article thumbnail

Global Hospitals Embark On A Worldwide Medical Data Initiative

Smart Data Collective

One of the biggest developments was the implementation of the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care , which took data from 50,000 patients dating back to 2001. Secure data management is key to mass utilization. The collaboration of all actors is necessary: politicians, managers, health professionals, patients and industry.

article thumbnail

Data science vs. machine learning: What’s the difference?

IBM Big Data Hub

” “Data science” was first used as an independent discipline in 2001. The fields have evolved such that to work as a data analyst who views, manages and accesses data, you need to know Structured Query Language (SQL) as well as math, statistics, data visualization (to present the results to stakeholders) and data mining.

article thumbnail

Data Science at The New York Times

Domino Data Lab

Diving into examples of building and deploying ML models at The New York Times including the descriptive topic modeling-oriented Readerscope (audience insights engine), a prediction model regarding who was likely to subscribe/cancel their subscription, as well as prescriptive example via recommendations of highly curated editorial content.