This document discusses data scientist profiles and provides guidance on building data scientist teams. It begins by establishing the importance of analytics for businesses. It then discusses the term "data scientist" and characterizes data scientists as having diverse backgrounds but being curious and asking important questions. The document outlines skills of data scientists and notes that while backgrounds vary, soft skills are very important. It provides tips for recruiting data scientists and emphasizes getting started with an analytical team even without perfect conditions.
Artificial Intelligence beyond the hype: Local (Belgian) Machine Learning suc...Patrick Van Renterghem
Presentation on "AI beyond the hype: Local (Belgian) Machine Learning success stories" by Peter Depypere (element61), at the BI & Data Analytics Summit on June 13th, 2019 in Diegem (Belgium)
Demystifying IBM Watson: Uncover the Power of Cognitive SolutionsPerficient, Inc.
Successful organizations recognize that information is a strategic asset, capable of strengthening decision making, improving efficiency, reducing risk, and enhancing customer relationships. With the tremendous surge in the volume and diversity of data, leveraging this information across the entire enterprise is a business imperative that cannot be ignored.
IBM Watson harnesses the power of cognitive exploration, machine learning, and natural language processing to answer your most pressing questions, strengthen decision making, scale expertise, uncover key information in unstructured data, and reveal previously undiscovered data patterns and relationships.
In this SlideShare, we discuss:
Trends in cognitive solutions
Use cases for IBM Watson
Real-world Watson success stories
Getting started on the path to cognitive solutions
Latexco: How to get the data that drives your business, presented by Pieter B...Patrick Van Renterghem
Presentation on "BI and Data Analytics at the Belgian Bedding Company Latexco" by Pieter Beyne (i.deeds) and Henk Demets (Latexco), at the BI & Data Analytics Summit on June 13th, 2019 in Diegem (Belgium)
Why Everything You Know About bigdata Is A LieSunil Ranka
As a big data technologist, you can bet that you have heard it all: every crazy claim, myth, and outright lie about what big data is and what it isn't that you can imagine, and probably a few that you can't.If your company has a big data initiative or is considering one, you should be aware of these false statements and the reasons why they are wrong.
Big Data : From HindSight to Insight to ForesightSunil Ranka
When it comes to Analytics and Reporting , There is a fine line between HindSight to Insight to Foresight . With the evolution of BigData technology, there is a need in deriving value out of the larger datasets, not available in the past. Even before we can start using the new shiny technologies, there is a need of understanding what is categorized as reporting or business intelligence or Big Data and Analytics. Based on my experience, people struggle to distinguish between reporting, Analytics, and Business Intelligence.
Creating a Data-Driven Organization, Crunchconf, October 2015Carl Anderson
What does it mean for an organization to be data-driven? How does an organization get there? Many organizations think that they are data-driven but the reality is that few genuinely are and that we could all do better. In this talk, I cover what it truly means to be data driven. The answer, it turns out, is not to do with the latest tools and technologies (although they can help) but having an appropriate data culture than spans the whole organization, where data is accessible broadly, embedded into operations and processes, and enables effective decision making. In this presentation, I dissect what an effective data-driven culture entails, covering facets such as data leadership, data literacy, and A/B testing, illustrating concepts with examples from different industries as well as personal experience.
Artificial Intelligence beyond the hype: Local (Belgian) Machine Learning suc...Patrick Van Renterghem
Presentation on "AI beyond the hype: Local (Belgian) Machine Learning success stories" by Peter Depypere (element61), at the BI & Data Analytics Summit on June 13th, 2019 in Diegem (Belgium)
Demystifying IBM Watson: Uncover the Power of Cognitive SolutionsPerficient, Inc.
Successful organizations recognize that information is a strategic asset, capable of strengthening decision making, improving efficiency, reducing risk, and enhancing customer relationships. With the tremendous surge in the volume and diversity of data, leveraging this information across the entire enterprise is a business imperative that cannot be ignored.
IBM Watson harnesses the power of cognitive exploration, machine learning, and natural language processing to answer your most pressing questions, strengthen decision making, scale expertise, uncover key information in unstructured data, and reveal previously undiscovered data patterns and relationships.
In this SlideShare, we discuss:
Trends in cognitive solutions
Use cases for IBM Watson
Real-world Watson success stories
Getting started on the path to cognitive solutions
Latexco: How to get the data that drives your business, presented by Pieter B...Patrick Van Renterghem
Presentation on "BI and Data Analytics at the Belgian Bedding Company Latexco" by Pieter Beyne (i.deeds) and Henk Demets (Latexco), at the BI & Data Analytics Summit on June 13th, 2019 in Diegem (Belgium)
Why Everything You Know About bigdata Is A LieSunil Ranka
As a big data technologist, you can bet that you have heard it all: every crazy claim, myth, and outright lie about what big data is and what it isn't that you can imagine, and probably a few that you can't.If your company has a big data initiative or is considering one, you should be aware of these false statements and the reasons why they are wrong.
