing has many facets such as funding and career paths for facilitators and research software engineers. The concern about sustainability is addressed in projects like the Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) and the conceptualization of the US Research Software Sustainability Institute (URSSI). Many further initiatives and projects are concerned with sustainability and the discussion at the ACI-REF VR Intermediate Workshop led to some consolidation ideas.
Building a professional digital identity Lisa Harris
This document provides guidance on building a professional digital identity. It discusses growing networks through proactive contributions, managing personal and professional identities, and useful online identity resources. The document emphasizes that a digital identity can help professionals keep updated in their field, engage with others, showcase their work, and enhance career development. It addresses challenges like information overload and privacy concerns, but argues that an active digital identity approach can help address these issues. The document provides tips on social media use, digital networks, and presenting a consistent online presence to benefit one's career.
Summaries of Workshops held at IJCAI 2016 at New York in JulyBiplav Srivastava
IJCAI is the premier AI conference. The workshops represent some of the cutting-edge topics related to AI theory and practice. See details at: http://ijcai-16.org/index.php/welcome/view/accepted_workshops
This document provides an overview of a research project examining how social media affordances influence user participation and comment generation on open educational resource (OER) repositories. The research aims to understand which socio-cultural and socio-technical factors facilitate or inhibit user-generated comments. It will take a social constructivist approach using cultural probes and a grounded theory methodology to analyze data from participant research journals and screen recordings. Preliminary findings suggest motivation and perceptions of quality/trust may influence participation. The research is ongoing with coding of transcripts and diaries in progress.
Social Media: How to Build Brands, Find Followers and Attract Fans (PR News B...Sandra Fathi
Presentation at PR News Boot Camp in Washington DC on November 29th, 2012. How brands big and small use social media to reach millions, listening and engagement, tools of the trade, best practices and case studies, dos and dont's.
The Rise of Mental Illness and Its Devastating Impact on Society Free .... MentalHealthEssay clean. Mental Illness Essay | NUR210 - Health Sociology - CDU | Thinkswap. mental health essay. Mental Health Essay — ADVERTISEMENT. WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays .... Free mental health essays and papers 123helpme 2017. Mental health and illness - PHDessay.com. Mental Health Essay : NIH announces winners of high school mental .... Question 2 essay, mental health. - Question 2: How might stigma impact .... Mental Illness and Symbolic Interaction Essay Example | Topics and Well .... (PDF) Essays and Debates in Mental Health. College Essay About Mental Illness Example. Mental health essay :: Short essay on the importance of Mental Health. Short Essay On The Importance of Mental Health | PDF. Essay on Mental Health and Mental Illness. 006 P1 Essay Example Mental Illness ~ Thatsnotus. Essay on mental health - Docsity. How To Write An Essay On Mental Health - Agnew Text. 009 Mental Illness Essay Topics Example ~ Thatsnotus. Mental Health Essay | Essay on Mental Health for Students and Children .... Essay Summary of Mental Health - PHDessay.com. Mental illness opinion essay - What can be done: Some Ideas about .... Essays on Mental Illness : Real People, Real Life, Real Hope (Paperback ....
Digital marketing strategy involves developing a plan to promote a brand and achieve goals using digital channels. It builds on traditional marketing strategies and integrates both online and offline tactics. An effective strategy considers factors like the target market, competitors, and core competencies. It also sets objectives, chooses appropriate digital tactics, and defines metrics to measure success. Regular monitoring and optimization is important to ensure the strategy continues meeting its goals over time.
This document discusses social media analytics and some of the challenges involved. It provides an overview of different types of social media analytics including sentiment analysis, social network analysis, and image/video analysis. Real-time and non-real-time customer and competitive analytics are also discussed. The document outlines some of the processes involved in social media analytics and highlights challenges like bias in social media data and unstructured social media data.
What is research for impact and what does this mean for communications? Here's a few points and principles discussed among Sitra's strategy & research unit.
