Update on the 6 March 2012 Government Big Data Forum
With this post I provide an update on the 6 March 2012 Government Big Data Forum, sponsored by Carahsoft.
Analytics Projects Are Like Skiing Through Moguls?
View this video to see why analytics and business intelligence projects can be like skiing through a mogul field! (fast…
Unlocking the Potential of ‘Big Data’ in the Market Research industry
Companies who wish to unlock the potential of ‘big data’ are eyeing up opportunities in areas such as market research,…
Creating Beautiful Maps with R
Spanish R user and solar energy lecturer Oscar Perpiñán Lamigueiro has written a detailed three-part guide to creating beautiful maps and choropleths…
Predictive Policing with Big Data
Police Departments nationwide have been using data and statistics to drive policing since the 90s in an approach founded by…
Management Education in the Age of Big Data
What if business schools based their entire curriculum on the fundamentals of business analytics? McKinsey estimates that the demand for…
Target, Pregnancy, and Predictive Analytics, Part II
This is part II of my thoughts on the New York Times article "How Companies Learn Your Secrets".
Challenges of Chinese Natural Language Processing – Segmentation
As the Chinese consumer market takes the center stage in the world economy, the rush to adapt business tools for…