Big Data : From HindSight to Insight to ForesightSunil Ranka
When it comes to Analytics and Reporting , There is a fine line between HindSight to Insight to Foresight . With the evolution of BigData technology, there is a need in deriving value out of the larger datasets, not available in the past. Even before we can start using the new shiny technologies, there is a need of understanding what is categorized as reporting or business intelligence or Big Data and Analytics. Based on my experience, people struggle to distinguish between reporting, Analytics, and Business Intelligence.
Creating a Data-Driven Organization, Crunchconf, October 2015Carl Anderson
What does it mean for an organization to be data-driven? How does an organization get there? Many organizations think that they are data-driven but the reality is that few genuinely are and that we could all do better. In this talk, I cover what it truly means to be data driven. The answer, it turns out, is not to do with the latest tools and technologies (although they can help) but having an appropriate data culture than spans the whole organization, where data is accessible broadly, embedded into operations and processes, and enables effective decision making. In this presentation, I dissect what an effective data-driven culture entails, covering facets such as data leadership, data literacy, and A/B testing, illustrating concepts with examples from different industries as well as personal experience.
Data is the lifeblood of just about every organization and functional area today. As businesses struggle to come to grips with the data flood, it is even more critical to focus on data as an asset that directly supports business imperatives as other organizational assets do. Organizations across most industries attempt to address data opportunities (e.g. Big Data) and data challenges (e.g. data quality) to enhance business unit performance. Unfortunately however, the results of these efforts frequently fall far below expectations due to haphazard approaches. Overall, poor organizational data management capabilities are the root cause of many of these failures. This webinar covers three lessons (illustrated by examples), which will help you to establish realistic OM plans and expectations, and help demonstrate the value of such actions to both internal and external decision makers.
Takeaways:
Organizational thinking must change: Value-added data management practices must be considered and included as a vital part of your business strategy.
Walk before you run with data focused initiatives: Understand and implement necessary data management prerequisites as a foundation, then build upon that foundation.
There are no silver bullets: Tools alone are not the answer. Specifying business requirements, business practices and data governance are almost always more important.
Dcaf transformation & kg adoption 2022 -alan morrisonAlan Morrison
A keynote presentation on knowledge graph adoption trends and how to do digital transformation differently.
Delivered at the Enterprise Data Transformation & Knowledge Graph Adoption
A Semantic Arts DCAF Event
February 28, 2022
Mathew Zaute, VP of Analytics at Rise Interactive, shares insights into the current marketing analytics landscape, common struggles marketers face, the keys to success, and more.
How to use your data science team: Becoming a data-driven organizationYael Garten
Talk given at Strata Hadoop World conference March 2016.
http://conferences.oreilly.com/strata/hadoop-big-data-ca/public/schedule/detail/48305
In this talk we review the culture, process and tools needed for a data driven organization. We review an example of how companies like LinkedIn use data to make business decisions, and then walk through the culture, process, and tools needed to foster this. We review the spectrum of data science used within an organization and explore organizational needs, such as the democratization of data via self-serve data platforms for experimentation, monitoring, and data exploration, as well as the challenges that come with such systems. Participants leave this session with the ability to identify opportunities for data scientists to contribute within their organization and with an understanding of what investments are needed to drive transformation into a data-driven organization.
Understanding What’s Possible: Getting Business Value from Big Data QuicklyInside Analysis
The Briefing Room with David Loshin and OpenText
Live Webcast April 14, 2015
https://bloorgroup.webex.com/bloorgroup/onstage/g.php?MTID=e079dc562543a394c5c5d0588e7cd9152
To be successful and practical in delivering meaningful insights, companies must embrace the three pillars of enterprise analytics: scalability, open standards, and speed to value. In doing so, organizations enable a range of options that can satisfy both data scientists and self-service business users alike. But getting there requires a thoughtful approach -- and some enterprise knowledge of statistical modeling. How can your company stay ahead of the game?
Register for this episode of The Briefing Room to learn from veteran Analyst David Loshin, as he explains why the fundamentals will always apply to the high-stakes game of analytics. He’ll be briefed by Allen Bonde of Actuate, now part of OpenText, who will showcase his company’s intelligence platform, which was designed from the ground up to embrace open standards and was purpose-built to serve large enterprises with a wide range of data needs. He'll demonstrate recent success stories using a number of Big Data sources, including device and machine data.
Visit InsideAnalysis.com for more information.
Data-Ed: A Framework for no sql and HadoopData Blueprint
Big Data and NoSQL continue to make headlines everywhere. However, most of what has been written about these topics is focused on the hardware, services, and scale out. But what about a Big Data and NoSQL Strategy, one that supports your business strategy? Virtually every major organization thinking about these data platforms is faced with the challenge of figuring out the appropriate approach and the requirements. This presentation will provide guidance on how to think about and establish realistic Big Data management plans and expectations. We will introduce a framework for evaluating the various choices when it comes to implementing and succeeding with Big Data/NoSQL and show how to demonstrate a sample use case.
Dashboards are Dumb Data - Why Smart Analytics Will Kill Your KPIsLuciano Pesci, PhD
Organizations of every size have access to data dashboard technology, yet none of the solutions have delivered on their hype and right now across the world executives and analysts are staring at a dashboard and thinking the same thing, ""so what?""
The failure of dashboards to deliver meaningful insights is inherent in their simplicity: they only show surface level information, and not the relationships between data points that really drive the fate of your organization.
