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Process Mining
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Process Mining

Process mining     From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ....Process mining is a process management technique that allows for the analysis of business processes...

Hype of Virtual Medicine
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Hype of Virtual Medicine

Good points are made here,  in particular are systems like smartphones, effective at addicting us otherwise, useful for health habits?   WSJ article:The Hype of...

Dolby Labs Sensing Biometrics
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Dolby Labs Sensing Biometrics

Not a new thing, we worked with several startups in this domain, still being implemented as 'Neuromarketing' in consumer in context measurement.   With lots ofNext...

Kirio, An Installed  Learning Smarthome
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Kirio, An Installed Learning Smarthome

Builders installing sensors to make homes adaptive.“Kirio creates smart homes from scratch, and they learn as you liveBy Jenny McGrath in Digital TrendsWith its...

Resume Assistant for Linkedin
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Resume Assistant for Linkedin

Always thought there was good opportunity here.  More still exists by linking capabilities to needs, and in meetings to tasks to be done.   And how about linking...

Twitter Posts
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Twitter Posts

My Twitter stream https://twitter.com/franzd  contains links to many of the posts here.   I also add related posts from twitter and other social sources a similar...

Guide to Chatbots
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Guide to Chatbots

A guide and survey of chatbots.  Looks good.  Will follow.Beginners Guide to Chatbots  Posted by William Vorhies Summary:  This is the first in a series about Chatbots...

Six Analytics Books
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Six Analytics Books

KD Nuggets books of interest to the data scientist.  Nice selection.  Mostly in the moderately technical domain.  Some of these are more background books that are...

Gartner on Digital Retail Strategies
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Gartner on Digital Retail Strategies

Most Retail Digital Strategies Not Yet Harvesting Results   by Robert Hetu   The retail CIO agenda for 2018 reflects the existential threat to many retailers, caused...

Life After Driving
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Life After Driving

Imagining a self-driving world.  Life After DrivingA very broad look at self driving vehicles, the near term and unexpected social and technical consequences.In...

Who Wants an Amazon Key?
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Who Wants an Amazon Key?

Still intrigued by the Amazon Key as a means to open a unique channel to the consumer.   But who wants it, who fears it, and what do they expect to get out of it...

Google Maps Show Checkout Line Length
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Google Maps Show Checkout Line Length

Adding line lengths to maps of stores.  Saw a similar approach done at a Kroger, but just for their store.  The data will be crowd sourced, which can lead to incorrect...

Chinese Economics
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Chinese Economics

Been looking at the 'One Belt, One Road Initiative'.  Earlier we had looked at modeling retail demand in Chinese markets using agent simulation modeling, as itWill...

Baidu Launches Conversational OS
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Baidu Launches Conversational OS

Ultimately it will be system that can natural converse with us that will be AI.  Not just systems that can recognize language, but systems that can carry on anBaidu...

State of Machine Intelligence
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State of Machine Intelligence

Well done piece, with useful charting out of the state of intelligence.  Below just a brief excerpt:The current state of machine intelligence 3.0Watching the appeal...

AlphaX Decision Sciences
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AlphaX Decision Sciences

Brought to my attention,  Advanced Analytics for Oil Companies.About AlphaX: AlphaX Decision Sciences, LLC is incorporated in Delaware with offices in Houston,...

Internet of Risky Things
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Internet of Risky Things

Risk increases as things exist in external environments, as does the IOT.The Internet of Risky Things - What to do about IOT Sceurity?  By Peter Liss in Linkedin...

How to Store Information in Your Clothes
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How to Store Information in Your Clothes

Quite remarkable idea, ready to test this out before buying more storage devices.How to Store Information in Your Clothes Invisibly, Without ElectronicsBy University...

Data Science: Challenges and Directions
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Data Science: Challenges and Directions

Late to this, but very useful.  Full text at link.  Have always been confused as to the very definition of data science, as opposed say to Analytics.  Science or...

Is Big Data Done?
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Is Big Data Done?

Depends upon what you mean by Big.  Has to be enough, correct, accessible, actionable, process usable,  stable, etc.     We all manage by data, have done that for...
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