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David PopeDecember 7, 2018 0

Grandma got over run by a neural network

Once again, I have chosen to take a traditional Christmas song or carol and create a fun technology-related version of it to share with you. This is the fifth year and the eighth song, so I hope you enjoy your 2018 holiday song. Grandma got over run by a neural

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Analytics

Leo SadovyDecember 6, 2018 0

Analytics you can use: Manage your queue for better customer service

There is one equation every retail store, call center, traffic, airport or hospital manager should know by heart. No, it’s not E = mc². The one I had in mind is this: W = 1 / (μ – λ) It may not look like much, but it can mean the

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Analytics

Georgia MarianiDecember 3, 2018 0

Two professors’ perspectives on SAS and the future of analytics

In this blog series, we’ve spoken directly to professors to find out why it’s so important to teach analytics, their advice for students, and to learn how they create interest in analytics programs at their universities. For this third and final post, we’ll hear how SAS has played a role

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Greg HeidrickNovember 29, 2018 0

Will 2019 be the year of an IoT epiphany in retail?

Whether you're reading industry articles about smart tags or analyst reports about inventory tracking, you've probably noticed an uptick in coverage on the adoption of IoT (and RFID) in retail. Since I've been following these topics for awhile, I've decided to dedicate a series of posts on the ways IoT can be used

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Retail

Analytics

Greg HorneNovember 28, 2018 0

Is telemedicine the future of medicine?

I first used telemedicine (the remote diagnosis and treatment of patients by means of telecommunications technology) in the mid-90s when I was working as an on-call CT technician in the UK. We used a modem to transfer head trauma scans to the local neurology center for assessment so that the

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Analytics

Georgia MarianiNovember 16, 2018 0

Two students’ advice on data science, SAS and more

In my first two posts of this blog series, we heard why two students chose to pursue a STEM field and what appealed to them about data science. We also heard how they put their knowledge to work on a real-world data science project. Today, we'll hear their advice to future

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Education

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

David TareenNovember 15, 2018 0

Lessons learned from a real-world AI implementation

When describing their business model, our customer, Epipoli (one of the leading gift card companies in Europe), tells the story of the ancient Limoncello makers of Italy. Limoncello is an intensely lemon-flavored liqueur famously produced in Sorrento, the Amalfi coast, and the island of Capri. The drink started as a local tradition, but quickly

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Analytics

Heather HallettNovember 14, 2018 2

How next-best-action could transform health care

Teenagers. I have three boys, and two of them are teenagers. 15 year-old Kav is my middle son, and he gave me permission to share his story here. When he was five, Kav was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes, and I'm in awe of how he's accepted this challenging, lifelong

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Health Care

Analytics

Mike F. SmithNovember 13, 2018 2

The digital utility era is now: The customer/grid nexus

Note: Today’s utility industry is in upheaval. All of the assumptions the business has run on have been turned on their heads. This post is the third in a three-part series looking at how analytics are helping utilities navigate this challenging landscape and find new opportunities for improvements in operations,

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Greg HorneNovember 2, 2018 0

The myths and realities of AI in health care

Health care is facing an unprecedented need to reform, drive quality and cut costs. Growth in targeted, specific treatments and diagnostic technology, coupled with a rise in people with long-term and multiple chronic conditions, is creating unsustainable demand on the system. To thrive – or even merely survive – health

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Health Care

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