But all is not lost! By combining the right mix of technology and human expertise in business strategy, research and data mining you can embrace the smart analytics movement, and start accessing insights that grow your company and your competitive position.
You can watch the accompanying webinar here: https://youtu.be/RdOcPxv9wLs
The Chief Data Officer's Agenda: The Power of Data StrategyDATAVERSITY
Succeeding with your Data Strategy demands a balance between innovation, opportunity, complexity and agility. It requires due attention to internal governance and risk management, as well as externalities of rapid technological change and business opportunity. This was the theme of discussions at the CDO Vision Conference in Austin on April 29-30. Our panelists all took part in that event, and will bring the highlights and insights from CDO Vision to today’s webinar discussion.
Topics include:
Organization and structure for strategic success with data
Role of the Chief Data Officer
Information valuation and asset management
Enhancing the customer experience
Governance and quality
New data development methods
Big data strategy and architecture
In times of digitalization, every aspect of our life is connected to data. To leverage this data, companies need to understand and master analytics. In this presentation, Leo Marose will guide you through the world of big data & data science and show you his approach of how to build a data-driven organization.
How to turn traditional Industrial Companies into Modern, Digital-Data Driven...Data Con LA
Data Con LA 2020
Description
The talk will describe how a $2B traditional, asset and human-capital intensive company which owns and operates a million machines was turned into a modern, digital-data driven company any deploying IoT and advanced analytics. The talk will describe how every aspect of customer/consumer experience and company operations (convenience based use, pricing, optimized service, collections and refunds) was transformed using new data driven tools, visualizations and insights.
Speaker
Sugath Warnakulasuriya, Thalamus Labs, Managing Director
ADV Slides: Organizational Change Management in Becoming an Analytic Organiza...DATAVERSITY
The disparity between expecting change and managing it – the “change gap” – is growing at an unprecedented pace. This has put many information management shops into traction as they initiate large, complex projects needed to stay competitive.
Information management professionals and business leaders must concern themselves with the organization’s acceptance of these efforts. To be successful in achieving the larger enterprise goals, these initiatives must transform the organization. However, it takes more than wishful thinking to bridge the gap.
The complexities of engaging behavioral and enterprise transformation are too often underestimated at great peril, because the “soft stuff” is truly hard. In this webinar, William McKnight will outline:
• The change readiness activities that focus on identifying and addressing people risks
• The tasks that will mobilize and align leaders to create outstanding business value
• The strategies to manage stakeholders, ensure change readiness, and address the organizational implications
• The methodologies to train the workforce as required to fully embrace and utilize the system
A presentation given in Denmark, introducing cognitive computing, highlighting potential benefits and early use-cases in insurance with IBM Watson. The presentation included demos.
Link to youtube video of FlexRate Insurers self-service demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xRN9RzpVBE&spfreload=10
Link to IBM Watson white paper on Cognitive Computing in Insurance:
BI congres 2016-4: Hoe groei je als organisatie in analytische maturiteit? - ...BICC Thomas More
9de BI congres van het BICC-Thomas More: 24 maart 2016
Waar traditionele BI voornamelijk beschrijft van WAT er gebeurd is, kunnen we met Self-Service BI een stapje verder gaan en een eerste verklaring geven WAAROM iets zich voordoet. Als we echter tot de wortel willen geraken, moeten we gebruik maken van Analytics.
Data is the lifeblood of just about every organization and functional area today. As businesses struggle to come to grips with the data flood, it is even more critical to focus on data as an asset that directly supports business imperatives as other organizational assets do. Organizations across most industries attempt to address data opportunities (e.g. Big Data) and data challenges (e.g. data quality) to enhance business unit performance. Unfortunately however, the results of these efforts frequently fall far below expectations due to haphazard approaches. Overall, poor organizational data management capabilities are the root cause of many of these failures. This webinar covers three lessons (illustrated by examples), which will help you to establish realistic OM plans and expectations, and help demonstrate the value of such actions to both internal and external decision makers.
Takeaways:
Organizational thinking must change: Value-added data management practices must be considered and included as a vital part of your business strategy.
Walk before you run with data focused initiatives: Understand and implement necessary data management prerequisites as a foundation, then build upon that foundation.
There are no silver bullets: Tools alone are not the answer. Specifying business requirements, business practices and data governance are almost always more important.
Dcaf transformation & kg adoption 2022 -alan morrisonAlan Morrison
A keynote presentation on knowledge graph adoption trends and how to do digital transformation differently.
Delivered at the Enterprise Data Transformation & Knowledge Graph Adoption
A Semantic Arts DCAF Event
February 28, 2022
Mathew Zaute, VP of Analytics at Rise Interactive, shares insights into the current marketing analytics landscape, common struggles marketers face, the keys to success, and more.
How to use your data science team: Becoming a data-driven organizationYael Garten
Talk given at Strata Hadoop World conference March 2016.
http://conferences.oreilly.com/strata/hadoop-big-data-ca/public/schedule/detail/48305
In this talk we review the culture, process and tools needed for a data driven organization. We review an example of how companies like LinkedIn use data to make business decisions, and then walk through the culture, process, and tools needed to foster this. We review the spectrum of data science used within an organization and explore organizational needs, such as the democratization of data via self-serve data platforms for experimentation, monitoring, and data exploration, as well as the challenges that come with such systems. Participants leave this session with the ability to identify opportunities for data scientists to contribute within their organization and with an understanding of what investments are needed to drive transformation into a data-driven organization.
