Thanksgiving week is upon us! The holidays will be a little different this year, and many of us will find ourselves with some extra free time, as we will not be traveling or spending the days off with friends and relatives. What better way to fill that extra leisure time than with some data! Data […]
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In case you haven’t heard, Election Day is Nov. 3rd! While ads on TV, text, social media, and pretty much any other method you can think of are hard at work encouraging everyone to get out and vote, data science has been hard at work building models to try and use the plethora of data
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Our previous newsletter in the “Surprised by AI” series delved into some of the unexpected fields where AI has been put to work. But applications of Artificial Intelligence are not all work and no play! Even robots are learning new skills these days! This issue of the Dataspace newsletter highlights some of the (maybe) surprising
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A Dearth of College Football Getting You Down? In these unprecedented times, an unprecedented number of college football games will not be played. In another unprecedented decision, the University of Georgia recently announced that their beloved mascot- Uga the Bulldog – will not be making on-field appearances this season due to Covid safety restrictions… thereby
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“Tell me more about your work at X” As a standard part of our application process, we have candidates answer some basic questions such as: -Name-Current Employer-Current Title Then we ask a few more role specific questions, to help get a better understanding of the candidate’s skill set, and give them a chance to flesh
Do you work for X? Read More »
As it turns out, this question (and variations of it) is one of the most frequently asked questions about data science that users search for via Google – as well as on other community platforms such as Reddit or Quora. While opinions on this may differ depending on who you ask and the particular lens
Are Data Science Bootcamps Worth It? Read More »
WARNING: YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE AI ZONE!Imagine if you will, a world where all of the images in a Dataspace newsletter have been generated by AI… and therefore are both distorted and unsettling. To be honest, the title of this newsletter may also be a bit distorted and misleading – at this point in
Surprised by AI: Artificial Intelligence in Unexpected Places Read More »
As we discussed in what may be our most viewed Dataspace blog post (ever!), insurance is one of the oldest data science based businesses – using math to make predictions about the future. In today\’s post, we’ll be highlighting some ways in which data science has infiltrated, influenced, and innovated the insurance industry! There are
Be Assured, Data Science Ensures Success for Insurance Read More »
While we may yet be a long way from the threat of truly sentient computers such as Hal 9000 and ARIIA, the current capability of AI technologies still offers plenty of power for those who wish to harness it for malicious purposes. These types of crimes go beyond the grey ethical areas that we discussed
Danger, Will Robinson! (AI, Analytics and the Invisible Dangers) Read More »
The last edition of our newsletter focused on some very creative applications of data science tools and methods. Most of these were lighthearted, merely reflecting the interest of the creators in their subject matter – like true scientists, they applied their skills to the questions that interested them. In contrast, today’s newsletter delves into some
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