The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

If the relationship of $X$ to $Y$ can be approximated as quadratic (or any polynomial), the objective and constraints as linear in $Y$, then there is a way to express the optimization as a quadratically constrained quadratic program (QCQP). Here, $X$ is a vector of tuning parameters that control the system's operating characteristics (e.g.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 23, 2022

The cloud is great for experimentation when data sets are smaller and model complexity is light. However, this repatriation can mean more headaches for data science and IT teams to design, deploy and manage infrastructure optimized for AI as the workloads return on premises. Cloud Architecture, IT Leadership

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Sandeep Davé knows the value of experimentation as well as anyone. CBRE has also used AI to optimize portfolios for several clients, and recently launched a self-service generative AI product that enables employees to interact with CBRE and external data in a conversational manner. And those experiments have paid off.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 25, 2024

After a year of frenzied experimentation and investment, executives will have to identify truly valid use cases (and ROI) for AI in 2024. The AI hype cycle has peaked: Tens of thousands of companies helped get it there with generative AI in 2023, with two-thirds now reporting they have deployed GAI tools to their workforce.

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KDnuggets

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For those of you in a hurry and interested in ultralearning (which should be all of you), this recap reviews the approach and summarizes its key elements -- focus, optimization, and deep understanding with experimentation -- geared toward learning Data Science.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 15, 2023

BCG asked 12,898 frontline employees, managers, and leaders in large organizations around the world how they felt about AI: 61% listed curiosity as one of their two strongest feelings, 52% listed optimism, 30% concern, and 26% confidence. Despite BCG’s findings of optimism in the workforce, there’s a darker side.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 19, 2024

The certification consists of several exams that cover topics such as machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and model forecasting and optimization. You should also have experience with pattern detection, experimentation in business optimization techniques, and time-series forecasting.

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Decision Management Solutions

MARCH 26, 2020

We’ve been blogging recently on Decision Optimization. The Customer Journey to Decision Optimization. Those trying to improve and optimize their decisions report various challenges. Experimentation at the beginning of your journey is essential to make sure you understand where you are starting.

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DataRobot Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

DataRobot improves collaboration among AI teams so that they can discover and prove the value of models in business use cases through experimentation and then get models into production faster to improve how they run, grow, and optimize their business.

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DataRobot Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Other organizations are just discovering how to apply AI to accelerate experimentation time frames and find the best models to produce results. After DataRobot has determined an optimal model, Continuous AI helps ensure that the currently deployed model will always be the best one, even as the world changes around it. Read the blog.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 17, 2024

Optimized: Cloud environments are now working efficiently and every new use case follows the same foundation set forth by the organdization. ” This quandary often comes with an accompanying worry: “Are we spending too much money on cloud computing?” Why move to cloud?

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2024

Early use cases include code generation and documentation, test case generation and test automation, as well as code optimization and refactoring, among others. Junior developers are reporting the biggest productivity boosts, but this remains an area of active research and experimentation,” Tandon says.

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Cloudera

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In telecommunications, fast-moving data is essential when we’re looking to optimize the network, improving quality, user satisfaction, and overall efficiency. This also achieves workload isolation, so we can run mission critical workloads independent from experimental and exploratory ones and nobody steps on anyone’s toes by accident.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Innovation is about modernization, it’s about optimization,” said Dan Gisolfi, Distinguished Engineer, Head of Innovation and Intellectual Property at Discover Financial Services. Innovation has a different meaning for every organization. At Discover® Financial Services, it lies at the heart of the company’s business goals and growth.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Since you're reading a blog on advanced analytics, I'm going to assume that you have been exposed to the magical and amazing awesomeness of experimentation and testing. And yet, chances are you really don’t know anyone directly who uses experimentation as a part of their regular business practice. Wah wah wah waaah.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

No matter the industry, organizations are increasingly looking for ways to optimize mission-critical software development processes. The DevOps ecosystem of today is becoming increasingly more complex. Businesses are under constant pressure to adopt new processes and platforms to achieve the goals set out by business leaders.

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DataKitchen

DECEMBER 1, 2022

And finally, it’s about assisting organizations in creating a culture of experimentation where failure is okay because you know you’ll have the proper data infrastructure, processes, and policies to quickly identify and mitigate any issues. Data Team members, have you ever felt overwhelmed? So don’t wait any longer.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 30, 2024

ChatGPT was a watershed moment in the evolution and adoption of AI. Some CIOs in Italy watched its boom with a hint of skepticism, though, wondering where the hype ended and real opportunities began. Others have seen gen AI as an opportunity to advance their AI projects with uniquely constructed technology.

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Domino Data Lab

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

This means many projects get stuck in endless research and experimentation. A concise goal (“I want to save costs by optimizing my store staffing roster”) is much more likely to lead to a successful initiative than a broad statement (“I want to increase revenue in my retail stores”). Is the problem feasible for us to solve?

