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Your custom MDM solution: Don’t make these mistakes (Part 1)

Most MDM implementations will be based on a commercial software product.  By relying on a packaged solution, the architectural considerations have been addressed by the software vendor, allowing the project team to focus on the data management considerations.  However, there are cases when a custom MDM solution may be needed.  When proceeding down the path of custom development for MDM, we have some advice for you:…

 In a recent interview with CIO Review magazine, Beyond the Arc CEO, Steven Ramirez shared his insights on the evolution of Big Data analytics in 2013, and what we can expect in 2014. 

NFL 2013 Team Expected Points Added (EPA) per game - Defense by Offense

The atavistic love of sport, strategy,…

In 1917, Darcy W. Thompson, a pioneering mathematical biologist wrote a beautiful and exceptional demonstration about the relation between morphology and biology. Indeed, Thompson introduces its famous and elegant form of varying the Cartesian space as a tool to show the analogies between species. The central thesis of…

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Recently Mark Ginsburg, a Director and senior data scientist with our firm, wrote a historical perspective on the importance of simplicity and transparency in conducting data analytics. The push for transparency and free/open standards has long been a key component of…

Here I will discuss a general framework to process web traffic data. The concept of Map-Reduce will be naturally introduced. Let's say you want to design a system to score Internet clicks, to measure the chance for a click to convert, or the chance to be fraudulent or un-billable. The data comes from a publisher or ad network; it could be Google. Conversion data is limited and poor (some conversions are tracked,…

In my latest video blog (6.25 minutes), I provide an overview of Survival Analysis, an extremely useful branch of statistics.  

Topics I cover are:

* What is Survival Analysis

* Objectives of Survival Analysis

* Models available to analyze the relationship between a set of predictor variables and the survival time

* Examples of where…

When I stumbled upon the phrase "Data Scientist" 3 years ago, I immediately recognized it as my best prospect for a productive career. How to start? What are the tools of the trade?



This is the blog post I wish I could have read back then.

Many of the things I list here didn't exist or were unstable until recently.



I discovered the "predictive analytics" rabbit hole and started to read and watch whatever I could find on the subject. Upon watching the Gigaohm…

Many, many moons ago I began my first data science project. It involved a search algorithm for selecting the most probable mode of inheritance for a congenital anomaly given 10,000 two-generation pedigrees. Given the complexity of the algorithm I had to do my own coding: in FORTRAN ! It was tedious to say the least but I felt that I thoroughly knew the ins and outs of the methodology as a consequence writing code.

After that project I discovered a new analytical tool that promised to…

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Predictive Analytics World, March 16-21, 2014 in San Francisco is the business event for predictive analytics professionals, managers and commercial practitioners, covering today's commercial deployment of predictive analytics, across industries and across software vendors. The conference delivers…

Consumers are demanding greater financial flexibility and experiences. 2013 was the first time in the history of banking where the numbers of transactions from on-line banking trumped the number of retail banking transactions by 6:1. The younger generation prefers on-line banking vs. retail banking, and the older generation is adopting technology faster than ever before.…

Here are my reactions to the LinkedIn conversation about the "Statistical data scientists". In short, I believe that modern big data needs new ways of processing data, and that data scientists are polyvalent (versatile) with deep expertise in a few domains, across…

The mantra is famous in Hollywood history: "Lions, and Tigers, and Bears. Oh my!"  It brought fear to young viewers everywhere. But, as the story goes, it was soon obvious that there was nothing to fear. 

With so much Big Data noise, and hype, and pressure (oh my!) pressing in on us from all sides, there is understandable fear and loathing around the concept of Big Data. In my opinion, the way to…

I have been reading about Jigsaw Academy's new HR Analytics Training Course, which starts soon (January 26, 2014). HR Analytics is a remarkably interesting new field -- or, one could say, an old field with exciting new dimensions! The application of…

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By CKM Advisors Natural Language Analysis Team, 

Last year we posted a popular piece offering our view on…

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By Nicholas Hartman, Director at CKM Advisors

During an earlier post I wrote about how the use of ‘small data’ can…

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Business analysts focus on data base design (database modeling, at a high level, including defining metrics, dashboard design, retrieving and producing executive reports and designing alarm systems), ROI assessment on various business projects and expenditures, and budget issues. Some work on marketing or finance planning and optimization, and risk management. Many work on high-level project management,…