Are there any hotter topics in the analytics community today than artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)? If so, please let me know.
In my recent MBA elective on data mining, I assigned my students a term paper. The assignment required students to clearly describe a problem that they thought would be amenable to machine learning methods and then discuss how this problem might be solved (what techniques they would suggest using, what data would be required and how that data might be captured, what types of benefits would accrue and to who, what barriers to implementation they might encounter, etc.).
In my first column of the new year I usually summarize what happened during the previous year in terms of healthcare technology and analytics. 2017 was a very interesting year for healthcare.
Patrick Noonan, a former management consultant, business owner and college professor, will teach a series of two-day workshops in 2018 at three cities around the country as part of INFORMS’ Professional Development and Continuing Education program.
2020 will be a pivotal year in AI-related employment dynamics, according to Gartner, as artificial intelligence (AI) will become a positive job motivator.
The 2018 INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research will take place in Baltimore, Md., on April 15-17 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront.
It seems that rock stars are getting older. The Rolling Stones. Ozzy. Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue received a hip replacement this year. Rock and roll is, it seems, no longer a young man’s game.
