Thu.Sep 05, 2019

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Advice on building a machine learning career and reading research papers by Prof. Andrew Ng

KDnuggets

This blog summarizes the career advice/reading research papers lecture in the CS230 Deep learning course by Stanford University on YouTube, and includes advice from Andrew Ng on how to read research papers.

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5G Roadmap: Preparing Your Enterprise Architecture

erwin

Why planning your 5G roadmap requires significant input from enterprise architects. 5G is coming and bringing with it the promise to transform any industry. And while the focus has been on the benefits to consumers, the effects on the enterprise are far- reaching. Few examples of emerging technology have the potential to disrupt and downright revolutionize certain markets and processes than 5G.

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Automated Machine Learning: Just How Much?

KDnuggets

This is an interview between Rosaria Silipo and data scientists Paolo Tamagnini, Simon Schmid and Christian Dietz, asking a few questions on the topic of automated machine learning from their point of view, and some interesting examples of its practical use.

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Top 10 BI data visualization tools

CIO Business Intelligence

There is golden knowledge in the sea of data that businesses are swimming in. Being able to fish out the business intelligence you need — when you need it — is the key to steering your ship.

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know as a Data or Product Professional

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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IDC report names IBM the #1 market leader in AI

IBM Big Data Hub

Among organizations investing in AI hardware, software or services, more will buy IBM and rely on Watson than any other vendor. This according to a new IDC report which names IBM as 2018’s market leader in AI. So just what sets apart IBM as leader of the AI provider pack?

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3 Ways to Manage Human Bias in the Analytics Process

KDnuggets

Managing human bias is an important part of the analytics process. Learn about three areas to watch out for to ensure your models as unbiased as possible.

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Consolidating Patron’s Data – To Increase Casinos’ ROI

BizAcuity

Admit it or not, casinos are booming to become a much bigger playground for businesses. With most operating within a hotel-like framework, there are more ways to engage their customers than ever before. From an operational standpoint, this means that casino-owners need to deploy different systems in different places across the floor of the casino to ensure seamless functioning.

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How stronger analysis and reporting sets IBM Planning Analytics apart—and drives profitability

IBM Big Data Hub

What differentiates IBM Planning Analytics from other planning solutions? Quite a lot, actually. But today we’d like to focus on the practical, real-world benefits of just two key functions: data analysis and reporting.

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Consolidating Patron’s Data – The Next Big Move to Increase Casinos’ ROI

BizAcuity

Admit it or not, casinos are booming to become a much bigger playground for businesses. With most operating within a hotel-like framework, there are more ways to engage their customers than ever before. From an operational standpoint, this means that casino-owners need to deploy different systems in different places across the floor of the casino to ensure seamless functioning.

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Data Strategy & Insights 2019: Reimagine To Reinvent

Srividya Sridharan

Discover the themes and topics we'll be tackling at this year's Data Strategy & Insights Forum.

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From Developer Experience to Product Experience: How a Shared Focus Fuels Product Success

Speaker: Anne Steiner and David Laribee

As a concept, Developer Experience (DX) has gained significant attention in the tech industry. It emphasizes engineers’ efficiency and satisfaction during the product development process. As product managers, we need to understand how a good DX can contribute not only to the well-being of our development teams but also to the broader objectives of product success and customer satisfaction.

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How to Create a Simple Visual Style Guide WITHOUT a Designer!

Depict Data Studio

Meihsi Chiang is an Evaluation Associate with the Brown School Evaluation Center at Washington University in St. Louis and for the last year has been a participant in Ann K. Emery’s online course. Meihsi helps to oversee the development of the design of communication and dissemination materials for the Center. Nikole Lobb Dougherty, Associate Director of the Brown School Evaluation Center, currently serves as the vice president of the Evaluation Association of St.

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TensorFlow Optimization Showdown: ActiveState vs. Anaconda

KDnuggets

In this TensorFlow tutorial, you’ll learn the impact of optimizing both operators and entire graphs, how to efficiently organize data in training and testing datasets to minimize data shuffling, and how to identify a well-optimized model using Anaconda and ActivePython.

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Our Top 20 Most-Read Data and Analytics Research Last Week (to Sep 1)

Andrew White

Click here for an interactive PDF to connect to the most read data and analytics research directly. This list excludes our branded research such as Magic Quadrants etc. Ted Friedman ‘s focus on data hub strategy and how they can you be successful with your data and analytics governance and data sharing programs, and to inform data integration efforts more intelligently, has paid off.

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Taking Analytics to the 4th Dimension

Teradata

4D analytics combines geospatial, temporal and time series data to do advanced analysis of time and space. Learn how to uncover new insights today.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Consolidating Patron’s Data – To Increase Casinos’ ROI

BizAcuity

Admit it or not, casinos are booming to become a much bigger playground for businesses. With most operating within a hotel-like framework, there are more ways to engage their customers than ever before. From an operational standpoint, this means that casino-owners need to deploy different systems in different places across the floor of the casino to ensure seamless functioning.