Understanding What’s Possible: Getting Business Value from Big Data QuicklyInside Analysis
The Briefing Room with David Loshin and OpenText
Live Webcast April 14, 2015
https://bloorgroup.webex.com/bloorgroup/onstage/g.php?MTID=e079dc562543a394c5c5d0588e7cd9152
To be successful and practical in delivering meaningful insights, companies must embrace the three pillars of enterprise analytics: scalability, open standards, and speed to value. In doing so, organizations enable a range of options that can satisfy both data scientists and self-service business users alike. But getting there requires a thoughtful approach -- and some enterprise knowledge of statistical modeling. How can your company stay ahead of the game?
Register for this episode of The Briefing Room to learn from veteran Analyst David Loshin, as he explains why the fundamentals will always apply to the high-stakes game of analytics. He’ll be briefed by Allen Bonde of Actuate, now part of OpenText, who will showcase his company’s intelligence platform, which was designed from the ground up to embrace open standards and was purpose-built to serve large enterprises with a wide range of data needs. He'll demonstrate recent success stories using a number of Big Data sources, including device and machine data.
Visit InsideAnalysis.com for more information.
Data-Ed: A Framework for no sql and HadoopData Blueprint
Big Data and NoSQL continue to make headlines everywhere. However, most of what has been written about these topics is focused on the hardware, services, and scale out. But what about a Big Data and NoSQL Strategy, one that supports your business strategy? Virtually every major organization thinking about these data platforms is faced with the challenge of figuring out the appropriate approach and the requirements. This presentation will provide guidance on how to think about and establish realistic Big Data management plans and expectations. We will introduce a framework for evaluating the various choices when it comes to implementing and succeeding with Big Data/NoSQL and show how to demonstrate a sample use case.
Dashboards are Dumb Data - Why Smart Analytics Will Kill Your KPIsLuciano Pesci, PhD
Organizations of every size have access to data dashboard technology, yet none of the solutions have delivered on their hype and right now across the world executives and analysts are staring at a dashboard and thinking the same thing, ""so what?""
The failure of dashboards to deliver meaningful insights is inherent in their simplicity: they only show surface level information, and not the relationships between data points that really drive the fate of your organization.
But all is not lost! By combining the right mix of technology and human expertise in business strategy, research and data mining you can embrace the smart analytics movement, and start accessing insights that grow your company and your competitive position.
You can watch the accompanying webinar here: https://youtu.be/RdOcPxv9wLs
The Chief Data Officer's Agenda: The Power of Data StrategyDATAVERSITY
Succeeding with your Data Strategy demands a balance between innovation, opportunity, complexity and agility. It requires due attention to internal governance and risk management, as well as externalities of rapid technological change and business opportunity. This was the theme of discussions at the CDO Vision Conference in Austin on April 29-30. Our panelists all took part in that event, and will bring the highlights and insights from CDO Vision to today’s webinar discussion.
Topics include:
Organization and structure for strategic success with data
Role of the Chief Data Officer
Information valuation and asset management
Enhancing the customer experience
Governance and quality
New data development methods
Big data strategy and architecture
In times of digitalization, every aspect of our life is connected to data. To leverage this data, companies need to understand and master analytics. In this presentation, Leo Marose will guide you through the world of big data & data science and show you his approach of how to build a data-driven organization.
How to turn traditional Industrial Companies into Modern, Digital-Data Driven...Data Con LA
Data Con LA 2020
Description
The talk will describe how a $2B traditional, asset and human-capital intensive company which owns and operates a million machines was turned into a modern, digital-data driven company any deploying IoT and advanced analytics. The talk will describe how every aspect of customer/consumer experience and company operations (convenience based use, pricing, optimized service, collections and refunds) was transformed using new data driven tools, visualizations and insights.
Speaker
Sugath Warnakulasuriya, Thalamus Labs, Managing Director
ADV Slides: Organizational Change Management in Becoming an Analytic Organiza...DATAVERSITY
The disparity between expecting change and managing it – the “change gap” – is growing at an unprecedented pace. This has put many information management shops into traction as they initiate large, complex projects needed to stay competitive.
Information management professionals and business leaders must concern themselves with the organization’s acceptance of these efforts. To be successful in achieving the larger enterprise goals, these initiatives must transform the organization. However, it takes more than wishful thinking to bridge the gap.
The complexities of engaging behavioral and enterprise transformation are too often underestimated at great peril, because the “soft stuff” is truly hard. In this webinar, William McKnight will outline:
• The change readiness activities that focus on identifying and addressing people risks
• The tasks that will mobilize and align leaders to create outstanding business value
• The strategies to manage stakeholders, ensure change readiness, and address the organizational implications
• The methodologies to train the workforce as required to fully embrace and utilize the system
A presentation given in Denmark, introducing cognitive computing, highlighting potential benefits and early use-cases in insurance with IBM Watson. The presentation included demos.
