Assume data has lots of noise, spend time looking at it. Barry Dillon, head of advanced analytics

Simon CockingSeptember 14, 2015

By @SimonCocking We caught up with Barry Dillon Head of Advanced Analytics at the  Aon Centre for Innovation and Analytics @Aon_plc, to get his take on the v...

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As a ‘data hotbed’ Ireland must drive the ethics agenda

Ronan LeonardSeptember 11, 2015

A leading computer scientist has called for a national conversation on the rights and wrongs of data use. “As Ireland attracts increasing numbers of data sci...

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Kieran Towey, Always ask questions and never assume what the data ‘should’ look like

Simon CockingSeptember 11, 2015

By @SimonCocking See Kieran Towey, Accenture, speaking at the Predict Conference September 15 - 17th How did you first become interested in data / predict...

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Have the right data for the analytics solution you are building. John Kellegher, DIT

Simon CockingSeptember 10, 2015

By @SimonCocking John Kellegher, DIT, speaking at the Predict Conference September 15 - 17th  How did you first become interested in data / predictive analy...

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beyond rationality, there is always a higher order of uncertainty which often only masks fragments of rationality within. Dr. Constantin Gurdgiev

Simon CockingSeptember 9, 2015

By @SimonCocking Dr. Constantin Gurdgiev @GTCost. Speaking at the Predict Conference  @predictconf September 15 - 17th  http://trueeconomics.blogspot.com ...

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Data is an arms race, don’t be left behind. David White, CEO of big data company import.io

Simon CockingSeptember 9, 2015

By @SimonCocking David White @davidimportio CEO & Co-founder of big data import.io @importio data enthusiast, coffee snob, UK expat, Ferrari lover & ...

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Work twice as hard on presenting the data as you do on mining it. James Sugrue, Carma lead architect

Simon CockingSeptember 8, 2015

By @SimonCocking James Sugrue @sugrue  Lead Architect and Growth Hacker  @TeamCarma with Swift, Java and JavaScript powerups. Author of Beginning Backbone. A s...

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From Noise to Signal. Stephen Few, data visualisation expert coming to Dublin

Simon CockingSeptember 7, 2015

By @SimonCocking Great interview with Stephen Few, founder of Perceptual Edge who specialise in data visualisation in simple, practical ways to help people t...

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The singularity is not coming soon, and other AI insights. Oren Etzioni, CEO of Allen Institute for AI

Simon CockingSeptember 2, 2015

By @SimonCocking Delighted to bring you this interview with Oren Etzioni @etzioni CEO, of the Allen Institute for AI (AI2) @Allen_Institute; Professor UW CSE...

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