Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning

Thomas KeilMay 23, 2017 0

The platform economy is an API economy. And artificial intelligence needs APIs.

A spectre is haunting economy –  the spectre of digitization. All the powers of old economy have entered into a holy alliance to exercise this spectre. But other than the communism (obviously the first two sentences are stolen from the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels from 1848) – this

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Advanced Analytics | Data Management

David LoshinMay 18, 2017 0

Transitioning to a hybrid data environment

David Loshin explores considerations for organizations gradually making the transition to Hadoop.

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Advanced Analytics

Funda GüneşMay 18, 2017 0

Why do stacked ensemble models win data science competitions?

Ensemble methods are commonly used to boost predictive accuracy by combining the predictions of multiple machine learning models. The traditional wisdom has been to combine so-called “weak” learners. However, a more modern approach is to create an ensemble of a well-chosen collection of strong yet diverse models. Building powerful ensemble models

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Machine Learning

Charlie ChaseMay 18, 2017 0

Straight talk about forecasting and machine learning

Are you caught up in the machine learning forecasting frenzy? Is it reality or more hype?  There's been a lot of hype about using machine learning for forecasting. And rightfully so, given the advancements in data collection, storage, and processing along with technology improvements, such as super computers and more powerful

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Advanced Analytics

Jared EricksonMay 17, 2017 0

Creating Synthetic Data with SAS/OR

A common barrier to quantitative research, especially in health and financial areas, is the inability to share sensitive data due to confidentiality and privacy. It can be difficult and time consuming to get permission to share the data, which means useful research is delayed or not even attempted. However, collaborators seeking

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Advanced Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMay 17, 2017 0

Several ways to look at US unemployment data

The US unemployment rate was down to 4.4% in April, which is the lowest we've seen since before the big recession (about 10 years ago). But a single number seldom tells the whole story, so let's look at unemployment data in several different ways, to get a more complete picture...

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Government

Advanced Analytics

Mads KroghMay 16, 2017 0

Supporting and enabling tax authorities: the role of advanced analytics

Tax authorities may not be everyone’s favourite organisations. But around the world, they have a key role in collecting revenues that enable governments to spend money on essential public services. You only need to read the media coverage of the tax avoidance of some of the big tech companies, and

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Government

Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Jürgen KaselowskyMay 16, 2017 0

Data Science – Chance oder Scharlatanerie?

Es hat eine lange Tradition, teilweise freiwillig, teilweise aus der Not geboren: Dinge selbst in die Hand zu nehmen. „Do-it-yourself – Selbst ist der Mann/die Frau – wenn-du-willst-das-etwas-erledigt-wird-dann-mach-es-selbst“. Oder halt IKEA-Möbel, Brotbackautomaten beim Discounter, BI-as-a-self-Service, Online-Banking … Mit der Kommentarfunktion dürfen Sie später die Liste gerne ergänzen! Und das hat

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German

Education

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Machine Learning

Elliot InmanMay 15, 2017 0

Teaching the machine a lesson

The forecast is frightening:  Robots will take over all manual labor and self-generating code will automatically spin out the algorithms once developed by statisticians and programmers.  Humans will become obsolete.  What will mere mortals do all day long? Ride captive as our self-driving cars take us on a sentimental journey

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Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning

Erwin HuizengaMay 12, 2017 0

Artificial intelligence in telecoms - current state of play

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the subject of considerable discussion across industry sectors around the world. Telecoms companies are showing considerable interest in the potential of AI, whether at the front end—customer service—or to improve service delivery via better network performance and reliability. There are a number of different AI technologies

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Communications

Advanced Analytics

Kristoffer NilssonMay 11, 2017 0

Architect as a mediator to get value from analytics

Architects are a key part of any major building project. They draw up the plans, and in some cases, may even be involved as project managers. But they may have another role that is not often discussed: acting as mediators in any disputes between builder and client. An architect is,