Lue myös: http://www.sitra.fi/blogi/tulevaisuus/kuka-lukee-raportteja-oikeasti-kuka
Communicating the impact of our research can be essential for securing funding, forming research partnerships, building a case for tenure and promotion, or achieving other goals. But what does “impact” really encompass, and how do we show evidence of it? This session will highlight key strategies, resources, and services that can help you to successfully communicate your research impact.
Presenter: Erin Owens, Professor and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Newton Gresham Library, Sam Houston State University
Module 3 - Improving Current Business with External Data- Online caniceconsulting
The document discusses how to use external data to improve business. It defines external data as data generated outside an organization that can come from a variety of sources and serve nearly every industry. The document outlines different types of external data like primary data, secondary data, and open data. It provides examples of sources for primary data, which is original and reliable, and secondary data, which already exists. The benefits of using external data to supplement internal data and gain a more comprehensive view are also discussed.
This document discusses new digital research literacies and publishing platforms. It covers 1) digital research literacies, 2) scholarly peer networks like Academia and ResearchGate, 3) publishing platforms like blogs, SlideShare and Twitter, 4) moving from bibliometrics to altmetrics to measure impact, and 5) findings about the effects of digital research on open access to knowledge and gender differences in citation rates. The document concludes with recommendations for ANU Law researchers to acknowledge emerging technologies, base practices on collaboration, support open teaching and research, and use new media to shape research narratives and impact.
Social intelligence understanding your audience to enhance your businessAlterian
While it is necessary to know what influencers are saying about your brand, if that’s all you know about them, you’re missing an essential part of the conversation.
Understanding who your influencers are, what interests them and how their interests change over time will help you determine not only how to position the marketing of your products, but it can impact the future design and development of your products.
Join Scott Briggs, Director, Social Strategies and Insights at Alterian, as he goes through the methodology of starting with your audience and using social data to put them at the heart of your business.
What You Will Learn:
The methodology behind using social data to find insights from your true audience
How to use social media to understand consumer life cycles
How to understand the value of non-brand advocates
How to develop messaging and products tailored around your consumers
This presentation was provided by Judy Luther of Informed Strategies during the NISO webinar, Engineering Access Under the Hood, held on November 1, 2017
Lessons from lockdown
Tuesday 8 September 2020
presented by
Ian Cribbes and Vicki Griffiths
with the content co created also by Tim Lyons and Sarah Coleman
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar:
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/lessons-from-lockdown-webinar/
Going Deep with Social: Methods to Listen andRipple6, Inc.
Go beyond the initial step of listening on the web to see how simple, yet comprehensive solutions can help you to gain insights from some of the most relevant conversations among your customers. You'll learn about nimble, cost-effective methods that can be quickly deployed and integrated with your overall research plans.
• How do you generate rich qualitative insight on the discussions that are most relevant to you?
• How can you paint more vivid, lifelike pictures of your audience by understanding how they are connected and the context of conversations
Composing the perfect research symphony – What are the key elements to conduc...innogy Innovation GmbH
The key elements to conducting quality online qualitative research include creating a hybrid research design with different activity types, facilitating participant motivation and discussion over multiple time points, and employing various media formats. An effective moderation strategy is also important. Quality is achieved by composing a schedule of diverse activities that explore behaviors, contexts, projections, and discussions both individually and in groups. This allows insights to emerge over time through participant self-reflection and interaction.
This document summarizes the Library Impact Data Project, which aimed to show correlations between library usage data (books borrowed, e-resources accessed) and student attainment across multiple universities. Phase 1 found statistical significance between library usage and grades. Phase 2 added more student data points and found further correlations with demographics. The project aims to create a shared analytics service to allow libraries to analyze usage and benchmark against peers. Key areas for the next phase include developing an intuitive dashboard, addressing ethical issues around profiling individuals, and integrating additional data sources.
The document outlines Amanda Kern's graphic design project opposing Florida Senate Bill 6 and House Bill 7189, which would tie teachers' salaries to student performance on standardized tests. Kern's objectives are to create social awareness against passing the bill through various design solutions. She conducts research on the bill and target audiences. Initial concepts explore "wanted" posters, "help wanted" themes, and designs emphasizing typography and student/teacher thoughts to effectively communicate the message.
