Personalisation seems to be one of the big trends of the next decade. With virtual assistants coordinating our every move and our lives held in the palm of our hand, it is undeniable that we are fast becoming slaves to our technology. What is slightly less obvious (at the moment) is the potential for that technology to learn about how we live and create a uniquely personal … [Read more...] about Is Big Data Facilitating a Designer Society?
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Augmenting the Brain is Set to Pioneer Alzheimer’s Treatment
As artificial intelligence becomes more human, to co-exist, does human intelligence need to become more artificial? We've spent a lot of time philosophizing about where Artificial Intelligence is going to take us, how far we are to achieving general AI and the implications it will have on humanity - all not without the sky net scenarios! Hype aside, there are companies out … [Read more...] about Augmenting the Brain is Set to Pioneer Alzheimer’s Treatment
What is the Best Programming Language for Machine Learning?
Q&A sites and data science forums are buzzing with the same questions over and over again: I'm new to data science, what language should I learn? What's the best language for machine learning? There's an abundance of articles attempting to answer these questions, either based on personal experience or based on job offer data. Τhere's so much more activity in machine … [Read more...] about What is the Best Programming Language for Machine Learning?
Why Isn’t Big Data Called Small Data?
Sometimes I think that Big Data has a branding problem. You see, for data scientists to gain the trust and buy-in from their colleagues, they have to explain how their analysis can add value. They take a data ocean of information and distill it into highly-specific and actionable insights for every internal customer, refining and refreshing it along the way to ensure that it is … [Read more...] about Why Isn’t Big Data Called Small Data?
What To Consider When Hiring Data Science Talent
The truth is that hiring for data science is in many ways more of an art than a science. That does sound oxymoronic, but that does not make it any less true. The reason is obvious. Data science is so new that it can be hard to know what you're actually looking for. What is the set of skills and abilities that will make a data science team fly and which one will make them … [Read more...] about What To Consider When Hiring Data Science Talent
