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The importance of diversity in AI isn’t opinion, it’s math

IBM Big Data Hub

.” In an influential study, it was shown that diverse groups of low-ability problem solvers can outperform groups of high-ability problem solvers ( Hong & Page, 2004 ). This holds true in the areas of statistics, science and AI. What are the risks for disparate impact? How are you assessing fairness?

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Our quest for robust time series forecasting at scale

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

Hand-Drawn Time Series of Google “Results Pages”, November 1998 through July 2004. Such a model risks conflating important aspects, notably the growth trend, with other less critical aspects. In other words, there is an asymmetry of risk-reward when there exists the possibility of misspecifying the weights in $X_C$.

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New Thinking, Old Thinking and a Fairytale

Peter James Thomas

Of course it can be argued that you can use statistics (and Google Trends in particular) to prove anything [1] , but I found the above figures striking. Feel free to substitute Data Lake for Data Warehouse if you want a more modern vibe, sadly it won’t change the failure statistics. . [5]. The scope is worldwide.

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Modernize Using The BI & Analytics Magic Quadrant

Rita Sallam

Or when Tableau and Qlik’s serious entry into the market circa 2004-2005 set in motion a seismic market shift from IT to the business user creating the wave of what was to become the modern BI disruption. After five minutes of seeing these products back then, I just knew they would change everything!

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Unintentional data

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

1]" Statistics, as a discipline, was largely developed in a small data world. More people than ever are using statistical analysis packages and dashboards, explicitly or more often implicitly, to develop and test hypotheses. This question is statistical or methodological in nature. Know what matters.

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What Is Embedded Analytics?

Jet Global

2004: First went public 2021: Annual revenue of $21.25 CEO Priorities Grow revenue and “hit the number” Manage costs and meet profitability goals Attract and retain talent Innovate and out-perform the competition Manage risk Connect the Dots Present embedded analytics as a way to differentiate from the competition and increase revenue.