ROI 40
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Increasing Productivity in Insurance Operations with Digital Decisioning

Decision Management Solutions

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 10:00:00 AM PDT – 11:00:00 AM PDT. McKinsey recently reported that “Most carriers are struggling to meet their cost of capital, and productivity has barely moved over the past decade” and that “The insurance industry is facing a serious structural challenge … the majority of carriers are not making their cost of capital.” Growing productivity by improving operations is an essential ingredient in insurance carriers’ business

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Consolidating Data – The Next Big Move to Increase Casinos’ ROI.

BizAcuity

Admit it or not, casinos are booming to become a much bigger playground for businesses. With most operating within a hotel-like framework, there are more ways to engage their customers than ever before. From an operational standpoint, this means that casino-owners need to deploy different systems in different places across the floor of the casino to ensure seamless functioning.

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SSIS Lookup Cache Modes

Tim Mitchell

In SQL Server Integration Services, the lookup component is one of the most frequently used tools for data validation and completion. The lookup component is provided as a means to virtually join one set of data to another to validate and/or retrieve missing values. Properly configured, it is reliable and reasonably fast. To get the most out of this component, The post SSIS Lookup Cache Modes appeared first on Tim Mitchell.

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The Path to Product Excellence: Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Enhancing Communication

Speaker: David Bard, Principal at VP Product Coaching

In the fast-paced world of digital innovation, success is often accompanied by a multitude of challenges - like the pitfalls lurking at every turn, threatening to derail the most promising projects. But fret not, this webinar is your key to effective product development! Join us for an enlightening session to empower you to lead your team to greater heights.

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Taking Analytics to the 4th Dimension

Teradata

4D analytics combines geospatial, temporal and time series data to do advanced analysis of time and space. Learn how to uncover new insights today.

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Learn New Edge Techniques: IoT, AI and Analytics in Three Days at IoT Solutions World Congress, Barcelona

Nutanix

We are about a month away from IoT Solutions World Congress and we are very excited to be a diamond sponsor from the 29th-31st of October, 2019. We are bringing our bright and talented Nutanix Xi IoT team members and partners to talk to you about IoT/AI edge use cases with powerful live demos.

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Bringing the Human-Centered Touch to AI in Human Resources

Dataiku

AI will bring major benefits to HR, significantly broadening the reach of recruiters and allowing businesses to more effectively scour the Earth for high-quality job candidates. It offers the chance to correct for human errors that are embedded in a company’s hiring processes but that often go unchallenged and unnoticed.

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Hybrid Cloud Endgame: Lock in Value

Nutanix

To achieve maximum value, hybrid cloud is more apropos than multi-cloud. It starts with a solid, stable datacenter that can extend seamlessly into clouds as determined by the needs of your end-users and the business.

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How to Build an Experimentation Culture for Data-Driven Product Development

Speaker: Margaret-Ann Seger, Head of Product, Statsig

Experimentation is often seen as an aspirational practice, especially at smaller, fast-moving companies who are strapped for time and resources. So, how can you get your team making decisions in a more data-driven way while continuing to remain lean and maintaining ship velocity? In this webinar, Margaret-Ann Seger, Head of Product at Statsig, will teach you how to build an experimentation culture from the ground-up, graduating from just getting started with data-driven development to operating

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Delivering boring AI with Decision Management

Decision Management Solutions

A great article appeared in Information Age recently based on an interview with Tom Davenport If you want to see the benefits of AI, forget moonshots and think boring. In it, Tom argues that “if enterprises ever want to see the benefits of AI, they must embrace the mundane”. This is particularly true for companies that aren’t tech startups. As Tom says, “moonshots are possible if you’re a tech giant and you have billions of dollars to spend on experimenting” but what if you can’t “pivot”?

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Paws & Relax with Nutanix at Oracle OpenWorld

Nutanix

If you’re attending Oracle OpenWorld this year in San Francisco, we have a special cuddly treat for you! When you stop by our booth #1111 you will learn about the benefits of running Oracle databases on Nutanix and DBaaS, then stop by booth #1811 to meet and play with some puppies up for adoption through the Finding a Best Friend Rescue Group.

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Learn New Edge Techniques: IoT, AI and Analytics in Three Days at IoT Solutions World Congress, Barcelona

Nutanix

We are about a month away from IoT Solutions World Congress and we are very excited to be a diamond sponsor from the 29th-31st of October, 2019. We are bringing our bright and talented Nutanix Xi IoT team members and partners to talk to you about IoT/AI edge use cases with powerful live demos.

IoT 20
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What do Partners Want from.NEXT Europe?

Nutanix

We’re now getting ready for our fourth.NEXT Europe in Copenhagen and as with anything, the more you do, the more you learn.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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What do Partners Want from.NEXT Europe?

Nutanix

We’re now getting ready for our fourth.NEXT Europe in Copenhagen and as with anything, the more you do, the more you learn.

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