There is a question, almost philosophical in its nature, about who should be responsible for developing new skills in the workforce. In the days when employees expected to have a job for life, and stay with the same employer for 40 years, it made sense that employers paid, and often
As someone who worked in the police force for many years, I know just how important each small piece of evidence can be in securing a conviction. So in times of tightening budgets, imagine how useful it could be to have technology that helps predict when or where crimes will
We talk a lot about skills, and particularly the importance of developing new skills to enable wider and better use of analytics. What we tend to forget, however, is that it is not just on an individual basis. In other words, analytics is a team effort, drawing on a number
I travel a lot for business. I consult with customers across Africa in a variety of industries. But no matter the country, culture or industry, the one thing that most businesses have in common is that there is inevitably a disconnect between the data scientist teams and business units. Business
We already know that work and workplaces are changing. But what do these changes mean for the skills that students should be developing to improve their employability? Previous generations had a simple recipe for success in their jobs: They chose a profession, acquired foundational knowledge and slowly became an expert
I’m a big fan of hackathons, the innovative, collaborative and short-term programming events that use data and APIs to solve real-world problems. Those that are particularly data-focused are often called datathons, although the distinction is a bit of a moot point. But whether datathon or hackathon, they are about coming
In 1901, Gottlieb Daimler predicted: “The global demand for motor vehicles will not exceed one million—simply because of the lack of available chauffeurs”. Today, most people drive themselves and self-propelled cars are rapidly becoming a reality. Are we likely to see the same situation for data scientists, with more and
“SAS Institute’s data scientist program gave and reinforced the knowledge we lacked to conduct the necessary changes in order to become the analytical organization we want to be” Elis Rosén, Head of Analytics at Hi3G. Getting the impact of analytics, big data and digitalization is not only about adopting new
Utsagnet maskinlæring konkurrerer ut klassisk analyse, vil kanskje få deg til å stusse. Men, vi har i senere tid krysset noen broer som i mange år har begrenset praktisk bruk av maskinlæring. Data Scientist-rollen blir svært viktig for at virksomhetene skal lykkes. Det er denne rollen som sammen med forretningsanalytikere
Data Scientist ..? Vad är det och vad har analys av data att göra med hockey..? Låt oss spola tillbaka bandet cirka 1,5 år. I april 2015 skrev jag det här blogginlägget om att nästa generations analys av hockeydata är här. Den så kallade "avancerade statistiken" eller ”Hockeyanalysen 2.0” som