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Advanced Analytics

Christian GiraudMay 9, 2017 0

Looking at problems a different way: hackathons

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

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Advanced Analytics

Edoardo RivaMay 8, 2017 0

Let’s talk about Microservices

Microservices are a key component of the SAS Viya architecture. In this post, I’ll introduce and explain the benefits of microservices. In a future post we’ll dig deeper into the microservices architecture. What are microservices? When we look at SAS Viya architecture diagrams, we can find, among the new core components,

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Greg WillisMay 5, 2017 0

Dr. StrangeRAM or: How I learned to stop worrying and love CAS

As SAS Viya has been gaining awareness over the past year among SAS users, there has been a lot of discussion about how SAS’ Cloud Analytic Server (CAS) handles memory vs SAS’ previous technologies such as LASR and HPA.  Recently, while I was involved in delivering several SAS Viya enablement

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Customer Intelligence | Data Management | Internet of Things

Andreas GöddeMay 3, 2017 0

Die Uhr tickt – Zeit für einen Umsetzungsplan zur EU-Datenschutz Compliance

In nahezu einem Jahr findet die neue EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO) Anwendung. Wer bisher dachte, das hat noch Zeit und wird nicht so heiß gegessen, wie es gekocht wird, der wurde von der Ankündigung des Bayerischen Landesamts für Datenschutzaufsicht überrascht: Bayern kündigt schon erste Kontrollbesuche an. „Abwarten und nichts tun ist mehr

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German

Banking | Communications | Energy & Utilities | Insurance | Life Sciences | Manufacturing | Retail

Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Vivian JonesApril 28, 2017 0

Los retos del mundo globalizado con la Analítica Avanzada

Todos hemos oído alguna vez que “cualquier tiempo pasado fue mejor” pero, cuando se trata de negocios, el pasado ha dejado de ser una ventaja. Hoy en día, medir el presente y el pasado ya no marca una diferencia competitiva. Ahora las empresas encuentran mayor valor en analítica predictiva (enfocada

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Spanish

Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning

Dariusz JańczukApril 27, 2017 0

Is intelligent content on the web the answer to mass content blocking?

As the internet grew in popularity, the marketing industry was quick to see that it had become an important channel for reaching out to potential customers. Websites increasingly began to host ads that were often unconnected with the site content. Advertising content became more widespread and unfortunately, also often obtrusive.

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Banking | Communications | Energy & Utilities | Hospitality | Insurance | Manufacturing | Retail | Sports & Entertainment | Travel

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management

Michael HerrmannApril 27, 2017 0

Data Management für Analytics – Enge Verzahnung von IT und Data Science ist entscheidend

Welche Rolle Datenqualität und Data Governance beim Data Management für Analytics spielen, habe ich mit meinem Kollegen Gerhard Svolba zuletzt an dieser Stelle diskutiert. Doch was genau macht modernes Datenmanagement aus, und welche Rolle spielen dabei neue Technologien à la Hadoop und Co.? Und wie sieht überhaupt die künftige Zusammenarbeit

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German

Banking | Insurance | Manufacturing

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Lonnie MillerApril 27, 2017 0

Tripping over text icebergs

Recently I backed into a hotel parking spot after returning from a customer dinner. It was dark and rainy, and I was tired from traveling. My mind wandered until I heard a shrill “BEEP BEEP BEEP” coming from my rental car. I looked down at the dashboard’s rear-view camera, and

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Manufacturing

Advanced Analytics

Helmut PlinkeApril 25, 2017 0

How to configure Oracle client for successful access to Oracle databases from SAS Viya

SAS Data Connector to Oracle lets you easily load data from your Oracle DB into SAS Viya for advanced analytics. SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle (on SAS Viya) provides the required SAS Data Connector to Oracle, that should be deployed to your CAS environment. Once the below described configuration steps for

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Johan SandellApril 25, 2017 0

Tilaisitko mittatilausrenkaat tietylle tielle?