SGCI-URSSI-Sustainability in Research ComputingSandra Gesing
Sustainability in research computing has many facets such as funding and career paths for facilitators and research software engineers. The concern about sustainability is addressed in projects like the Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) and the conceptualization of the US Research Software Sustainability Institute (URSSI). Many further initiatives and projects are concerned with sustainability and the discussion at the ACI-REF VR Intermediate Workshop led to some consolidation ideas.
4th Modern Marketing Reckoner by MMA Global India & Group M: 60+ experts on W...Social Samosa
The Modern Marketing Reckoner (MMR) is a comprehensive resource packed with POVs from 60+ industry leaders on how AI is transforming the 4 key pillars of marketing – product, place, price and promotions.
End-to-end pipeline agility - Berlin Buzzwords 2024Lars Albertsson
We describe how we achieve high change agility in data engineering by eliminating the fear of breaking downstream data pipelines through end-to-end pipeline testing, and by using schema metaprogramming to safely eliminate boilerplate involved in changes that affect whole pipelines.
A quick poll on agility in changing pipelines from end to end indicated a huge span in capabilities. For the question "How long time does it take for all downstream pipelines to be adapted to an upstream change," the median response was 6 months, but some respondents could do it in less than a day. When quantitative data engineering differences between the best and worst are measured, the span is often 100x-1000x, sometimes even more.
A long time ago, we suffered at Spotify from fear of changing pipelines due to not knowing what the impact might be downstream. We made plans for a technical solution to test pipelines end-to-end to mitigate that fear, but the effort failed for cultural reasons. We eventually solved this challenge, but in a different context. In this presentation we will describe how we test full pipelines effectively by manipulating workflow orchestration, which enables us to make changes in pipelines without fear of breaking downstream.
Making schema changes that affect many jobs also involves a lot of toil and boilerplate. Using schema-on-read mitigates some of it, but has drawbacks since it makes it more difficult to detect errors early. We will describe how we have rejected this tradeoff by applying schema metaprogramming, eliminating boilerplate but keeping the protection of static typing, thereby further improving agility to quickly modify data pipelines without fear.
State of Artificial intelligence Report 2023kuntobimo2016
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a multidisciplinary field of science and engineering whose goal is to create intelligent machines.
We believe that AI will be a force multiplier on technological progress in our increasingly digital, data-driven world. This is because everything around us today, ranging from culture to consumer products, is a product of intelligence.
The State of AI Report is now in its sixth year. Consider this report as a compilation of the most interesting things we’ve seen with a goal of triggering an informed conversation about the state of AI and its implication for the future.
We consider the following key dimensions in our report:
Research: Technology breakthroughs and their capabilities.
Industry: Areas of commercial application for AI and its business impact.
Politics: Regulation of AI, its economic implications and the evolving geopolitics of AI.
Safety: Identifying and mitigating catastrophic risks that highly-capable future AI systems could pose to us.
Predictions: What we believe will happen in the next 12 months and a 2022 performance review to keep us honest.
06-04-2024 - NYC Tech Week - Discussion on Vector Databases, Unstructured Data and AI
Round table discussion of vector databases, unstructured data, ai, big data, real-time, robots and Milvus.
A lively discussion with NJ Gen AI Meetup Lead, Prasad and Procure.FYI's Co-Found
Codeless Generative AI Pipelines
(GenAI with Milvus)
https://ml.dssconf.pl/user.html#!/lecture/DSSML24-041a/rate
Discover the potential of real-time streaming in the context of GenAI as we delve into the intricacies of Apache NiFi and its capabilities. Learn how this tool can significantly simplify the data engineering workflow for GenAI applications, allowing you to focus on the creative aspects rather than the technical complexities. I will guide you through practical examples and use cases, showing the impact of automation on prompt building. From data ingestion to transformation and delivery, witness how Apache NiFi streamlines the entire pipeline, ensuring a smooth and hassle-free experience.
