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Services and the IOT
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Services and the IOT

 The Internet of Things: Why Success Lies in ServicesThe Internet of Things is a fast-growing phenomenon in which formerly dumb devices get chips and sensors to...

Monitoring Machine Operation
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Monitoring Machine Operation

Recall I mentioned Thingworx   In SiliconAngle: " ... Machine-generated data returned to the agenda last week after industrial heavyweight PTC Inc. and ServiceMax...

Watson Analytics for Superbowl Front Office Data Analysis
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Watson Analytics for Superbowl Front Office Data Analysis

Good, fairly simple example of the automation of analytics.  Here using Watson analytics.  With commonly used exploratory goals.   Explore it for freeIn Business...

K Nearest Neighbor Using Python
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K Nearest Neighbor Using Python

Good instructional piece for a common kind of machine learning. Clustering.  Easier to do in R, but the comparison is also very useful. In DSC:   K-nearest neighbor...

Beyond Automation
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Beyond Automation

Talk today by Tom Davenport:  In particular how can we look at the current influence of fognitive/AI in the workplace? ... “Beyond Automation: Smart Machines +,...

Model Discovery, Process Mining with Fluxicon
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Model Discovery, Process Mining with Fluxicon

This software, Fluxicon Disco, was new to me.  Described in KDNuggets.   I recall doing something similar in R, but this appears to cover the whole realm of process...

Crowdoscope from Unilever
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Crowdoscope from Unilever

Of interest is the involvement of the CPG giant Unilever.  A data source, likely linked to real time analytics.Crowdoscope – a breakthrough survey and discussion...

Stories can be Dangerous
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Stories can be Dangerous

Have been always intrigued by storytelling, establishing a narrative, as a powerful way to convince, to advertise, to market.  It also a way to convert your analytics...

Kognit for Mixed Reality
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Kognit for Mixed Reality

Brought to my attention, understanding the limits of cognition and how it can be augmented with accessory augmentation.  Note the use of the term: 'Mixed Reality'...

Machine Intelligence in the Workplace
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Machine Intelligence in the Workplace

From the Cisco Blog:  Some interesting thoughts on intelligence and an interview with Marvin Minsky.   I like the comment about Minsky saying big business is stalling...

Pinterist Leveraging Deep Learning AI
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Pinterist Leveraging Deep Learning AI

How Pinterest can better leverage its contentHad thought there was some opening for interesting deep learning based image understanding in Pinterest.   To direct...

Rethinking BYOD
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Rethinking BYOD

Recently experienced aspects of BYOD in the enterprise, so this is interesting.   True you can now use your smart phone there,   But do expect that the enterprise...

Re Emergence of AI in the Enterprise
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Re Emergence of AI in the Enterprise

Seeing this directly and also through increasing queries about what to do next to play.  Good overview.Artificial intelligence in the enterprise: It’s on  Companies...

Gamifying in the Lumberyard
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Gamifying in the Lumberyard

One of the reasons that gamification is hard to do is that good, engaging games are hard to develop.   Thus expensive to create and test and adapt.   This prevented...

Supply Chain Management Prorities
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Supply Chain Management Prorities

In the APQC Blog:  Not unexpected view This is a survey to look at expectations.  I would have further looked at expectations that technologies, like the internet...

Goals for Thermostats in the Smart Home
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Goals for Thermostats in the Smart Home

In the midst of putting together a 'practical smart home'.  We experimented with this idea at the innovation centers from 2000 on,  and I demonstrated the ideaIn...

Tom Davenport: Beyond Automation ...  CSIG Talk
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Tom Davenport: Beyond Automation ... CSIG Talk

" ... Cognitive Systems Institute Group Speaker Series call this week, on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 10:30 am ET (7:30 am PT).  Our presenter on Thursday will...

A Look at Less well Known Visual Tools
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A Look at Less well Known Visual Tools

Visualization is a key way to understand your data.   I believe it is the key first step to any analytics problem.  Here a look at a number of tools, many of which...

Showing Computers a Better Way to Learn
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Showing Computers a Better Way to Learn

Interesting view.    Still think there is a big gap understanding the hardware, software and algorithms used by the brain.  Yet this is a good first step, accurately...

Power of How to Videos
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Power of How to Videos

Google on how to videos, pitching YouTube, with as always,  interesting stats.  I remember the family using a 'how to tie a necktie' in the early days of the Web...
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