Link to youtube video of FlexRate Insurers self-service demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xRN9RzpVBE&spfreload=10
Link to IBM Watson white paper on Cognitive Computing in Insurance:
BI congres 2016-4: Hoe groei je als organisatie in analytische maturiteit? - ...BICC Thomas More
9de BI congres van het BICC-Thomas More: 24 maart 2016
Waar traditionele BI voornamelijk beschrijft van WAT er gebeurd is, kunnen we met Self-Service BI een stapje verder gaan en een eerste verklaring geven WAAROM iets zich voordoet. Als we echter tot de wortel willen geraken, moeten we gebruik maken van Analytics.
BI congres 2016-2: Diving into weblog data with SAS on Hadoop - Lisa Truyers...BICC Thomas More
9de BI congres van het BICC-Thomas More: 24 maart 2016
De hoeveelheid data die via weblogs verzameld wordt, neemt steeds meer toe. Lisa Truyers zet aan de hand van een praktische case uiteen hoe Keyrus hiermee aan de slag ging
BI congres 2016-3: Insurance comparison engine - Miloud Belkacem - Business &...BICC Thomas More
9de BI congres van het BICC-Thomas More: 24 maart 2016
Data analytical platform, new generation. In this presentation Miloud Belkacem shows you how to structure your infrastructure and data sources so they can be available not to just data analysts, but also to the whole organization. It’s an insight into a modern data analytical platform.
BI congres 2014-4: thinking out of the box - Jos Cools - CrosspointBICC Thomas More
7de BI congres van het BICC-Thomas More: 3 april 2014
Business Analytics @ Immoweb
In 2013 heeft Immoweb gekozen voor SAS Visual Analytics om een solide basis uit te bouwen om de besluitvorming te ondersteunen.
Tijdens deze sessie worden een aantal uitdagingen onder de loep genomen rond rapportering, analytics en forecasting.
Met deze praktijk case krijg je inzicht in hoe je een analytics en rapporterings omgeving kan opzetten als beleidsondersteuning.
BI congres 2014-6: Opleiding Informatiemanagement - Hans Tubbax - Thomas MoreBICC Thomas More
Nieuwe opleiding Informatiemanagement aan Thomas More
In onze economie is data van groot strategisch belang. Bedrijven worden overspoeld door gegevens en moeten steeds sneller onderbouwde beslissingen nemen. Hoe selecteren ze uit de grote hoeveelheid beschikbare data de interessante informatie? Wat met de privacy en de beveiliging ervan? Data correct analyseren, efficiënt en veilig beheren en helder rapporteren wordt steeds belangrijker!
In de snel veranderende wereld van Big Data veranderen jobs voortdurend van naam, maar met een diploma van Informatiemanagement op zak ben je een gegeerde professional! Bedrijven zijn immers druk op zoek naar specialisten die uit grote hoeveelheden data winst kunnen genereren.
BI congres 2014-5: from BI to big data - Jan Aertsen - PentahoBICC Thomas More
7de BI congres van het BICC-Thomas More: 3 april 2014
Reisverslag van Business Intelligence naar Big Data
De reisbranche is sterk in beweging. Deze presentatie zal een reis door klassieke en moderne BI bestemmingen zijn, toont een serie snapshots van verschillende use cases in de reisbranche. Tijdens de sessie benadrukken we de capaciteit en flexibiliteit die een BI-tool nodig heeft om u te begeleiden op uw reis van klassieke BI-implementaties naar de moderne big data uitdagingen .
BI congres 2014-3: facts not opinions - Tobias Temmink - TeradataBICC Thomas More
7de BI congres van het BICC-Thomas More: 3 april 2014
Geen meningen maar Feiten!
Big Data heeft de wereld van BI en Analytics veranderd. Of toch niet? Wat is nog altijd hetzelfde en wat is er veranderd? Wat is er vandaag voor nodig om een volledig data gedreven organisatie te worden? Ik zal laten zien hoe bedrijven als Netflix, Full Tilt Poker, en Wells Fargo nieuwe en bestaande technologien gebruiken om hun bedrijven te draaien en te verbeteren.
Joe Caserta's 2016 Data Summit Workshop "Introduction to Data Science with Hadoop" on May 9, expanded on his Intro to Data Science Workshop held at last year's Summit. Again, Joe presented to a standing-room only audience with a focus on the data lake, governance and the role of the data scientist.
For more information on Caserta Concepts, visit our website: http://casertaconcepts.com/
How to Become a Data Scientist
SF Data Science Meetup, June 30, 2014
Video of this talk is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c52IOlnPw08
More information at: http://www.zipfianacademy.com
Zipfian Academy @ Crowdflower
Brian Spiering, a faculty member at the University of San Francisco's MS in Data Science, provides practical advice on how best to navigate the seemingly unlimited choices. He covers how to learn programming skills you'll need, how much Machine Learning is enough, and how to develop the necessary communication skills.
Jordan Engbers - Making an Effective Data ScientistCybera Inc.
