New technologies offering new ways to solve complicated and costly problems are entering the health care sector . Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of them. To succeed with AI, you need to think in an analytical manner, to build an analytical organisation and, as a part of that, you need an analytics
No entusiasmo e hype à volta da inteligência artificial e do big data, a maioria de nós perde de vista os aspectos críticos relacionados com a recolha, processamento, manipulação e análise de dados. É importante que quem pratica a ciência dos dados compreenda estes aspectos críticos e adicione um toque
The Danish government wants to increase the quality of health care treatments by measuring 25 selected indicators based on eight national values within health care. The purpose is to make it easier for local health care professionals to improve the quality of their work. In 2016 the Danish government introduced
Although artificial intelligence (AI) has been around since the 1950s, we are currently riding the peak of the Gartner Hype Cycle. Separating the reality from the hype has therefore become a challenge. There is no question that machines can automate more human tasks than ever before, but with this promise,
The democratisation of analytics is apparent when you consider who is involved these days. SAS has been doing statistical analysis for 40 years (without the aid of big data in the early days) and had algorithms for machine learning in its portfolio long before machine learning was a buzzword. In
Did you know that whether you own a car, and the colour of your car, can give some very interesting insights into whether you will pay your taxes? This may sound unlikely, but recent work with a European national tax office using some highly detailed data found some fascinating connections.
A restaurant cannot survive without customers. It does not matter how cutting-edge or delicious its food, or how many Michelin stars it has earned. The equation is simple: If it has no diners, there will be no income, and the restaurant will go out of business. This insight could be
Richard David Precht is probably writing a book on Artificial Intelligence as we speak - and it would not be a bad idea if people were able to find out about this subject without having to be specialists themselves. It became clear already in 2017 that AI will affect us all. Whether you believe,
How ready is your insurance organisation for the advent of AI? In the summer of 2017 I took part in a pan EMEA review of the readiness of Insurance companies for implementing AI, the full report can be found here: Pragmatic AI for Insurance. Some of the findings were surprising,
Working for SAS in the UK public sector is always interesting. This is due largely to the diversity of public sector activities and the innovative ways in which government agencies deploy analytics. Analytics can help reduce costs while protecting and improving delivery of the front-line services upon which we all, to