Monet yritykset Suomessa ovat valinneet avoimen lähdekoodin ohjelmistoja, koska ne nähdään nopeina ja kustannustehokkaina. Tapauksesta ja liiketoimintatavoitteesta riippuen ne saattavat sitä myös olla. Potentiaalisia asiakkaita kiertäessäni törmään kuitenkin usein henkilöihin, joille avoimen lähdekoodin ohjelmistojen piilokustannukset ovat tulleet yllätyksenä. Sama asia käy ilmi SASin Isossa-Britanniassa ja Irlannissa teettämästä tutkimuksesta. Yli 90

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Finnish

Advanced Analytics

Thomas Bodenmüller-DodekApril 20, 2017 0

Are Data scientists the chauffeurs of the 21st century?

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

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Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning

Andreas BecksApril 20, 2017 0

Stop Algorithm Porn! Warum Machine Learning alleine kein Wundermittel ist

In meinem vorherigen Beitrag  ging es darum, wie sich das Internet of Things (IoT) über den aktuellen Hype hinaus geschäftsfähig machen, also operationalisieren, lässt. Und um die Hürden, die Unternehmen in Sachen Analytics dafür überwinden müssen. Immer wieder spreche ich in diesem Zusammenhang mit Kunden über ein Thema, das nicht

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German

Banking | Communications | Health Care | Insurance

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Matthias PistonApril 19, 2017 0

„Innovation braucht Fehlertoleranz und Risikobereitschaft“

Exnovation – wissen Sie was das ist? Das ist das Gegenteil von Innovation. Nein, das wollen wir nicht haben. Wir wollen Innovationen, und die bitte am laufenden Band. Koste es, was es wolle. Gerade im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung. Innovation ist irgendwie zum Zwang geworden. Denn wer sich nicht innerhalb kürzester

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German

Banking

Advanced Analytics | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinApril 19, 2017 0

Regression with restricted cubic splines in SAS

Restricted cubic splines are a powerful technique for modeling nonlinear relationships by using linear regression models. I have attended multiple SAS Global Forum presentations that show how to use restricted cubic splines in SAS regression procedures. However, the presenters have all used the %RCSPLINE macro (Frank Harrell, 1988) to generate

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Advanced Analytics | Data Visualization

Larry OrimoloyeApril 13, 2017 0

Processing images for real-time decisioning

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

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Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning

Hui LiApril 12, 2017 0

Which machine learning algorithm should I use?

This resource is designed primarily for beginner to intermediate data scientists or analysts who are interested in identifying and applying machine learning algorithms to address the problems of their interest. A typical question asked by a beginner, when facing a wide variety of machine learning algorithms, is “which algorithm should

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management | Internet of Things

Christian GoßlerApril 10, 2017 0

Lenin überholt sich selbst im Internet of Tempo (IoT3)

Lenin und ich sitzen im Publikum und applaudieren heftig: Seine Chefin hat ihren Vortrag beendet über „Datenqualität als Erfolgsfaktor im Internet of Things“. „Kein Datenqualitätsprojekt ohne Hilfe von oben“, raunt Lenin mir zu, "Unterstützung vom Boss ist manchmal wichtiger als tolle Software."  Ich will beleidigt darauf hinweisen, dass seine Chefin

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German

Manufacturing

Advanced Analytics | Learn SAS | Machine Learning | Programming Tips

Chris HemedingerApril 8, 2017 0

Introducing SASPy: Use Python code to access SAS

Thanks to a new open source project from SAS, Python coders can now bring the power of SAS into their Python scripts. The project is SASPy, and it's available on the SAS Software GitHub. It works with SAS 9.4 and higher, and requires Python 3.x. I spoke with Jared Dean

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Advanced Analytics

Mathias CoopmansApril 6, 2017 0

Test the analytical value of your data

Big Data Innovation Lab is an environment where you can bring all the people and technology together and test the analytical value of your data. The Lab comes with the latest data technologies to tackle data regardless of format, structure or size. You'll be able to experiment, make adjustments and if you find analytical

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