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Limitations of Geospatial Analytics
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Limitations of Geospatial Analytics

In Datamag:   Really some very classic issues about the limitations of long term forecasting in general.  " ... From a statistical analysis standpoint, modeling...

Visual Search for eProcurement
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Visual Search for eProcurement

Have brought up this method a number of times for minimizing costs. Now new methods include a novel visualization supporting search to find better, cheaper, procurement...

Leading Thinkers on Growth and Prosperty
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Leading Thinkers on Growth and Prosperty

In McKinsey:"Leading thinkers on how to maintain economic growth and prosperity .... What is the single biggest opportunity we can act on now to sustain rising...

Business Process Modeling and Cognitive AI
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Business Process Modeling and Cognitive AI

Announcement of a webinar February 18, on BPM and Cognitive AI.   By colleague Peter Fingar.   As a practioner of both  technologies, this interaction is a favorite...

Amazon Echo as a Task Channel
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Amazon Echo as a Task Channel

Have ordered an Amazon Echo.  This is the Amazon always-on microphone/speaker.  Which claims an AI voice recognition and task enablement system.    It is Beta,...

Python Packages for Data Mining
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Python Packages for Data Mining

A good overview of the topic: Why Python?   and a number of examples of its availability.   While I have done data mining and analytics for many years, I have never...

Facial Emotion Analysis
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Facial Emotion Analysis

Well known work by Paul Ekman is covered in the WSJ. " ...  The Technology that Unmasks Your Hidden Emotions ... Using Psychology and Data Mining to Discern Emotions...

Accenture on Technology Trends
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Accenture on Technology Trends

Venturebeat:  Good look at what companies are doing.  Not much in detail.  " ... The Accenture Technology Vision 2015 says that every business is now a digital...

Dimensions that Influence Location Value
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Dimensions that Influence Location Value

  Good piece in Cisco blog on the topic. Obvious yes, but the following discussion of why and how are very useful for retail applications.  By Jagdish Girimaji....

MIT Research on Randomizing Tasks
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MIT Research on Randomizing Tasks

I worked on a project that looked at how job tasks could be randomized in industrial processes.  This research effort at MIT, fairly technical, looks at a more...

New Rules in China for Western Tech Companies
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New Rules in China for Western Tech Companies

We did considerable work with Chinese retailers, attempting to understand their rapid development in conjunction with their complex infrastructure.  Now new regulations...

Risk Analytics Day
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Risk Analytics Day

The UC Center for Business Analytics will host Risk Analytics Day on February 11, 2015  8AM - 4:30PM at the Tangeman University Center (TUC) on the campus of the...

A Wearable Private Cloud?
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A Wearable Private Cloud?

Interesting upcoming kickstarter.  Have not looked at it seriously yet.  If it makes any sense will mention it again.  And its on Twitter." ... Do you trust that...

Hunting like a Wolf-Pack
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Hunting like a Wolf-Pack

In CACM:  This is about drones.  But I am intrigued regarding the group cooperative aspects of a wolf pack.  A long ago project with simple robot inventory tracking...

Risk and the Nimbleness of Brands
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Risk and the Nimbleness of Brands

In K@W:   " ... Brands that take bigger risks are reaping greater rewards in the world of digital marketing, write Google’s Eric Solomon and Gopi Kallayil in this...

Learning from Videos on the Web
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Learning from Videos on the Web

Learning is the ultimate AI.  Accurate, unsupervised learning of readily available resources is good too.Robot Learning Manipulation Action Plans by “Watching”Yezhou...

Dynamic Data
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Dynamic Data

The Utility and Power of Dynamic DataBy Tim Smith We’re living in the data revolution, where the old view of data and how we use it is changing for companies and...

Managing Complex Technology Projects
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Managing Complex Technology Projects

Via Deloitte:3 Rules for Managing Complex Technology ProjectsDefine desired business outcomes, assemble the project team, and stick to a reasonable project plan...

More on HoloLens Research
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More on HoloLens Research

Another view.   The first practical, general purpose augmented reality systems?  Interested in the design and virtual prototyping applications being suggested....

Setting your CIO Free to Innovate
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Setting your CIO Free to Innovate

In Innovation Excellence:“The CIO’s role is changing driven by cloud and an increasing number of ‘as a Service’ solutions that progressively reduce the organisations...
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