The Data Scientist is the New Product Manager
Boston’s new data science-related meetup, The Data Scientist, got off to a great start yesterday with a presentation titled “The Scientist,…
Importing Public Data with SAS Instructions into R
Many public agencies release data in a fixed-format ASCII (FWF) format. But with the data all packed together without separators,…
A New Open Journal on Data Science
Springer has introduced a new open, peer-reviewed journal focused on Data Science: EPJ Data Science.What makes this a Data Science…
Many business leaders see IT as ‘commodity’: survey
A majority of business leaders believe their information technology functions are on the verge of a major, impending disruption, and…
Transform 2012 – Moving Business from Survival to Thrive Mode
Today marks the start of the TIBCO Transform 2012 user conference in London.
Mok Oh: To Do Data Science, You Need a Team of Specialists
Currently the Chief Scientist at PayPal, Mok Oh came on board when eBay acquired WHERE, where he was Chief Innovation…
How to Define Big Data
“Big data” is a popular term these days – it seems to pop up everywhere. But do people mean the…
Because It’s the Weekend: Andromeda, Ahoy!
It's been confirmed: the Andromeda Galaxy is heading right for us (well, our galaxy). You can see a great animation…
Because it’s Friday: Game theory
Game Theory is the mathematical study of how agents in a system make choices for their actions, in light of…
How to succeed in the enterprise without really trying: Apple’s crunch
Author’s note: This is a modified version of two posts I recently ran at the Insurance Networking News site.