It is difficult for organizations to find and train effective data scientists because of the
multidisciplinary nature of the requisite skillset, typically a combination of programming,
statistics and domain knowledge. Furthermore, data science technologies are evolving at a
rapid pace, requiring practitioners to constantly explore new tools and methodologies. Given this broad and changing landscape, how do we prepare the next generation of data scientists? Since we cannot predict what specific skills or knowledge will be required in the coming years, I propose that we focus on fostering generalist traits, like creativity, curiosity, critical thinking, and a scientific mindset. If we encourage a generalist approach to problem solving, new data scientists will be able to learn skills as necessary and adapt effectively to coming data science technologies.
Huge amount of data is being collected everywhere - when we browse the web, go to the doctor's clinic, visit the supermarket, tweet or watch a movie. This plethora of data is dealt under a new realm called Data Science. Data Science is now recognized as a highly-critical growing area with impact across many sectors including science, government, finance, health care, social networks, manufacturing, advertising, retail,
and others. This colloquium will try to provide an overview as well as clarify bits and bats about this emerging field.
Highlights and summary of long-running programmatic research on data science; practices, roles, tools, skills, organization models, workflow, outlook, etc. Profiles and persona definition for data scientist model. Landscape of org models for data science and drivers for capability planning. Secondary research materials.
Pistoia Alliance Webinar Demystifying AI: Centre of Excellence for AI Webina...Pistoia Alliance
Pistoia Alliance launched its Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Life Sciences where we hope to bring together best practice, adoption strategy and hackathons covering a range of challenges.
Over the coming months we will be hosting a series of topics and speakers giving their perspectives on the role of Artificial & Augmented Intelligence in Life Sciences and Healthcare.
The topics will cover some of the current challenges, user stories & value in using AI in life sciences. If you want to get involved in this series as a speaker or suggest topics please get in touch
Webinar 1 will focused on the following
A Brief History
Big Data/ML/DL/AI - fundamentals and concepts
Data Fidelity importance
Some best practices
Data science is the study of where information comes from, what it represents and how it can be turned into a valuable resource in the creation of business and IT strategies. Mining large amounts of structured and unstructured data to identify patterns can help an organization rein in costs, increase efficiencies, recognize new market opportunities and increase the organization's competitive advantage.
Grow Your Own - How to Create a Data Culture at Your OrganizationLuciano Pesci, PhD
80% of data projects fail. How can something so promising be failing so badly? While organizations are scrambling to stay competitive by hiring data-talent, they don't fully understand the types available, how to integrate them into existing workflows, what to expect from their efforts, and how to gauge success.
You can watch the accompanying Webinar here: https://youtu.be/MUv-tqMHbvs
Analytics (as if learning mattered) - RIDE Symposium, University of London 10...Adam Cooper
These slides are from a presentaion by Adam Cooper, entitled "Analytics (as if learning mattered)" in the In Focus: Learner analytics and big data symposium, University of London, December 10th 2013
The recorded audio from the session is available at: https://soundcloud.com/cdelondon/analytics-as-if-learning
Related blog post at: http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/2013/10/31/policy-and-strategy-for-systemic-deployment-of-learning-analytics-barriers-and-potential-pitfalls/
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Empowering the Data Analytics Ecosystem: A Laser Focus on Value
The data analytics ecosystem thrives when every component functions at its peak, unlocking the true potential of data. Here's a laser focus on key areas for an empowered ecosystem:
1. Democratize Access, Not Data:
Granular Access Controls: Provide users with self-service tools tailored to their specific needs, preventing data overload and misuse.
Data Catalogs: Implement robust data catalogs for easy discovery and understanding of available data sources.
2. Foster Collaboration with Clear Roles:
Data Mesh Architecture: Break down data silos by creating a distributed data ownership model with clear ownership and responsibilities.
Collaborative Workspaces: Utilize interactive platforms where data scientists, analysts, and domain experts can work seamlessly together.
3. Leverage Advanced Analytics Strategically:
AI-powered Automation: Automate repetitive tasks like data cleaning and feature engineering, freeing up data talent for higher-level analysis.
Right-Tool Selection: Strategically choose the most effective advanced analytics techniques (e.g., AI, ML) based on specific business problems.
4. Prioritize Data Quality with Automation:
Automated Data Validation: Implement automated data quality checks to identify and rectify errors at the source, minimizing downstream issues.
Data Lineage Tracking: Track the flow of data throughout the ecosystem, ensuring transparency and facilitating root cause analysis for errors.
5. Cultivate a Data-Driven Mindset:
Metrics-Driven Performance Management: Align KPIs and performance metrics with data-driven insights to ensure actionable decision making.
Data Storytelling Workshops: Equip stakeholders with the skills to translate complex data findings into compelling narratives that drive action.
Benefits of a Precise Ecosystem:
Sharpened Focus: Precise access and clear roles ensure everyone works with the most relevant data, maximizing efficiency.
Actionable Insights: Strategic analytics and automated quality checks lead to more reliable and actionable data insights.
Continuous Improvement: Data-driven performance management fosters a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
Sustainable Growth: Empowered by data, organizations can make informed decisions to drive sustainable growth and innovation.
By focusing on these precise actions, organizations can create an empowered data analytics ecosystem that delivers real value by driving data-driven decisions and maximizing the return on their data investment.
