Machine Learning Tech
you could and should use tomorrow
Stephen Kenwright
Marketing Director
Sheffield Hallam University Confidential
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I studied this guy.
This guy was one of my lecturers
Ray was using machine learning to identify authorship
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Devonshire Manuscript.
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One potential author.
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Text mining.
Luminance.
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How we use text mining
First-party data
like internal search
queries, help desk
questions, chat
logs, phone logs
Social media data,
reviews and online
coverage/links
Search queries
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What can we do with this data?
PredictVisualise
trends
Connect
data to
customer
records
Compile text
data in one
place
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Possible use cases
Which keywords
generate the most
profitable
customers?
Does survey data
match up to sales?
Which customer
complaints lead to
churn?
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Identify pain points
through call log
mining.
Data Robot.
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We’re getting
ahead of ourselves.
A quick history
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Early
1900s
1970s
1990s
Now
Intuition Statistical
programming languages
Automated
machine learning
Manual analysis Visual statistical software
Using experience
and judgement to
predict outcomes
Writing code to construct
statistical models
The software knows how to analyze
your data and does it for you
Manual
calculations to
predict
outcomes
Drag and drop workflows with
menu driven commands to set
up and statistical analysis
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Today
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By 2020, 85% of
interactions will be
handled without
a human.
Gartner
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Layered approach to implementation
4. One-to-one communications
3. Life style centred
2. Customer life cycle
centred
1. Basic
Increasingsophistication
(Data,Audienceinsight,
Technology)
Example types of data:Example communications:
Customer recognition
Personalisation to drive
relevancy and CTA
Segmentation
centred on lifestyle
approach
Fully
personalised
Basic information at purchase
Customer life cycle position,
purchase history
Demographic: Age,
affluence, geo-
location, motivation
Full benefits of
Single
Customer View
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Netflix
In the wild: Netflix.
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Or Amazon.
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“Machine learning is a
core, transformative
way by which we’re
re-thinking how we’re
doing everything.”
Machine learning in the Google stack
In-Market
Audiences
Smart Display
Campaigns
Smart Bidding
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Limitations
You can create
more customised
audiences
manually
Brand safety has
made marketers
want more control
over creative
Seasonal
campaigns are still
manual
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Choosing tech, according to Forrester
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Everyone’s machine learning is, err…learning
Pre 2010 2015 2017+
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Where we are now.
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Analytics maturity
Market sizing
Market sensing
NBA modelling Proposition development
Price modellingCampaign evaluation
Data visualisation
A/B testing PREDICTIVE
Profiling / segmentation Customer lifetime value PRESCRIPTIVE
Web analytics Propensity modelling Machine learning PRE-EMPTIVE
KPI reporting
Research analysis Upsell modelling
DIAGNOSTIC
DESCRIPTIVE
COMMERCIAL
VALUE
COMPLEXITY
Attribution / marketing mix
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Developing personas
Demographics
• The youngest group
• x% are families
• Long distance travel
Behaviour
• Summer time travel
• Book 4-6 months in
advance
• Less likely to visit in 12
months
Lifestyle
• Into music
• Follow current affairs
• Shop online
• Lower income
% of Base – a%
% Value – b%
Spend per visit - £c
HH 3 year value - £d
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Marketing mix modelling
saves £2.4m PPC spend.
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Use email open rates
to inform ad copy.
Phrasee personalises email
using machine learning.
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Self-serve data cleanse – puradata.co.uk
3. Dedupe
Olduvai gorge, Tanzania Confidential
Reducing response times
for humanitarian aid.
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Mara Tanzania project.
Basic image…
with highlights.
Edit Classifier.
• EditBuildings_1406043538
• "custom_classes": 5, “
• "class": "HomeComplex",
• "class": "HomeSmall",
• "class": "TinComplex“,
• "class": "TinLarge",
• "class": "TinSmall",
Uses reinforcement learning to train the Watson image recognition and classification algorithm
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Watson.
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74% of organisations
implementing AI who
believe it’s making them
more creative.
Capgemini 2017
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A cautionary
tale.
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The Great Hall was filled with incredible
moaning chandeliers and a large librarian
had decorated the sinks with books about
masonry. Mountains of mice exploded.
Several long pumpkins fell out of
McGonagall. Dumbledore’s hair scooted
next to Hermione as Dumbledore arrived at
School.
The pig of Hufflepuff pulsed like a large
bullfrog. Dumbledore smiled at it, and
placed his hand on its head:
“You are Hagrid now.”
http://botnik.org/content/harry-potter.html
Let’s get started.

Machine Learning Tech You Could and Should Use Tomorrow