Can you really predict if someone is going to commit a crime? Some authorities are using facial recognition, predictive analytics and machine learning to predict who will commit a crime. Even if you can use an algorithm to deduce the likelihood of an individual's future, to apprehend a suspect before a crime is even committed surely cannot lead to a conviction as no offence … [Read more...] about You Look Like A Criminal! Predicting Crime With Algorithms
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How Big Data Can Stop Gun Crime
Big Data is one of those terms that seems to promise much and deliver little. Now frequently talked about by everyone from research scientists to branding analysts, most of the time the term sounds more like an empty trend than a real advance. Now, though, Big Data might have found a real-world use, and an important one: preventing gun crime. Advocates of collecting even just … [Read more...] about How Big Data Can Stop Gun Crime
Can Big Data Help Reduce Juvenile Incarceration?
You've probably heard the phrase children are our future more times than you can count. Even if you don't have children of your own, it's important to consider our collective youth and help set them up for a bright future. Without preparing the next generation to be productive members of society, we can look ahead to a future with increased crime, homelessness, and … [Read more...] about Can Big Data Help Reduce Juvenile Incarceration?
How Facial Recognition’s Plays a Role in Catching Criminals
Big data is constantly making our lives better by helping businesses to serve us better while becoming more efficient, pinpointing trends in large datasets, and even improving healthcare. Its also definitely making criminals lives harder in many ways, making our communities safer overall. From helping police to identify crime patterns in cities to scanning large databases for … [Read more...] about How Facial Recognition’s Plays a Role in Catching Criminals
How Big Data Security Analytics Will Protect Your Company
We live in an era of increased cyber threats. With dozens of companies and organisations being hacked on a daily basis and cyber-crime rising to new levels with hacking during the US elections, it is time for organizations to start protecting themselves. Big Data Security Analytics can help companies understand what is happening within their company and can help them take … [Read more...] about How Big Data Security Analytics Will Protect Your Company
