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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 10

Domino Data Lab

I recall a “Data Drinkup Group” gathering at a pub in Palo Alto, circa 2012, where I overheard Pete Skomoroch talking with other data scientists about Kahneman’s work. Rather, they were beaming about Kahneman’s work and its significance in our field.

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The Data Behind Tokyo 2020: The Evolution of the Olympic Games

Sisense

“While data and analytics are nothing new to the Olympics — they’ve been used in some form or another for many, many years — what is new is the importance of using data to manage the evolving changing models for delivery of the Games,” Chris says. >>>Infused Using data to create a more modern Olympics.