After returning from my first annual leave in many years, I have enjoyed my recent weeks at work. There have been international and local
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Chief data officers: the new ‘Big Data czars’?
The chief data officer is an emerging position tasked with overseeing projects that aim to derive value from enterprise data sets: some observers think
The Digital Dispatch: NBCUniversal, Deutsch LA, and Victorious
BrightRoll announced Bruce Falck as its new chief operating officer and Guy Yalif as VP of marketing. Mark Vranesh was appointed to BrightRoll’s board
RapidMiner Unveils Opening Keynote Speaker for RapidMiner World 2014
BOSTON, MA–(Marketwired – Jun 30, 2014) – Pioneering predictive analytics leader RapidMiner today announced the opening keynote speaker and topics of its annual RapidMiner
EXelate Announces Leadership Additions To Drive Global Expansion Of Data Platform
NEW YORK, June 26, 2014 (ADOTAS) – eXelate, the leading independent data platform, today announced the addition of senior executives to its management team
From a “Cold” to a “Warm” Start in Recommender Systems
Published in: 2014 IEEE 23rd International WETICE Conference Date of Conference: 23-25 June 2014 INSPEC Accession Number: 14686576 Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 20 October 2014 DOI: 10.1109/WETICE.2014.6 Electronic ISBN:978-1-4799-4249-7
‘Digerati’ to step into CEOs’ shoes
The speed with which large numbers of organisations are appointing chief digital or chief data officers will not only define the shape of businesses, but
“WOMEN, WAKE UP: Now is the time to be Entrepreneurs in the Middle East” says Usama Fayyad
“WOMEN, WAKE UP: Now is the time to be Entrepreneurs in the Middle East” says Usama Fayyad Published by Innotech Network™ on May 31, 2014.
Why everyone in media needs an analytics upgrade
Media companies once had to read the tea leaves in focus groups, TV ratings and chart rankings to help guide their investment decisions, but
Usama Fayyad, U-M Symposium on Data and Computational Science, 4/23/14
Usama Fayyad, U-M Symposium on Data and Computational Science, 4/23/14 Published by Advanced Research Computing at the University of Michigan on May 1, 2014. Watch