Relevance and popularity: The momentum for mathematics
The digital world around us is full of data that needs analysing. Maths has become visibly more important.
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A new line of defence for AML teams?
Recent high-profile money laundering cases have affected the reputation of the EU's financial system. In response, the European Commission is taking immediate action – faster than ever – to close the gaps. On November 2018, only six months after the adoption of the Fifth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD), the
Do data scientists need evangelists?
Data science can be a bit of a lonely job. It’s a shortage specialty, so many data scientists may be the only ones employed by their company. But they still need to learn about what’s new and exciting in the data science world. I caught up with Josefin Rosén about
The new key elements in risk modeling and decisioning
Today’s business banking models are changing. Internal rating models enjoyed the spotlight for a long time, but new topics are already catching on. Machine learning and artificial intelligence are key new elements in addition to traditional techniques for model development. EU and international regulators have also taken an active interest
Enabling dreams – and partners – with a hackathon
How do you convince busy IT integration partners to take a deep dive into new technology without asking them to also first sell a solution to a client? After all, time is money for implementation partners. At SAS, we are keen to introduce our partners and, through them, more clients
Natural language processing in local government
Natural Language Processing can offer invaluable benefits to councils and increase resident satisfaction.
How will AI change how we think and learn maths?
Mathematics and artificial intelligence (AI) are natural partners. I can only apologise to anyone who hated maths at school for this statement, but to my mind, it’s impossible to engage with AI without understanding some maths. One commentator summed it up: “A person working in the field of AI who
Computer vision use case: Golden image helps detect product defects
In my previous post, I shared how I’ve been working on a fascinating project with one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. The company is applying SAS Viya computer vision capabilities to an advanced medical device to help identify potential quality issues on the production line. By providing 100% visual
Why innovation succeeds or fails
This blog continues the conversation and about why innovations succeed or fail, and the importance of both timing and chance.
The hidden cost of subscription fraud
Subscription fraud ‘disappearing acts’ have economic, human and reputational consequences. What were initially isolated cases have now become a systemic industry issue for telecommunication companies worldwide. In fact, the CFCA reports an approximate $2.03 Bn. lost to fraud every year due to subscription fraud through impersonation. Other variants of subscription fraud through applications and ‘credit muling’ contribute an additional $1.93 Bn. and $1.75 Bn. respectively.