Predictive modelling solutions typically rely on the availability of good quality data and subsequent models which are estimated in advance using historical data. For example, a credit scoring framework to predict propensity of customer default requires the use of clean processed transactional and demographic data. Datasets used for this type
Governments are already using data and analytics in a number of ways to help them become better informed and provide superior services for their citizens. For both central and local governments, an increasing number of back end processing and citizen engagement opportunities are emerging for smart use of artificial intelligence
The digital revolution requires an ever-increasing number of repetitive and targeted decisions. The digital revolution is faster and more comprehensive than the Industrial Revolution at the beginning of the last century. It requires less capital, and focuses on intellectual and digital innovation, which is affordable to many. The innovations produced
A self-driving car made headlines last summer when its human ‘driver’ was killed in an accident. Both car and driver had failed to spot a lorry across the road ahead, because the whiteness of the truck was too similar to the sky. A mistake, by both driver and car, but with
Machine learning has been around for a while, with the earliest techniques developed in the 1950s. It is currently enjoying a particularly high profile, thanks to a whole range of possible applications from self-driving cars through to Go-playing computers. But what exactly is it? I’ve just finished diving into Josefin
The idea that patients should be involved in their own care, and that they do better as a result has been around a while. But it is only relatively recently that technology has been applied to patient engagement across the board. Much of this has been fuelled by patients' growing
A blog about how analytics affects the culture of architecture, ethics and values. This little sticker was put on my screen as a farewell salute by a now former colleague on her last day in the office. Most organisations talk about how to build strong cultures or change the current
Artificial intelligence has been around for quite a while—research on it started in the 1950s, in fact. But it is only now that it is really moving beyond the pages of science fiction, and into the realms of not just reality, but usefulness. In part, this is because of recent
