- Perhaps some more than others The world currently seems very full of two-letter acronyms, all surrounded by a huge amount of hype. But which will actually change the world, and which will turn out to be niche interests, best left to serious gamers or programmers? Read any kind of
I really like this time of year. It is not just that the year still feels shiny and new, but also that it is the time of year when we start preparing for Mobile World Congress. The congress will discuss the biggest issues of the day, including artificial intelligence (AI)
Everyone seems to agree that artificial intelligence (AI) will help businesses to automate, provide better customer experience or simply sell more. If we’re honest, businesses have been doing these things for decades if not centuries, so why all the concern about AI? Isn’t it just a new way of doing
A few days ago, I had a conversation with the marketing director of a large company that I am working with on digital transformation. We talked in particular about how artificial intelligence would change the interactions between brands and their customers, and the parallels with how we use GPS. GPS:
There is so much going on that has potential to improve the way that insurers operate, it’s hard to know which opportunities to address, and also, which risks are too important to ignore. At SAS, we are fortunate to have a team of industry experts who understand how to contextualise
Another year’s over, a new one’s just begun. And it’s time to answer that most crucial of questions: ‘What does 2018 hold in-store for EMEA banking?’. Unless I’m missing something obvious, all the signs point to the coming 12 months being characterised by the usual ‘evolution not revolution’, and anybody
Machine learning is very much the ‘topic of the moment’. It is being discussed everywhere, whether as machine learning, or as artificial intelligence. Machine learning techniques and tools have been around for a while, however, so why now? Is it just an idea whose time has come, or have there
The fourth edition of the series brings me to Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch government agency responsible for the main connecting infrastructure in the Netherlands (roads, bridges, waterways and water systems). I talked with Bas van Essen who’s responsible for RWS Datalab, the big data lab within Rijkswaterstaat (RWS). Company Overview RWS
There is general agreement that artificial intelligence (AI), data science and analytics have potential to change the world. AI is transforming our society already, and although I see tremendous potential in AI there are pitfalls and important ethical implications that needs to be considered. Science and ethics: Shades of grey
This article focusses on time-variant manufacturing processes, and how analytics can help boost their productivity. Many production lines relying on such processes are involuntarily operated using a suboptimal combination of input control settings most of the time. This weakens overall returns at facilities such as steel mills, mines, chemical and
