The case for automating data management
In the first post of a two-part series, Phil Simon plays point-counterpoint with himself.
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Vectorize the computation of the Mandelbrot set in a matrix language
When my colleague, Robert Allison, blogged about visualizing the Mandelbrot set, I was reminded of a story from the 1980s, which was the height of the fractal craze. A research group in computational mathematics had been awarded a multimillion-dollar grant to purchase a supercomputer. When the supercomputer arrived and got
A machine learning balancing act: Payments, customer experience, fraud detection
The range of potential payment services has expanded rapidly over the last few years. Increasingly, we all want the flexibility of being able to pay with new payment methods, from contactless through to Apple Pay, mobile wallets and beyond. Digital natives, such as millennials, don’t just want this – they