Saturday, September 07, 2013

On Data Mining Contests

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Data mining contests have grown in popularity over the years, from the annual competitions at technical conferences to the continuous stream...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Beware Phantom Data

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One of the perennial challenges facing the data analyst is missing values. A great deal has been written about the importance of identifying...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

The NSA, Link Analysis and Fraud Detection

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The recent leaks about the NSA’s use data mining and predictive analytics has certainly raised awareness of our field and has resulted in h...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Big Data is Not Enough

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Big data is the big buzz word in the world of analytics today. According to google trends, shown in the figure, searches for "big data...
Friday, June 07, 2013

Dean Abbott Featured in "Popular Mechanics" On-Line Article

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Our own Dean Abbott has been consulted for an on-line Popular Mechanics article, "Why the NSA Wants All That Verizon Metadata" (...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Math and Predictive Analytics - A Personal Account

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Last week I taught a workshop at Predictive Analytics World entitled Supercharging Prediction: Hands-On with Ensemble Models . The workshop ...
Monday, April 01, 2013

Do Predictive Modelers Need to Know Math?

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(Note: this post was first published in the March 2013 Edition of the Predictive Analytics Times ) Predictive analytics is just a bunch of...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

What To Take Home from Your Next Predictive Analytics Conference

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Why should one go to a predictive analytics conference? What should one take home from a conference like Predictive Analytics World (PAW)? ...
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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Using Geographic Data

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Most organizations collect and maintain some type of geographic data, yet many ignore this data during analysis. Any business has some recor...
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Saturday, February 02, 2013

When Analysis Isn't the Answer

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Data mining is an important tool whose benefits have been demonstrated in diverse fields, among business, government and non-profit organiza...