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Intel Corp on Device Reliance
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Intel Corp on Device Reliance

Correspondent John Stine on devices and more, This comes to mind as I am about to switch phones and add a new communications channel. " ... During a separate seminar...

IBM Makes SystemML Freely Available
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IBM Makes SystemML Freely Available

The continued competition to provide free and open source analytics integrated with their offerings.    Consider the power of integrating cognitive systems like...

Essentials of Innovation
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Essentials of Innovation

Mckinsey's new Podcast format:Why are some big companies simply better innovators? The leaders of McKinsey’s Innovation practice, Erik Roth and Nathan Marston,The...

Graph Visualization and Analytics Tools
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Graph Visualization and Analytics Tools

Piece on commonly used graph visualization tools.    One less known and not mentioned is Polinode, which I was recently introduced to.   Every data scientist should...

One Marketing Metric
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One Marketing Metric

I like simple metrics, especially linked to actual funds,  but are these accurately measurable and stable?  In Adage: " .... One Marketing Metric to Rule Them All...

Brick and Mortar Analytics
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Brick and Mortar Analytics

On the use of analytics for physical stores.  In Forbes.  I was reminded of this as I looked back on some methods we worked in the 90s.  More data, but not very...

Will Training for New Skills Have No Value?
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Will Training for New Skills Have No Value?

Posed in CWorld: An interesting premise.  As we learn to augment people with new skills using virtual assistants,  will these first replace the most valuable and...

Kinds of Thinkers in Collaboration
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Kinds of Thinkers in Collaboration

In the HBR:    How should organizations link to collaboration tools?  Just dealing with that myself in a new organization.   Who adapts and how?   Good piece" ....

Microsoft Tries an OpenFog Consortium
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Microsoft Tries an OpenFog Consortium

Fog computing they are calling it?  Won't set up a tag for that quite yet.Microsoft helps accelerate IoT with new OpenFog ConsortiumRich Internet of Things (IoT)...

Innovations in Engines for Aviation
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Innovations in Engines for Aviation

As I learn more about GE Aviation, More innovation in Big Scale Manufacturing.   In their innovation blog:GE Reports: Just Like The Wright Flyer, GE’s Turboprop...

Hololens to Provide Demo in Volvo Showroom
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Hololens to Provide Demo in Volvo Showroom

In Engadget:  An example of VR being used to provide engagement for marketing.  Does this provide actual value or just novelty?    First Hololens example with a...

Speed of Marketing Automation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Speed of Marketing Automation

Consider in addition attentive or analytical methods to detect needed intervention.Traveling at the speed of culture: can marketing automation keep up?For successful...

Origins of Graphic Communications
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Origins of Graphic Communications

And link to TED talk on alphabets and graphics.' ... "Why are these 32 symbols found in ancient caves all over Europe?"Genevieve Von Petzinger, a paleoanthropologist...

Wal-Mart and Facial Recognition
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Wal-Mart and Facial Recognition

Did Walmart cross a line with its facial recognition test?By Matthew SternWhether or not the public at large will accept the use of facial recognition in their...

A Translating Megaphone Assists
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A Translating Megaphone Assists

A simple example of an assistant.  A megaphone at Tokyo Airport translates.  We have started to see examples of realtime translation. But imagine the same device...

Algorithmic Morality
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Algorithmic Morality

Some classic examples of how we allow  humans to make deeply moral decisions.  Now how will these be handled by machine learning delivered algorithms?  MachineSee...

Persuasion in Marketing
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Persuasion in Marketing

Eric Barker:   Have been following up his writing and linking in Barking up the Wrong Tree:  The latest take:  NYPD Hostage Negotiators On How To Persuade People...

Pitney Bowes Location Intelligence
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Pitney Bowes Location Intelligence

Back in the enterprise we used the Mapinfo GIS system for location and mapping.    They were acquired by Pitney Bowes.  Now that location intelligence system is...

Logistic Regression vs Decision Trees
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Logistic Regression vs Decision Trees

Decision trees were a favorite method in the enterprise, in part because the solution could be easily understood.   Now think of them in relation to Logistic regression...

Building Predictive Models
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Building Predictive Models

Good,  non technical article in DSC about building predictive models.   No hype, suitable for executive use.  All this is fairly standard stuff, basic approaches...
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