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Brain Science 101 for Data Scientists

April 11, 2012 By Greta Roberts Leave a Comment

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 …

Filed Under: Faculty Blogs, Greta Roberts Tagged With: Data Scientist, Greta Roberts, H. Sebastien Seung, MIT

Analytics In Govenment

July 15, 2010 By Thomas H. Davenport 1 Comment

My friend and IIA colleague Eric McNulty is right in his recent post that there is a lot of talk about analytics in Washington these days. I was there for a SAS event a couple of weeks ago, and it was interesting to think about all the areas where it’s popping up. Eric mentioned health [...]

Filed Under: Decision Making, Thomas Davenport Tagged With: analytics, benefit fraud, defense contractor, education, financial reform, government organizations, health care, IIA, Intel, level perspective, MIT, national intelligence, Obama, SAS, SEC, Washington

Intuition vs. Evidence-based Decisions

January 11, 2010 By Eric McNulty 1 Comment

Ah, it is as old as the chicken-and-egg debate: when is intuition your best guide and when should data drive your decisions? Enterprise 2.0 guru and Principal Research Scientist at MIT’s Sloan School of Management Andrew McAfee recently weighed in recently on the Harvard Business Review blog: “Human intuition can be astonishingly good, especially after [...]

Filed Under: Decision Making, Executive Presence/Leadership Tagged With: Andrew McAfee, Decision Making, evidence, gorillas, Harvard Business Review, intuition, MIT, Tom Cruise

Brain Science 101 for Data Scientists

Analytics In Govenment

Intuition vs. Evidence-based Decisions

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