In this special guest feature, Ian Richardson, CEO & Co-Founder, theICEway, discusses how as the world continues to open for travel, cruise industry leaders are looking to leverage the next wave of travel technology to improve the passenger experience. With 20+ years of experience in both IT and the cruise industry, Ian Richardson co-founded theICEway in 2007, a leading IT … [Read more...] about How is IoT Changing the Future of Cruising?
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More Than You Know: The Enterprise Worth of Natural Language Generation
Natural Language Generation (NLG) is arguably the nexus point of natural language technologies. It utilizes Natural Language Processing (NLP), is a prerequisite for conversational AI, and largely requires Natural Language Understanding (NLU) for meaningful responses to interrogatives or commands. When included within a holistic platform, however, the proper implementation of … [Read more...] about More Than You Know: The Enterprise Worth of Natural Language Generation
“Above the Trend Line” – Your Industry Rumor Central for 6/23/2022
Above the Trend Line: your industry rumor central is a recurring feature of insideBIGDATA. In this column, we present a variety of short time-critical news items grouped by category such as M&A activity, people movements, funding news, industry partnerships, customer wins, rumors and general scuttlebutt floating around the big data, data science and machine learning … [Read more...] about “Above the Trend Line” – Your Industry Rumor Central for 6/23/2022
Dataiku 11 Unveils Enhanced Toolset to Scale AI
Dataiku announced Dataiku 11, a pivotal update of the company’s data science and AI platform that helps organizations to deliver on the promise of Everyday AI. This packed release provides new capabilities for expert teams to deliver more value at scale, enables tech-savvy workers to take on more expansive challenges, helps non-technical workers more easily engage with AI, and … [Read more...] about Dataiku 11 Unveils Enhanced Toolset to Scale AI
Backprop Bonanza – insideBIGDATA
Many new data scientists have voiced what they feel is the lack of a satisfying way to learn the concepts of back propagation/gradient computation in neural networks when taking undergrad level ML classes. So I thought I’d put together a number of useful learning resources to jump-start an understanding for this important process. The following list, curated from an informal … [Read more...] about Backprop Bonanza – insideBIGDATA
Heard on the Street – 6/20/2022
Welcome to insideBIGDATA’s “Heard on the Street” round-up column! In this regular feature, we highlight thought-leadership commentaries from members of the big data ecosystem. Each edition covers the trends of the day with compelling perspectives that can provide important insights to give you a competitive advantage in the marketplace. We invite submissions with a focus on our … [Read more...] about Heard on the Street – 6/20/2022
Research Highlights: Emergent Abilities of Large Language Models
Title of paper: Emergent Abilities of Large Language Models Author(s): Jason Wei, et al Abstract: Scaling up language models has been shown to predictably improve performance and sample efficiency on a wide range of downstream tasks. This paper instead discusses an unpredictable phenomenon that we refer to as emergent abilities of large language models. We consider an … [Read more...] about Research Highlights: Emergent Abilities of Large Language Models
Great Expectations Study Reveals 77% of Organizations have Data Quality Issues
Great Expectations, a leading open-source platform for data quality, announced the results of a survey highlighting top pain points and consequences of poor data quality within organizations. Insights from 500 data practitioners (engineers, analysts, and scientists) showed that 77% have data quality issues and 91% said it’s impacting their company’s performance. “Poor data … [Read more...] about Great Expectations Study Reveals 77% of Organizations have Data Quality Issues
Real-time, Real Value: 80% of Businesses See Revenue Increases Thanks to Real-time Data
KX and the Centre for Business & Economics (CEBR) have published ‘The Speed to Business Value’ an industry report showing the commercial and operational benefits to be gained by businesses adopting real-time data analytics technologies. The in-depth report surveyed over 1,200 companies spanning six countries (US, UK, France, Germany, Singapore, and Australia) in four key … [Read more...] about Real-time, Real Value: 80% of Businesses See Revenue Increases Thanks to Real-time Data
Using Basic Data to Improve Public Services
The digitization of public services is at the very top of government agendas across Europe, but the lack of accessible and reliable data, such as core information about individuals and businesses, creates challenges for digital administration. This information, called basic data or register, is re-used throughout the public sector and is an important basis for public … [Read more...] about Using Basic Data to Improve Public Services