Originally published in The Journal Sentinel, June 28, 2017 If the machine-learning algorithm gets it right, you’ll be matched with wines you love. That’s the idea behind Bright Cellars, a Milwaukee-based monthly wine club begun by two Massachusetts Institute of Technology grads who certainly knew more about math than Merlot when they came up with
Originally published in Uber Engineering, June 9, 2017 At Uber, event forecasting enables us to future-proof our services based on anticipated user demand. The goal is to accurately predict where, when, and how many ride requests Uber...
Steven Ramirez is the conference moderator for Predictive Analytics World for Financial, Oct 29-Nov 2, 2017 in New York—where he will also provide the opening keynote, “Chatbots, Robo-Advisors, and AI, Oh My! Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning Case...
Originally published in Linkedin I recently sat on a panel of “Women in Predictive Analytics”, moderated by Greta Roberts with Jeanne Harris from Columbia University and Lauren Haynes from University of Chicago. Although the three of us on the panel had never...
Originally published in NYTimes, June 22, 2017 SAN FRANCISCO — The Department of Homeland Security is turning to data scientists to improve screening techniques at airports. On Thursday, the department, working with Google, introduced a $1.5 million contest to build computer...
The key question that organizations ALWAYS ask when undertaking an analytics initiative is “Can they guarantee value from the project?” They want to know whether the return on their investment will be positive. But they want this...
By James Gottshall, Vice President, Strategic Analytics at XL Catlin This article covers a similar theme to the Keynote presentation James Gottshall will deliver at PAW Financial, Oct 29-Nov 2, 2017 in New York. Think about a...
For more on predictive analytics for healthcare, attend Predictive Analytics World for Healthcare New York, Oct 29-Nov 2, 2017. With widespread usage of electronic medical records, big data has truly arrived in healthcare. In addition to...
Predictive models typically estimate the likelihood of future events, such as whether it will rain tomorrow or which customers are most likely to “churn” by cancelling their phone contract. In the case of the weather, we do...
The Employee Cost Curve It is simple enough to document the hard costs that make up the initial stages of employee life-cycle. This section will walk through the major cost areas, but the specifics will depend on...
