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I thought I would follow on my first blog posting with a follow-up on a claim in the post that going returns followed a truncated… Read More »Data Science, Common Stocks and V&V

“The internet is killing retail. Bookstores are just the first to go.” — quoted in this NYT article. Retail bookstores are in a death row; looks… Read More »Predicting the demise of retail bookstores: a time series forecasting

  Geoffrey Hinton dismissed the need for explainable AI. A range of experts have explained why he is wrong. I actually tend to agree with… Read More »Why I agree with Geoff Hinton: I believe that Explainable AI is over-hyped by media

Organizing Data Unchained Malaysia was one of the most rewarding things I have ever done in my career. In November 2018, we invited 100 brilliant… Read More »30 Things I learned Organizing South East Asia's Largest Datathon

How will AI evolve and what major innovations are on the horizon? What will its impact be on the job market, economy, and society? What… Read More »The Truth about Artificial Intelligence

The new advice today for data scientists is not to become a generalist. You can read recent articles on this topic, for instance here.  In this… Read More »Why You Should be a Data Science Generalist – and How to Become One

For my final class this year at the University of San Francisco School of Management, I taught the students using nothing but infographics.  Not only… Read More »Developing a Big Data / Data Science / Design College Curriculum with Infographics

Huge amount data have been generated every day on various platforms such as Wikipedia, technical and non-technical blogs, social media, online news articles etc. Around… Read More »Text Summarization and Sentiment Analysis: Novel Approach

E-commerce has become more popular with the growth in internet and network technologies. Many people feel convenient to buy products online using various forums such… Read More »Sentiment Analysis of Amazon Customer Reviews with Visualizations