Innovation labs remain an important way of introducing both innovation and analytics to business, especially as artificial intelligence becomes more important. I caught up with Prenton Chetty, Head of Analytics at Nedbank, to discuss how he sees his role changing in the future. Tell us about your current role at
Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to have a dramatic impact on our professional and personal lives. The big question is how and when. I think both those depend, at least in part, on how we (that is, people in general) respond to the technology as it develops. There are significant
The SAS Data Science and Advanced Analytics Forum brings together businesses and universities, and at a recent event, universities described courses that focused on providing students with technical skills and competencies to handle data, together with some understanding of how data scientists use software. Businesses, however, emphasised the importance of
Most of us have probably seen Steven Spielberg's 2002 sci-fi movie Minority Report, starring Tom Cruise. In an “absurd” future society, a special police unit hunts future criminals before they commit their crimes and the illegal activity takes place. The police use sci-fi tools, such as “pre-visualisation,” to stop the lawbreakers
In case you still haven’t noticed, the GDPR is approaching as sure as spring. Despite the anticipation, most organisations are quite comfortably waiting for the day to arrive. The consultant-forecasted GDPR panic never arrived, at least not in the way that we in the industry were expecting. I regularly meet
What if a famous soccer team asks you to predict how many tickets for their next match will be sold to women? Seventy students from Bicocca University of Milan tried to answer this question a couple of weeks ago. They were divided into 19 groups during a hackathon that SAS
Every day, managers in the health care sector are challenged with demands from politicians and influencers to find new ways to improve the health care sector. One of the biggest challenges for health care management is to handle the digitisation of the sector and to get more value out of
Much of the current artificial intelligence (AI) buzz is around applications like Alexa and Siri, or the use of chatbots in financial services or retail. There is far less talk about what might be possible in life sciences and healthcare with the application of AI, although companies are starting to
I have had talks with many manufacturing, retail and energy companies this year, and the general opinion is that there is huge value to be drawn from the data that has been collected over the years. The consensus is that data can bring new insight and enable better decision making
Like most men in the world, shopping (especially shopping for clothes) is an unpleasant experience for me, as I really feel like my time could be much better utilised. I make it a personal mission to get in and out in minimal time. So, I wonder to myself, “Could AI
