Letzte Woche hatte ich das große Vergnügen, zum ersten Mal an einem Ideathon teilzunehmen (Winterhack). Wer das nicht kennt – diese Art der Veranstaltung ist vergleichbar mit einem Hackathon, nur dass hier weniger das Coden und technische Entwickeln von Prototypen im Vordergrund steht. Vielmehr geht es in der Hauptsache um
A global teaching resource for post-COVID-19 academia During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments used data science modelling to justify actions around lockdowns, and then again, in due course, when they eased restrictions. These actions affected billions of citizens’ lives and livelihoods. The importance of analytical calculation and competence was brought home,
What does the AI enterprise of the future look like? That’s a tough question that I’ve been asked to consider, along with a distinguished panel at Valley ML AI Expo 2020. The title of the panel is, “Life, the Universe and the AI Enterprise of the Future.” Based on an initial chat with panel chair Gautam Khera, I’ve written up some possible topics we’ll be covering on the panel. Consider
At SAS, we believe analytics is the force that drives change across organizations. Today, as change has been further accelerated, digital transformation is happening faster than anyone planned. Amid these advances, the use of analytics has become even more crucial, especially as a role in mission-critical applications. In 2020, even
A note from Udo Sglavo: The need for randomization in experimental design was introduced by the statistician R. A. Fisher in 1925, in his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers. You would assume that developing a successful treatment for COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, will eventually conclude in
The Text Investigation Framework is a flexible solution for addressing text challenges across several domains. It was designed to create a process for turning unstructured text data into a decisioning system.
Learn how SAS and Microsoft aim to meet FinServ’s evolving analytics demands through a new strategic partnership.
Whenever I talk to actuaries across EMEA, they are very consistent in the many anchor points they see for actuarial modernization in order to be future-proof. In this article, I would like to share some of them. Anchor points for actuarial innovation The most time-consuming task is, of course, getting
The Text Investigation Framework utilizes several technologies built on SAS Viya, including SAS Visual Text Analytics, SAS Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning, and SAS Visual Investigator. SAS Visual Investigator acts as the orchestrator to surface the results. With its broad set of capabilities, SAS Visual Investigator can perform scenario authoring, alert generation and disposition, and comprehensive workflow to gather vital outcomes and feedback.
Last year when I recorded an on-demand webinar on the topic of Managing Stress I had no idea that in a few short months the world would change so much due to Covid-19. Almost overnight, the everyday stressors people feel became exacerbated worldwide and this same stress and anxiety has
Meet Mario Weitenbacher in this second post of the Humans of SAS Services series.
Alena caught up with Pedro Peleja, Technology Transformation Director at Una Seguros, to talk about digital transformation.
The current state of policy enforcement during an infectious disease pandemic is mostly reactive. Public health officials track changes in active cases, identify hot-spots and enforce containment policies primarily based on geographic proximity. By combining telecommunications data -- which we turn into mobility information -- with public health data of
During our formative years, into late teens, and through adulthood, we consistently hear about the risks and dangers of alcohol use. Most of us know the laws and ordinances pertaining to alcohol use and the consequences of illegal or irresponsible drinking. For some, this is enough to keep them from
If the regulation is delayed, many insurers have embarked on the LDTI journey while focusing on Business Continuity efforts.
Fast forward to today and a batch run decision is simply not enough.
The banking sector sets a benchmark for other industries in many areas. When businesses need to process large volumes of transactions reliably, maintain 24/7 availability, meet complex regulatory requirements, analyse risks or make financial plans, they often aim to follow the same practices and adopt the same technologies that banks
Analytics does not remove the need for reliable procedures, or well-trained staff—but it improves the monitoring of both.
Does your bank manager know who you are? Unless your net worth is unusually high, the answer is probably no, and that’s been the case for many years. Banks have been using statistical models to inform credit-related decisions since at least the 1970s, and today almost every aspect of operational
Cybercriminals are licking their lips at the prospect of businesses moving more of their services online. Machine learning can help your company keep the fraudsters at bay.
If you’re in state government, you're well aware of the unprecedented challenges that come with off-the-charts unemployment numbers due to COVID-19. Crashing websites at state unemployment insurance offices and multi-hour phone hold times for the millions of people who've lost their income due to the pandemic are only the most
寫論文一定會做問卷，但好不容易搜集來的問卷，到底要怎麼統計才能找出結果呢？ 本系列第一篇，要教大家 一 問卷資料的處理
Ever since automated machine learning has entered the scene, people are asking, "Will automated machine learning replace data scientists?"
寫論文一定會做問卷，但好不容易搜集來的問卷，到底要怎麼統計才能找出結果呢？ 本系列第一篇，要教大家 一 問卷資料的處理
Customer experience is a team sport - insurance industry claims processing
Analytics makes it possible to uncover complex or organized fraud that rules-based systems would miss.
Transforming into an analytics-powered company is the ambitious goal of many of today’s organisations. The key to success relies not only on the adoption of advanced technologies but mostly on people who are able to connect artificial intelligence to the business processes, taking advantage of algorithms, insights and automation. Among
Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence (AI) and how it affects our lives -- there are even AI toothbrushes! But how do businesses use AI to help them compete in the market? According to Gartner research, only half of all AI projects are deployed and 90% take more than three
Meet Stefan Stoyanov. He’s an MSc Business Analytics student with a passion for emerging technologies, ranging from artificial intelligence to augmented and virtual reality.
Natural Language Processing can offer invaluable benefits to councils and increase resident satisfaction.
