What Measurable Human Factors Drive an Individual’s Business Performance?

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It is a common and natural question for leadership to wonder what “human factors” drive (or hinder) performance in their enterprise.  And further, whether it is possible to reliably measure these factors and use them for ongoing improvement. In today’s discussion we will share some of our thinking and research to build models that measure [...]

What’s Up With In-Memory Analytics?

Bill Franks

  There’s been a lot of noise lately about the concept of in-memory analytics.  As a recent example, if you followed the press around some major conferences in late April, you’ll notice that a lot of messaging was present around in-memory analytics products.  Many people have been asking questions about how in-memory can fit into [...]

Big Data Déjà Vu

Anne Milley

More than a decade ago when data mining was relatively new (remember the commercial with fashion models talking about mining their data on the runway?), many were advocating mining all of the (mostly transactional) data and had to be educated…

Brain Science 101 for Data Scientists

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I recently attended a seminar at nearby MIT. This session was led by H. Sebastien Seung who wrote a recently published book titled: Connectome: How the Brain’s Wiring Makes Us Who We Are.

His discussion got us thinking …

To Sample Or Not To Sample… Does It Even Matter?

Bill Franks

So the question is…when do you sample and when do you not? And does it even matter anymore in the world of big data? As I’ll lay out here, in most cases today there is no point in wasting energy worrying about it. As long as a few basic criteria are met, do whatever you prefer…

Analytics: Like a Mosquito in a Nudist Colony

Gary Cokins

There are so many opportunities to apply analytics today- it’s like being a mosquito in a nudist colony. I routinely see opportunities for analysis in my daily life. Perhaps I was born with the DNA to constantly collect data and evaluate for better outcomes. For example, which check-out line should I enter at the store? [...]

Evaluating Analytics Professionals by Proxy or Directly?

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IIA Faculty Member Bill Franks, recently led an outstanding discussion titled, “What Makes a Great Analytic Professional”? Judging by the attendance and lively discussion, this was an important and timely discussion. Analytics Professionals Struggle to Hire Just Like Non-Analytics Professionals What struck me about this discussion is that analytics professionals (with the world of analytics [...]

Why Nobody Is Actually Analyzing Unstructured Data

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Unstructured data has been a very popular topic lately since so many big data sources are unstructured. However, an important nuance is often missed – the fact is that virtually no analytics directly analyze unstructured data. Unstructured data may be an input to an analytic process, but when it comes time to do any actual [...]

On Analytics, Statistics and Mathematics

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2011 was a year of great change—a move back to the south for my husband’s new job, new school for our daughter, a transition to a new position in the JMP division of SAS (which I love), and several other changes requiring us to adapt.  Change is one thing we can count on.  When we [...]

Big Google Data & Analytics: Big Money and Big Privacy Debate

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In light of their new privacy policy, Google will be able to revolutionize its services for marketers. This Privacy Policy will be effective March 1, 2012 and allow Google to integrate data it collects about each user of its various websites and services into a single profile. This issue was initially addressed by Google on [...]

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