Intelligence and Analytics
Going contactless with IoT
The idea of touching a pin pad or handing over a credit card to a cashier has become unsettling to many shoppers. Even before the pandemic, IoT-enabled transactions in... ...Read more
Healthcare personalization trends
Today’s healthcare patients have access to a greater amount of health information than ever before – and yet still demand more that can be used for their benefit. This... ...Read more
The role of data science in contact tracing
Contact tracing using smartphone apps has been one of the most effective containment strategies for COVID-19 to date, as evidenced by the early successes of South Korea and China.... ...Read more
Making sense of COVID-19 predictions: Part 2
A data scientist’s guide to coronavirus forecasts In part one of this two-part blog post, we looked at the issues involved in aggregating data about COVID-19. As time passes,... ...Read more
Workshop recap: Getting started with spatial analytics in Alteryx
I recently hosted PK’s workshop Getting Started with Spatial Analytics Using Alteryx. Along with members of my data science team, I took the audience through a geospatial analytics journey... ...Read more
Medical wearables: A powerful tool in the journey to better patient outcomes
Disruption is coming to a healthcare provider near you. Telemedicine, artificial intelligence (AI), interoperability, data analytics and mobile data are poised to have a major impact in the healthcare... ...Read more
Making sense of COVID-19 predictions: Part 1
A data scientist’s guide to coronavirus forecasts If you weren’t familiar with data science before COVID-19, you likely are now. Everything from estimates on mortality rates to predictions of... ...Read more
Webinar recap: Leveraging AI and Analytics to track pandemic
Understanding the relationship between population health and geography has been vital to improving disease outcomes for centuries, but modern technology allows us to gain more precise insights. Today, global... ...Read more
Big data into big business
By 2021, insight-driven businesses are predicted to take $1.8 trillion annually from their less-informed peers. Unless you have the right foundation in place for big data success, you may... ...Read more
Many Internet of Things projects fail — PGE’s approach could change that for utilities
Before Portland General Electric (PGE) began introducing smart meters years ago, it made a critical decision: to test the meters in select neighborhoods and prove the meters’ efficacy for... ...Read more