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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Unilever and the Internet of Things
A small part of my role in the enterprise was understanding and reporting on how arch rival Unilever used data and technology. Early interest looked at how primitive...
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Watson Business Analytics
I happened to see a new ad about IBM Watson Analytics this evening on sports TV, very well done 15 second spot. I was unable to find that ad, though I it willa...
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NASA Printing Houses on the Moon
In CACM: Once you get a 'printer' there, and have the necessary materials, it can be done." ... NASA envisions 3D printers serving as miniature on-site manufacturing...
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ChoreMonster Lauded by Parents Magazine
In Bizjournals, about colleague Chris Bergman's startup ChoreMonster. Congratulations Chris!' ... Cincinnati-made app lauded by Parents Magazine on 'Today' show...
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Geeting Started with Hadoop
Have had many people ask me, what is this Hadoop-Spark thing? How does one get started? Here is how you can get started in 10 minutes (they say). From Note...
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Experiential Products
Experience and material goods." ... Past studies have found that people get more enjoyment and satisfaction from the purchase of experiential adventures or events...
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Value of Positive Workplace Culture
In FutureofCIO: Value of positive Culture. " ... Organizations large or small are transforming from industrial silos to more holistic digital business, but a...
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Online Grocery Sales Disrupting In-Store
Watching Amazon closely.Report: Next 3 years to see major growth in online grocery sales E-commerce accounts for less than 1% of the food and beverage industry's...
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How to Find Needed Market Research Data
The data you need to make your company work efficiently is often hard to find. A former colleague has a startup that addresses this. It is being used by P&G....
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TED Talks on Memory
An hour long, multiple episode talk on the topic of human memory. " ... Memory Games ... Memory is malleable, dynamic and elusive. In this hour, TED speakers discuss...
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IKEA Hacks
Hacking IKEA products. In Gizmodo. Fun but not very exciting. Meanwhile IKEA is legally threatening the site because the site has advertising. Does not match...
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Blog Statistics
Around new year I review some blog statistics. Last December was a new record for monthly blog visits, a total of 28,542.
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On a Data Analytics Champion
In CIO: Suggesting that every organization needs a data analytics champion. I agree. But its success depends strongly on how you enable capabilities and reward...
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Interactive Intent Modeling
A natural interaction of user and their behavior. Note a number of recent posts in a related topic that uses personality modeling. Here a hybrid approach. Currently...
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Judea Pearl Keynote Address
Keynote Lecture at the 2014 BayesiaLab User ConferenceSeptember 23, 2014, Los Angeles, CaliforniaFrom Bayesian Networks to Causal and Counterfactual Reasoning Judea...
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Chief Analytics Officer
The Ultimate Big Data job? I don't know many of these positions around. The article does a good job in describing what they could be. Also a look at the differences...
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Open Source Code not always Safe
In CWorld: Very good points made here about the use of software libraries. Ran into exactly this problem a little while ago. Just because everyone can see the...
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Choose the Right Innovation Method
In the HBR: " ... In the industries plagued by the most uncertainty, how do companies hold on to their ability to innovate? And how do they achieve, and keep, an...
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Computing Breakthroughs in AI
Technology Review outlines technology breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. 2014 has been a very big year. We are starting to see real applications in practice...
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