Timothy Spann
https://www.youtube.com/@FLaNK-Stack
https://medium.com/@tspann
https://www.datainmotion.dev/
milvus, unstructured data, vector database, zilliz, cloud, vectors, python, deep learning, generative ai, genai, nifi, kafka, flink, streaming, iot, edge
A presentation that explain the Power BI Licensing
Creativity, simplicity, and
1. Creativity, Simplicity, and
Collective Wisdom
Ebrahim Bagheri
Canada Research Chair in Software and Semantic Computing
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Social Media Analytics
bagheri@ryerson.ca
@ebrahim_bagheri
2. 2
• Ryerson is in Toronto and was founded in 1948
• Over 38,000 students, from over 145 countries
• We have 6 faculties and more than 100 undergraduate
programs, close to 60 masters and PhD programs
• Over 190 local, national and global partners
• Promote experiential learning enabling students to
partake in hands-on learning and to pursue
entrepreneurial pathways through collaboration
About Ryerson
September 6, 2019 |
4. 4
• Our lab has been very active in industrial collaborations
• We have worked with over 15 industrial partners
• This consists of:
• Over $9 Million project value
• 65 trained HQP
• Currently have projects with 2 hospitals:
• Saint Mike’s Hospital
• Women’s College Hospital
Industrial Collaborations
September 6, 2019 |
5. 5
• Publications with students is a priority
• To date, we have published:
• Peer-reviewed journal papers: 69
• Peer-reviewed conference/workshop papers: 94
• Patents: 8
Publications and Patents
September 6, 2019 |
6. 6
• Our goal is for all graduate students to:
• Be career-ready upon graduation
• Be equipped with the right skillsets of the job market
• Understand how their work is applicable in the real-world
• Our lab, LS3, currently has 30 members
• We are proud of our over 65 alumni
Lab Members
September 6, 2019 |
9. Research Vision
September 6, 2019 | 9
Can traditional forms of field research, ethnography, surveys,
and interviews be replaced or augmented with social analytics?
Advance the state of the art in identifying and extracting
actionable insight from social media and network platforms.
Research Question
Research Objective
12. Semantic Interpretation of Unstructured Content
September 6, 2019 | 12
dbpedia.org/resource/Thomas_Müller
• Tremendous amounts of ‘big’ unstructured textual content are
often ambiguous
• We have developed a fast and accurate semantic interpretation
platform, which has open API
(http://denote.rnet.ryerson.ca/rysann/)
15. Understanding User Perceptions
• Entity attribute aspects are fixed
• e.g. product specifications: screen size, camera resolution
• Social perception is subjective
• Is a larger screen better or worse?
• Social perception is temporal by nature
• Look at signal properties such as seasonality or trend.
• Also rougher estimates such as mean and standard deviation
September 6, 2019 | 15
Learning correlational or causal relations between:
Attribute aspects &
Social perception
16. 16September 6, 2019 |
• Study correlation in discrete time intervals post-release
• Perform analysis of user perception based on stationary product features
• Study correlation between competing entities’ social
perception
• Does the change or stability of social perception affect other entities?
Understanding User Perceptions
These correlation studies give us predictive power
But not necessarily planning capability
17. 17September 6, 2019 |
• Planning requires the understanding of causal effects
• Correlations could be tainted with Endogeneity Problem
• In order to capture causal effects, we employ two strategies:
• Quasi-Experimental Designs (QED)
• Granger’s Notion of Causality
Understanding User Perceptions
18. Understanding User Perceptions
Quasi-ExperimentalDesigns(QED)
• A variation of Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) without random
assignment to treatment or control
• This might suffer from confounding variables that cannot be controlled
or accounted for (damaging to internal validity)
• Given the nature of the social data:
• Time series designs with/out comparison group
• Interrupted time series design with/out comparison group
• Difference in differences (less reliable)
19. • Children who sleep with a night light until the age of two have
a higher incident of nearsightedness (myopia)
• Two studies published in Nature a year later failed to replicate
the result and saw no such correlation
Night Light Causes Myopia
20. • Children who sleep with a night light until the age of two have
a higher incident of nearsightedness (myopia)
• Two studies published in Nature a year later failed to replicate
the result and saw no such correlation
Night Light Causes Myopia
Myopic parents are more likely to employ night-time lighting aids for their children
There is an association between myopia in parents and their children
21. Understanding User Perceptions
Some Examples I
Quasi-ExperimentalDesigns(QED)
• Time series design without comparison group (repeated observation of
treatment)
• Time series design with comparison group
Does the release of newer products impact social perception of the brand?