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Modeling IT Data Science Experimentation 101

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Laying the data foundation The four pillars of DS Smith’s digital plan revolved around the management and optimization of data generated by industrial machines, energy providers, its supply chain, and customer experience. This enables the company to extract additional value from the data through real-time availability and contextualization.

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Manufacturing Data Lake Digital Transformation Machine Learning 86

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 25, 2023

It is simply unaware of truthfulness, as it is optimized to predict the most likely response based on the context of the current conversation, the prompt provided, and the data set it is trained on. A transformer is a type of AI deep learning model that was first introduced by Google in a research paper in 2017.

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Experimentation Enterprise Deep Learning Modeling 111

Ontotext

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The data itself is stored in a way that is not optimal for extracting insight. And while there is a great deal of experimentation underway, most organizations have only scratched the surface in a use-case-by-use-case fashion. Solution to the Data Dilemma The good news is that the solution to this data dilemma is actually quite simple.

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IT Cost-Benefit Data-driven Technology 69

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Awareness of FinOps practices and the maturity of software that can automate cloud optimization activities have helped enterprises get a better understanding of key cost drivers,” McCarthy says, referring to the practice of blending finance and cloud operations to optimize cloud spend. 1 barrier to moving forward in the cloud.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Stephen Franchetti, CIO of Samsara, a fleet management SaaS provider that went public in 2021, believes the only way to optimize your AI strategy (or any emerging technology strategy, in fact) is with a bottoms-up approach. We’ve seen an ongoing iteration of experimentation with a number of promising pilots in production,” he says.

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 13, 2022

These patterns could then be used as the basis for additional experimentation by scientists or engineers. Assembly Line Optimization. Assembly line optimization is a process that allows companies to identify and optimize their production processes, from the design phase to the assembly line. Generative Design.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 22, 2006

This post is a primer on the delightful world of testing and experimentation (A/B, Multivariate, and a new term from me: Experience Testing). Experimentation and testing help us figure out we are wrong, quickly and repeatedly and if you think about it that is a great thing for our customers, and for our employers.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Adaptability and useability of AI tools For CIOs, 2023 was the year of cautious experimentation for AI tools. In a world underpinned by change, it remains constant that digital transformation must be a core organizational competency,” she says. Falling behind in the AI adoption race can pose significant challenges for organizations.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 16, 2023

But now, routes are optimized according to the filling levels in the vessels, which are owned by the Swedish Transport Administration, yet Svevia is responsible for emptying them through a number of subcontractors around the country. “We Since the route optimization came into place, fewer emptyings are required, he notes.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The digital transformation of P&G’s manufacturing platform will enable the company to check product quality in real-time directly on the production line, maximize the resiliency of equipment while avoiding waste, and optimize the use of energy and water in manufacturing plants. Smart manufacturing at scale is a challenge.

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Cloudera

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Portfolio Optimization Analyze a portfolio of investments and identify opportunities to optimize returns while managing risk. By analyzing existing code and patterns, generative AI algorithms can generate new code that is optimized for specific use cases.

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Cost-Benefit Testing Machine Learning Optimization 82

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Reining in the rugged and remote Through rapid cycles of discovery and experimentation, Mathur and De Bernardi’s cross-functional team devised a solution that leaned heavily on additive manufacturing, more commonly known as “3D printing.” These early wins are reason for optimism.

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Manufacturing Digital Transformation Experimentation Cost-Benefit 80

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 12, 2022

Most tools offer visual programming interfaces that enable users to drag and drop various icons optimized for data analysis. A free plan allows experimentation. Working with dedicated predictive analytics tools is often relatively easy, at least compared to programming your own tools from scratch. AWS SageMaker.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 14, 2023

They should also have experience with pattern detection, experimentation in business, optimization techniques, and time series forecasting. The exam consists of 65 multiple-choice or multiple-response questions, which the candidate has 180 minutes to complete. It does not include training courses and there are no written exams.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 3, 2023

According to a recently leaked Google memo, “The barrier to entry for training and experimentation has dropped from the total output of a major research organization to one person, an evening, and a beefy laptop.” Data exists in ever larger silos, but real knowledge still resides in employees. billion in funding rounds.

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Management Experimentation Modeling Enterprise 104

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Have business leaders defined realistic success criteria and areas of low-risk experimentation? The lab infrastructure used to develop models, and the lower scale required to pilot an AI capability, may not be the optimal production infrastructure. Are they involved in pilots and providing feedback? IT teams don’t just deploy apps.

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DataRobot

MARCH 10, 2021

Set the goal to be achieved or optimized. In this blog post, I will focus on the use of the word autonomous , the dangers of using it with stakeholders, and, in the context of customer experience, the inaccurate perception that all things can be automated, eliminating the need for interactions between employees and customers.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The firm’s connected brewery IoT platform, for instance, is being used for data ingestion and edge computing in breweries, enabling local teams to analyze, adjust, test and optimize production processes, with this in-turn allowing operations to leverage real-time and historical data to support the workers on the shop floor.

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