It’s hard to get through a day in analytics now without hearing the words interpretability and explainability. These terms have become important in a world where machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) models are becoming more ubiquitous. However, what do the two terms mean—and more importantly, why do they matter?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is causing a digital transformation that is changing businesses’ operations. It is likely to bring a sea change compared to the Industrial Revolution. Many challenges with AI are technical, but most failures occur because of poor strategy and execution. Fortunately, there are some steps you can take
Anyone in the insurance industry knows that fraudsters are becoming more sophisticated and their crimes more difficult to identify. Insurance fraud in the UK costs an estimated £3 billion per year – but only around a third of that is detected. Whilst opportunistic fraud poses a problem to the industry and
DataOps is rapidly turning from a fragmented usage of some tools popular in the software development world into a modern approach to data & analytics engineering with its own best practices and recommended technologies. While the goal of DataOps – delivering data and analytical insights of the highest quality faster
This year we had the pleasure to attend the 42nd International Symposium on Forecasting in Oxford, UK. SAS participants traveled from across the globe. They presented their research, discussed their ideas, and learnt from some of the most reputable names in the forecasting space. The presentations were captivating and the
Scoring100% on a test is something that doesn't happen every day. But it is achievable. Stefania Lando – a biostatistics master's degree student at the University of Milan Bicocca – shares her story of how she did it on the SAS Certification exam. Cinzia Gianfiori, Academic Program Manager SAS Italy,
Money Laundering has been around for many years. In fact, the term originated in 1920s Chicago, when Al Capone, the original money launderer, “cleaned” the profits of his crimes by cycling the money through a chain of laundrettes that he owned. Nowadays, money laundering uses increasingly innovative and sophisticated techniques,
"My team serves as a compass and a supporter. We lead a workforce that is definitely already very tech-savvy with regards to the next level of AI maturity."
AI has, for many years, been the stuff of fantasy. From the monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to the dystopian futures depicted in films such as Metropolis, the Matrix and Minority Report, the idea of intelligent machines has been capturing the imagination of writers for centuries. Our ability to store
European agriculture is under enormous pressure to achieve the level of sustainability envisaged by EU initiatives such as the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork strategy. Meanwhile, the international crisis in Ukraine also reminds us that we need to make our food system more resilient to shocks. Data-driven policy