Does a brand have certain favorable quarters?
Do certain product features receive more attention in specific times of year?
22. Understanding User Perceptions
GrangerCausality
• Granger defines prediction power as a sign of causality
• if a signal X1 G-causes X2, then
• past values of X1 should contain information that helps predict X2
• above and beyond the information contained in past values of X2 alone
• Advantage over QED:
• Does not require comparable products that differ in the treatment
• Causality is defined in the form of a bivariate autoregressive model
Whether the social perception of Samsung Galaxy phones has g-causal effect on the
social perception of Apple iPhone products.
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• The curious case of cold-entities
• They often lack reviews and ratings
• Makes it hard to appropriately position them in the entity
space
Generating and Predicting Social Content
Can we not only predict ratings for such entities
but also
estimate/generate accurate reviews for them?
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• There is already work in the literature for estimating ratings
• Similarity of specifications
• Brand value and sentiment
• Trust propagation
• Rating estimation from social content is yet to be explored
• Cold entities lack social presence
• Our objective is to:
• Predict ratings for “warm products”
• Produce time series representation of ratings as opposed to aggregate ratings
• Predict time series ratings for cold items
Estimating Ratings
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• Provide understanding of causal/correlational relation
between:
• Entity specifications and social perception
• Social perception and entity ratings (over time)
Predict time series ratings for cold entities
Does transitivity hold between specs, social content and ratings?
Do changes in social perception consistently translate onto
changes in ratings?
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• Existing work has looked at transferring reviews for similar
entities
• Similar products do not necessarily have identical features/issues
• Review sentences might include multiple issues
• We investigate generative models aot extractive ones
• Our objective is to learn:
• Aspect-based
• Sentiment-Driven
• Generative models (e.g. RNN, LTSM)
Generating/Estimating Reviews
Generate aspect-
oriented review for a
cold product
27. Mining User Communities
• Latent communities of users who share similar interests, sentiments, and
inclination towards:
• A given entity
• Competing entities,
• Active topics that pertain to the entity of interest,
• Share similar deep social features such as demographics, geographical
location, and life stages and events.
• Enhances decision making at macro-level
• Shift of focus from
• entity representation to
• user profile and interest modeling
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28. Mining User Communities
• An accurate representation of a user in our context would have to be
multidimensional:
• Quantitative passion: the degree of user’s engagement with the relevant
social feedback content
• Qualitative perception: user’s sentiment/polarity with regards to entities,
entity types, and brands
• Demographic and geographical information
• Deep social features e.g., life events like frequency and type of travels,
change of house, etc, as well as life stage indicators
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• Who is more likely to be influenced?
• High Degrees of Social Conformity
• Who would you target for advertising?
• High Degrees of Convincibility
Targeted Advertising on Social Media
Mirlohi, Bagheri et al, The reflection of offline activities on users’ online social behavior,
Information Processing and Management Journal, 2019 (IF: 3.892).
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• Who is more likely to be influenced?
• High Degrees of Social Conformity
Targeted Advertising on Social Media
Mirlohi, Bagheri et al, The reflection of offline activities on users’ online social behavior,
Information Processing and Management Journal, 2019 (IF: 3.892).
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• Who would you target for advertising?
• High Degrees of Convincibility
Targeted Advertising on Social Media
Mirlohi, Bagheri et al, The reflection of offline activities on users’ online social behavior,
Information Processing and Management Journal, 2019 (IF: 3.892).
