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Baidu and Open Source Deep Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Baidu and Open Source Deep Learning

In SiliconAngle:   The Open source idea coming from China seems remarkable.  Have covered Baidu for some time, see the tag on the topic below.China’s Baidu to open...

Re-Inventing Ivy
From The Eponymous Pickle

Re-Inventing Ivy

The current education model is broken, we have all the tools in place to change it.Can Startup College Minerva Reinvent The Ivy League Model For The Digital Age...

Visualizations in R
From The Eponymous Pickle

Visualizations in R

I was reminded of this,  Machlis Musings ... By Sharon Machlis  5 data visualizations in 5 minutes: each in 5 lines or less of R  ...     Nicely done.  Does not...

Plotting Analytics Terminology
From The Eponymous Pickle

Plotting Analytics Terminology

An interesting article in the SAS blog on the evolution of 'data mining', actually a term less used these days.   They quote the image below about how a number...

Recipes for Training and Understanding Delivery
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Recipes for Training and Understanding Delivery

In Adage:Why Martha Stewart Doesn't Feel Sorry for Media CompaniesMogul Talks Facebook Live, Future of Magazines and the 'Advertiser Dilemma'  .... Fascinating...

Hadoop Effectiveness
From The Eponymous Pickle

Hadoop Effectiveness

A good overview of Hadoop and how it fits into data management and analytics.    To what degree will open source approaches change our view of analytics?

EU Eldercare Effort
From The Eponymous Pickle

EU Eldercare Effort

This was an area we looked at as we explored consumer robotics in the smarthome,  See the tag for past examinations. Netcarity is a European project researching...

IOT and High Value Goods
From The Eponymous Pickle

IOT and High Value Goods

In Readwrite: Not extremely new.  Had seen solutions by GE using essentially the idea in remote power plant applications. Active RFID applications.   The idea has...

Game that Speeds Language Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Game that Speeds Language Learning

In the CACM:   Always the kind of gamification that should be of most value, one that turns a difficult, lengthy and tedious effort into obsessive fun.    But how...

Understanding Cognitive Applications:  A Framework
From The Eponymous Pickle

Understanding Cognitive Applications: A Framework

" ... This a reminder about our Cognitive Systems Institute Group Speaker Series on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 10:30 am ET US (9:30am CT, 7:30 am PT).  OurSue...

Nimble Resource Allocation with Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Nimble Resource Allocation with Analytics

Good piece on resource allocation by McKinsey.  I always point to this as a place to start to use analytics.  It is all about resources.  Using them better, to"...

Advanced Consumer Drones
From The Eponymous Pickle

Advanced Consumer Drones

IEEE Spectrum looks at Drones.  In particular a drone that incorporates advanced autopilot capabilities.

Developer as CEO
From The Eponymous Pickle

Developer as CEO

In CIOInsight.   My reaction:  True, most CEO's  in consumer facing companies come out of marketing,  which is a kind of strategic, high level interface between...

Graph Databases Explosion
From The Eponymous Pickle

Graph Databases Explosion

Always like the method because it directly integrates visualization and analytical methods.   Though most real data examples are difficult to understand directly...

Selling AI to Business Now
From The Eponymous Pickle

Selling AI to Business Now

Have been involved in several era's that pushed the idea of AI.  So am interested in how it is being positioned today.  I also get inquiries from past and current...

Emotion vs Satisfaction
From The Eponymous Pickle

Emotion vs Satisfaction

In the HBR, looking at elements of emotion vs customer satisfaction.An Emotional Connection Matters More than Customer Satisfactionby Alan Zorfas, Daniel Leemon...

The Disruption of Bots.
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The Disruption of Bots.

Been continuing a look at the practical use  of bots.  Here the history of chatbots, types of bots, and why they can be so disruptive.

Getting Started with Blockchain
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Getting Started with Blockchain

A number of introductory articles on Bitcoin and Blockchain.  Important concepts to understand in a number of domains.

Intel Unveils a Drone
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Intel Unveils a Drone

 Unexpected for a company like Intel, but they are certainly a provider of relevant tech.   Can expect some interesting and practical technology developmentIntel...

Delta's Digital Black Swan
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Delta's Digital Black Swan

In MIT Sloan:  A reminder of the problems of building centralized systems.  And a good definition of the Black Swan:   " ...   Taleb wrote that black-swan events...
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