- 8th August, 2017
Doing Good With Data
Are applied data driven approaches improving public safety or increasing access to critical services such as healthcare or clean drinking water?
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- 1st August, 2017
Mind Your Language
In the 17th and 18th centuries, duels were mostly fought using swords. Fast forward to the 21st century and the choice of weapon among data scientist…
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- 25th July, 2017
The Perils of Shorthand
Announcing that you’re a fighter pilot, a tech entrepreneur, or a surgeon, tends to elicit approving nods at cocktail parties
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- 18th July, 2017
The Data Science Cycle and How To Optimize It
Value from data science tends to be measured in increased revenue, cost savings through optimization or happier customers. Across a typical data …
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- 11th July, 2017
On podcasts and programmers
I am a great fan of podcasts, listening many hours a day, learning all sorts of stuff across many domains of knowledge. It makes traffic jams fun. It …
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- 4th July, 2017
- DevOps
Set Your Insights Free
As more businesses adopt data science, they seem to be focusing on what data they have and what insights they can derive from it. Sometimes however, …
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- 27th June, 2017
- datalake
To store or not to store
Hans Sloane who died in 1752, was a curious man. Born in Ulster in 1660, he was rich enough to buy up most of Chelsea where Sloane Square and Sloane …
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- 20th June, 2017
Eye in the Sky
Imagine a world where a satellite image instead of a non-existent income statement, is used to determine whether a small scale farmer in Mozambique …
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- 13th June, 2017
- elections
Once is an accident...
Last week’s election in the United Kingdom threw up another surprise. Instead of strengthening their parliamentary position as was expected, Theresa …
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