33. 33September 6, 2019 |
• About 8% of U.S women are prescribed antidepressant
medication around the time of pregnancy.
• Decisions about medication use in pregnancy can be swayed
by the opinion of family, friends and online media, sometimes
beyond the advice offered by healthcare providers.
• How do pregnant women react to academic publications?
Antidepressant Usage
Vigod, Bagheri et al, Online social network response to studies on antidepressant
use in pregnancy, Journal of Psychosomatic Research 106: 70-72, 2018 (IF: 2.722).
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• How do pregnant women react to academic publications?
Antidepressant Usage
Vigod, Bagheri et al, Online social network response to studies on antidepressant
use in pregnancy, Journal of Psychosomatic Research 106: 70-72, 2018 (IF: 2.722).
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• How do pregnant women react to academic publications?
Antidepressant Usage
Vigod, Bagheri et al, Online social network response to studies on antidepressant
use in pregnancy, Journal of Psychosomatic Research 106: 70-72, 2018 (IF: 2.722).
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• How do pregnant women react to academic publications?
Antidepressant Usage
Vigod, Bagheri et al, Online social network response to studies on antidepressant
use in pregnancy, Journal of Psychosomatic Research 106: 70-72, 2018 (IF: 2.722).
37. Churn Prediction based on Social Content
• Customer churn undermines the profitability of telco
operators, facing annual churn rates up to 20% and higher.
• Retaining existing customers is considerably less expensive
than winning new customers
• We have proposed a social network-based model for churn
prediction.
• It predicts churn based on:
• Directed brand sentiment, neighborhood sentiment, life events, and over
200 other features.
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• Genpact Research Institute recently found that, of nearly $600
billion spent on digital projects
• almost $400 billion of it was failed investment in projects that did not
align with the business KPI
• Bernstein Research analyzed historical tech spending as a
percentage of sale on 68 large-cap technology companies
• Most tech investment led to decline in share prices after five years
Some Statistics
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My Hypothesis
The main solutions to problems go through:
+ Understanding the problem in detail in an obsessive way
+ Thinking about solutions:
+ Without regard for existing technology
+ With respect for simplicity (Occam’s razor)
+ Through collective engagement
43. Research vs Innovation
• USF lands $20.2 million grant for BP oil spill research
• Anything possible with 1/20th of this amount?
44. XPrize Foundation
• A rate of 4,670 gallons (17,677 liters) per minute, with an
efficiency of 89.5 percent.
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• Complex AI based baggage tracking and routing
• The delay added approximately $560M USD to the cost of the
airport
• Added a maintenance cost of $1M a month
• If the budget for the Automated Baggage System could have
covered costs of a manual system for 1000 years!
Denver Baggage Handling System
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• Over speeding is a very common traffic violation
• Based on stats in Sweden, it has been observed that about
112,000 drivers on average are ticketed for going too fast per
day
• 800 people killed in a year (this number is over 16,000 in Iran)
Road Safety
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• What the speed camera lottery does is it checks when you are
below or at the speed limit. These people are then
automatically entered in a lottery for a chance to win money.
• This idea was adopted by Stockholm, Sweden
• Resulted in 22% speed reduction
Road Safety
Zero-Sum Game
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• The library of congress decided to digitize a large number of
printed old archival books
• The OCR software can't recognize the words. In fact, about
30% of the words are deciphered incorrectly
Library of Congress
49.
50. Deciphering illegible words
• Google alone shows over 100 Million reCapthas are shown
every day
• 100 million ReCaptcha words per day results in ~500 digitized
books each day
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My Hypothesis
The main solutions to problems go through:
+ Understanding the problem in detail in an obsessive way
+ Thinking about solutions:
+ Without regard for existing technology
+ With respect for simplicity (Occam’s razor)
+ Through collective engagement
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the fan who replaced scales.
The Tale of Devotion to Technology
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Knowledge Development
Problem Solving through
‘Mechanism Design’
but not as
Technology Development or Deployment (bi-products)