Chatty Kathy - UNC Bootcamp Final Project Presentation - Final Version - 5.23...John Andrews
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Title: Chatty Kathy: Enhancing Physical Activity Among Older Adults
Description:
Discover how Chatty Kathy, an innovative project developed at the UNC Bootcamp, aims to tackle the challenge of low physical activity among older adults. Our AI-driven solution uses peer interaction to boost and sustain exercise levels, significantly improving health outcomes. This presentation covers our problem statement, the rationale behind Chatty Kathy, synthetic data and persona creation, model performance metrics, a visual demonstration of the project, and potential future developments. Join us for an insightful Q&A session to explore the potential of this groundbreaking project.
Project Team: Jay Requarth, Jana Avery, John Andrews, Dr. Dick Davis II, Nee Buntoum, Nam Yeongjin & Mat Nicholas
Levelwise PageRank with Loop-Based Dead End Handling Strategy : SHORT REPORT ...Subhajit Sahu
Abstract — Levelwise PageRank is an alternative method of PageRank computation which decomposes the input graph into a directed acyclic block-graph of strongly connected components, and processes them in topological order, one level at a time. This enables calculation for ranks in a distributed fashion without per-iteration communication, unlike the standard method where all vertices are processed in each iteration. It however comes with a precondition of the absence of dead ends in the input graph. Here, the native non-distributed performance of Levelwise PageRank was compared against Monolithic PageRank on a CPU as well as a GPU. To ensure a fair comparison, Monolithic PageRank was also performed on a graph where vertices were split by components. Results indicate that Levelwise PageRank is about as fast as Monolithic PageRank on the CPU, but quite a bit slower on the GPU. Slowdown on the GPU is likely caused by a large submission of small workloads, and expected to be non-issue when the computation is performed on massive graphs.
As Europe's leading economic powerhouse and the fourth-largest hashtag#economy globally, Germany stands at the forefront of innovation and industrial might. Renowned for its precision engineering and high-tech sectors, Germany's economic structure is heavily supported by a robust service industry, accounting for approximately 68% of its GDP. This economic clout and strategic geopolitical stance position Germany as a focal point in the global cyber threat landscape.
In the face of escalating global tensions, particularly those emanating from geopolitical disputes with nations like hashtag#Russia and hashtag#China, hashtag#Germany has witnessed a significant uptick in targeted cyber operations. Our analysis indicates a marked increase in hashtag#cyberattack sophistication aimed at critical infrastructure and key industrial sectors. These attacks range from ransomware campaigns to hashtag#AdvancedPersistentThreats (hashtag#APTs), threatening national security and business integrity.
🔑 Key findings include:
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🔍 Escalation of state-sponsored and criminally motivated cyber operations.
🔍 Active dark web exchanges of malicious tools and tactics.
Our comprehensive report delves into these challenges, using a blend of open-source and proprietary data collection techniques. By monitoring activity on critical networks and analyzing attack patterns, our team provides a detailed overview of the threats facing German entities.
This report aims to equip stakeholders across public and private sectors with the knowledge to enhance their defensive strategies, reduce exposure to cyber risks, and reinforce Germany's resilience against cyber threats.
Opendatabay - Open Data Marketplace.pptxOpendatabay
Opendatabay.com unlocks the power of data for everyone. Open Data Marketplace fosters a collaborative hub for data enthusiasts to explore, share, and contribute to a vast collection of datasets.
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From intelligent search and recommendations to automated data productisation and quotation, Opendatabay AI-driven features streamline the data workflow. Finding the data you need shouldn't be a complex. Opendatabay simplifies the data acquisition process with an intuitive interface and robust search tools. Effortlessly explore, discover, and access the data you need, allowing you to focus on extracting valuable insights. Opendatabay breaks new ground with a dedicated, AI-generated, synthetic datasets.
Leverage these privacy-preserving datasets for training and testing AI models without compromising sensitive information. Opendatabay prioritizes transparency by providing detailed metadata, provenance information, and usage guidelines for each dataset, ensuring users have a comprehensive understanding of the data they're working with. By leveraging a powerful combination of distributed ledger technology and rigorous third-party audits Opendatabay ensures the authenticity and reliability of every dataset. Security is at the core of Opendatabay. Marketplace implements stringent security measures, including encryption, access controls, and regular vulnerability assessments, to safeguard your data and protect your privacy.
1. Data Scientist Profiles
Tuesday May 19th 2015
By Dries Van Nieuwenhuyse
Prof. EHSAL Management School
Researcher at BICC Thomas More
Lecturer Strategic Management HoGent
2. Agenda
• Do analytics matter? Of course!
• What’s in a name: do we really need a new term ”data scientist” for this?
• Characteristics of data scientists
• How do we recognize them?
• How do we build up data scientist teams?
• Feasible?
3. Do analytics matters? Of course!
Who’s on Facebook?
Who’s on LinkedIn?
How much overlap is there in the PYMK suggestions? (20 – 40 – 60 – 80 – 100)
4. Do analytics matters? Of course!
« Some companies have built their very businesses on their
ability to collect, analyze, and act on data. Every company
can learn from what these firms do. »
Thomas H. Davenport, 2006. Competing on analytics. Harvard Business Review, January 2006 p99-107.
