Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight by John W. Foreman

Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight



Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight ebook

Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight John W. Foreman ebook
ISBN: 9781118661468
Page: 432
Publisher: Wiley
Format: pdf


May 15, 2013 - It's about turning information into meaningful insights people can use, giving data a human shape and a connection with the messy real world that we live in. The ability to examine results throughout “Data ingestion, data prep and data wrangling can take up to 80 percent of a data scientist's or data analyst's time,” Hsu explained in an interview with siliconANGLE. At the with the emergence of technologies such as predictive analytics and cloud, create an exciting opportunity for IBM to help its customers give their front-line employees — who are inundated with information but often lack business insight – the collaborative tools to help them make better decisions. Jun 27, 2012 - This one-to-one relationship presents new ways to use vast amounts of Big Data and human expertise (Big Science) to turn information into insights. Apr 14, 2014 - The developers of the Hudson Yards on Manhattan's West Side are forming a partnership with the researchers at N.Y.U.'s Center for Urban Science and Progress to create a “quantified community” that uses data science to study and improve the urban Yet the conditions under which people will feel comfortable sharing their personal information, the researchers say, will be another subject for experiment in the living laboratory of the Hudson Yards community. Nov 27, 2013 - Interest in data science has exploded in 2013. Apr 2, 2014 - She regularly writes blog posts for Women in Astronomy and Astrobetter about Women in STEM, the tech industry, and best practices for coding and data visualization. Apr 9, 2014 - Its data part deals with acquiring, ingesting, transforming, storing and retrieving vast volumes and varieties of information. So how can Foursquare has transformed itself into a recommendation engine, providing helpful information and local offers to users customized to their location and time of day. Jun 24, 2013 - So, what really is analytics? Jun 1, 2013 - For Volume, I will discuss the concept of Semantic Perception, that is, how to convert massive amounts of data into information, meaning, and insight useful for human decision-making. Mar 26, 2014 - “We are consistently pushing the envelope to make Big Data analysts as productive as possible, and studies show the fastest way to digest information is visually,” said Stefan Groschupf, CEO and founder of Datameer. Organizations have realized that data science and data analytics represent perhaps the biggest opportunity to drive dramatic change and opportunity in their businesses today. May 20, 2014 - It's estimated that 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day from sources such as transactions, email, posts to social media sites, digital pictures and videos. 5 days ago - In a recent interview with journalist Charlie Rose, Freakonomics authors Steven Leavitt and Steven Dubner made the point that ideas, talent, and good questions are the key elements that turn data into useful insights. SMART, an initiative from Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, is an effort to redesign the pediatric growth chart. Basically, analytics refers to our ability to collect and use data to generate insights that inform fact-based decision-making. And with the speed at which data science is evolving, they are working hard to not only understand the potential and inspire their teams—but to make smart bets on people, technology and vision. Its science part seeks to extract insights from the data by applying tried-and-true NYU's new Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), with which I'm associated as executive-in-residence, represents such a concrete application of data science.

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