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Podcast: Analytics in Higher Education

Juan Ortiz, Director of Analytics at Laureate Education, talks about the transformation of the sector, the impact of Data Science, the...

The Road to Prediction: Using Unstructured Data

Prediction is tough and rarely a guarantee. If we were able to predict the future, there would be no Vegas, or at minimum a much poorer...

Top Resources if you want to work as a Data Scientist for the CIA

Ever wanted to work in security intelligence area & use your data science chops? Here are top resources to help get started working for...

What is Predictive Analytics?

Predictive analytics aren’t always correct—they’re simply a best guess based on previously established patterns—but they are often...

New Meaning in Big Data

The evolution of data analytics is approaching an inflection point. Early on, discussions of big data served largely to create awareness...

How One University Used Big Data To Boost Graduation Rates

Whenever you surf the Web, sophisticated algorithms are tracking where you go, comparing you with millions of other people. They're...

Beyond Moneyball: How Big Data Is Changing Baseball

With quite a few months to go before Spring Training starts up, teams are already gearing up for the challenges they’ll be facing next...

The art and (data) science of leveraging economic bubbles

I have played with a few bubbles - stock market, real estate - and it seems that they are relatively predictable, with their growth being...

16 analytic disciplines compared to data science

What are the differences between data science, data mining, machine learning, statistics, operations research, and so on? Here I compare...

CNN Interview - Benefits from using Analytics

In this interview (in Spanish) Miguel Molina-Cosculluela (@mikeaingeru), Managing Partner and Analytics Evangelist at Analytikus explains...