5. What’s in a name?
Whether employers know or don’t know what data
scientists do, they have been using -‐ in rapidly
growing numbers -‐ the term “data scientist” in job
descriptions in recent years...
6. What’s in a name?
What then are the data scientists, these new men and women of industry?
o Are they scientists?
o Engineers?
o Programmers?
o Business Controllers?
o Financial Controllers?
o A new breed of business decision-‐makers and innovators?
7. What’s in a name?
• Google‘s chief economist Hal Varian commented in January [2009] that the next sexy job in the
next 10 years would be statisticians. By statisticians, he actually meant it as a general title for
someone who is able to extract information from large datasets and then present something of
use to non-‐data experts…
• In June 2009 in a blog post titled “Rise of the Data Scientist” by Natahn Yau, a PhD candidate in
statistics, the term was first really used.
8. What’s in a name?
“What data scientists do is make discoveries while
swimming in data… [their] dominant trait is intense
curiosity - a desire to go beneath the surface of a problem,
find the questions at its heart, and distill them into a very
clear set of hypotheses that can be tested. This often entails
the associative thinking that characterizes the most
creative scientists in any field….”
Thomas H. Davenport & D.J. Patil (October 2012). Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century.
9. What’s in a name?
A data scientist is an engineer who employs the scientific method and applies data-‐discovery
tools to find new insights in data. The scientific method—the formulation of a hypothesis, the
testing, the careful design of experiments, the verification by others—is something they take
from their knowledge of statistics and their training in scientific disciplines. The application (and
tweaking) of tools comes from their engineering, or more specifically, computer science and
programming background. The best data scientists are product and process innovators and
sometimes, developers of new data-‐discovery tools.
Data Scientists: The Definition of Sexy (Gil Press)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2012/09/27/data-scientists-the-definition-of-sexy/
10. What’s in a name?
A data scientist is a job title for an employee or business intelligence (BI) consultant who excels at
analyzing data, particularly large amounts of data, to help a business gain a competitive edge.
Margaret Rouse, WhatIs.com
11.
12. How can we recognize a data scientist?
• Very different backgrounds
• Curiosity beyond day-‐to-‐day activities
• Bricolage versus engineering…
• Questions are more important than answers
D.J. Patil (2011) Building Data Science Teams. O’Reilly Media.
13. Skills of a data scientist
The significant problems we face
cannot be solvedby the same level
of thinking that created them.
If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended
on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes
determining the proper question to ask, for once I know
the proper question, I could solve the problem in less
than five minutes.
A. Einstein
14. Skills of a data scientist
• Finding rich data sources
• Working with large volumes of data despite hardware, software, and bandwidth constraint
• Cleaning the data and making sure that data is consistent
• Merging multiple datasets together
• Visualizing that data
• Building rich tooling that enables others to work with data effectively
D.J. Patil (2011) Building Data Science Teams. O’Reilly Media
15. Data scientist = BI professional?
EMC (2011). Data Science Revealed: A Data-Driven Glimpse into the Burgeoning New Field.
16. Data scientist = BI professional?
EMC (2011). Data Science Revealed: A Data-Driven Glimpse into the Burgeoning New Field.
• BI professionals focus on qualitative visualization of existing business data
• Data scientists apply advanced analytical tools to generate predictive insights
• More communication
• More scientifically trained
• Introvert – Extravert
• Bricolage -‐ Engineering
18. Changing role of controllers
• Gradient between Flexibility and
Control
• Gradient between Internal and
External focus
• Finance is moving in
Cornel, Renes & Vervuurt (2013). Controllers - Fit for the future. MCA
19. Can BI professionals become data
scientists?
• Nowadays everyone wants to become proactive, analytical
and strategically aligned
• Will they all succeed in this mental shift?
• Of course they won’t all succeed
• So there is plenty of room for talent
• Obviously a good understanding of the domain of
Performance MANAGEMENT in compleness will play a
pivotal role in this change
20. Can BI professionals become data
scientists?
• Sure they can!!!
• Own research shows that personal traits are in the end prevailing
• Not everyone needs to kick off the party
• Soft skills are more important than hard skills
• Hard skills are more obvious to learn
• Diversity of multi-‐disciplinary teams is more important than individual skills
• Check for proactive and creative thinking
21. How to recruit?
• Focus recruiting the ‘usual suspects’ – (commercial) engineers, hard scientists, big data guru’s,
bricoleurs
• Scan memberships and active people in analytical and decision-‐making communities
• Steal talent from Finance, IT, Marketing
• Actively scan LinkedIn
• Organize a contest for data science open to all profiles
• Did the candidate publish in magazines, books?
22. How to recruit?
• Test for creativity – ask for a possible research agenda for your company testing whether they are
actually prepared
• Organize for continuous job satisfaction and spontaneous evolution through the organization
• Let candidate work on a data set for a day, come up with proper questions and answers and let the
candidate present and convince an audience of decision-‐makers
• Avoid overskilled and overtechnical PhD’s that can’t communicate
23. Doesn’t matter who takes the lead... just get
started
“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never
be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles
and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started
now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger
and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more
self-confident and more and more successful.”
Mark Victor Hansen