Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight John W. Foreman
Publisher: Wiley

You can also opt-out or change your features as seen below. Mar 6, 2014 - Over the past few years, there has been a lot of talk about “big data” and how using the plethora of information we now have at our fingertips will help fuel efficiencies and make businesses and causes more successful. Excerpted with permission from the publisher, Wiley, from Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight by John W. But how can data transform a nonprofit's ability to fundraise more effectively? Jan 29, 2014 - I feel that it's important to give context to the discussion to clarify why developing and using data-driven personas is critical to the future of search and digital marketing in general. Apr 2, 2014 - Schedule Data Science Day: JUST IN: We might have one really famous guest speaker from the US attending! Mar 6, 2014 - Ray Ebert, senior director of information technology for the Houston Astros, says new owner Jim Crane wants analytics applied to just about every part of the business. May 25, 2014 - “We believe the saying that football is 10 percent physical and 90 percent mental holds true, and using data to make smart fantasy picks is an untapped advantage. At the with the emergence of technologies such as predictive analytics and cloud, create an exciting opportunity for IBM to help its customers give their front-line employees — who are inundated with information but often lack business insight – the collaborative tools to help them make better decisions. Jun 1, 2013 - For Volume, I will discuss the concept of Semantic Perception, that is, how to convert massive amounts of data into information, meaning, and insight useful for human decision-making. The 5 startups for this “Technori Pitch And that's another reality in a smart world - the need for new insight, new analytics, new intelligence to deal with this explosion of data. "In the situation where a first user lacks information in his profile, profiles of other users that are related to the first user can be used to generate online ads for display with the first user's profile. Feb 26, 2014 - Broomfield suggests in the early development of a data strategy, businesses should try adopting the 'DIMKW' model; where Data is turned into Information, Information is given Meaning and becomes Knowledge, and Knowledge is given 'where will I get my data?' and 'how will I use my data?'. Other teams are also looking to analytics for insights into the business side of baseball. 3 days ago - Coriell Life Sciences transforms Healthcare Management with Smarter Process So, it was natural for The Chicago IBM Innovation Center and Technori to work together and discuss Big Data & Cloud, as well as IBM's startup program, the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program. I recently caught up with Josh Mait of Relationship Science, who offered some intel on how they're connecting organizations with big data for big results. Klaas Bollhoefer, The unbelievable Machine Company & Steven Lemm, Zalando: “Welcome!” In this talk I will introduce the Huginn project, show how it can be used through some concrete examples, and then talk about the emerging field of smart agents and personal automation in general. May 20, 2014 - It's estimated that 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day from sources such as transactions, email, posts to social media sites, digital pictures and videos. €We are certainly Data Homeruns. Not to do data science for its own sake. It's those fundamental insight-driven questions that can make data smart, creative and usable so that the aforementioned opportunities presented can in fact be realised.”. Sig Mejdal, Director of Decision Sciences for Houston Astros Baseball Operations, explains how the team uses data to its advantage in an interview with BizTech.