Click to learn more about author Kevin W. McCarthy. We all know businesses are trying to do more with their data, but inaccuracy and general Data Management issues are getting in the way. For most businesses, the status quo for managing data is not working. However, there is new research that shows data is moving […]
M.S. in Data Science Curriculum
Click to learn more about author Steve Miller. I’ve been blogging on Business Intelligence/Analytics/Data Science for 12 years. And I’ve been recruiting analytics candidates from top colleges for my consulting firms for even longer. Those who read my blogs know I’m pretty opinionated about what I look for in new grads, preferring students committed to […]
The Value of Strong Metadata Discovery
Too often professionals such as Data Analysts, Data Architects, and Compliance Specialists find themselves at a loss when it comes to being able, on their own, to discover, understand and use the rich Metadata within large enterprise ERP and CRM applications. It becomes complicated, costly, and time-consuming for these users to pull relevant business-context subsets […]
Data as Storyteller: Three Ways to Turn Your Analytics into Action
Click to learn more about author Asha Saxena. Here’s a scenario to consider: A Data Analyst is told to prepare a report. She has reams of figures ahead of her, and she’s a pro, so she sifts and sums, weaving through the numbers and finding precisely what she needs. The whole organization is captured in spreadsheets. […]
Why So Many Data Analytics Projects Fail (And How to Save Them)
Click to learn more about author Wolf Ruzicka. Data Analytics has captured the imagination of businesses, governments, and organizations of all kinds. The potential insights that analyzing large chunks of information can unveil are undeniably powerful. But in reality, most Analytics Projects fail to achieve results. A giant spreadsheet of numbers can look impressive, but […]
Building the Future of Women in Data
Careers involving data expertise are soaring. Data skills have seen significant growth in recent years, according to The Quant Crunch report. By 2020, the report predicts, the number of positions for data and analytics talent in the United States will increase by 364,000 openings, to 2,720,000. Clinical Data Analysis (+54 percent) Data Science (+40 […]
The Real Cost of Using Open Source Analytics
Click to learn more about author Dean Yao. According to a recent Forbes article, successful businesses will share “a deliberate choice in favor of leveraging Open Source technologies at the heart of their modern Data Architecture” in the near future. The article highlights how large companies like GitHub, Ford Motor Company, Macy’s, Progressive Insurance, and Netflix […]
In-Depth Interview: New Metamodel Drives Predictive Data with MIT’s Hazhir Rahmandad
The aggregation of research data across multiple studies, multiple methods, and over longer time spans has been an on-going problem for researchers for decades. The ability for scientists, data analysts, academic research institutions, and others to build on work done before is necessary to move research forward. But, often such prior research uses completely different […]
The Innovative Data Scientist: Overcoming the Big Data and Data Management Divide
In an ideal world, a Data Scientist is expected to demonstrate a rare combination of technical, analytical, and communication skills that make them sought after data innovators. In the real world, Data Scientists arrive from a wide variety of academic majors like mathematics, statistics, economics, operations research, or computer science. Additionally, the roles they assume […]
Designing Effective Interviews for Spotting a Real Data Scientist
The Data Scientist has been called the sexiest job of the 21st Century and thus has started attracting many young, ambitious contenders for this high-paying and “glamorous” post. However, there is a growing concern among employers and business leaders that candidates are getting enticed by just the “title” without building the proper mindset and skills […]