Coupons are the small vouchers or tickets issued by the sellers to offer customers discounts when they shop from them. Coupons have been used for many years to increase customer traffic at stores by attracting them with multiple discounts and offers. They are not just beneficial…

As AI continues to make waves across the medical ecosystem, its foray into the world of EHR has been interesting. This is obviously because of the countless benefits both systems offer. Now, imagine you use a basic EHR for patients. One patient is administered an MRI contrast agent before the scan. What you may not know is that they are prone to an…

Just imagine that you walked into a restaurant and are welcomed by the hotel staff. Later, one of the waiters directs you to a convenient seat, tells you their special dishes, and helps you order food by understanding your preference. He makes sure that you are attended well, serves you good food, and asks your feedback before you leave. It is a…

This post is to share with you the recent publication of the book: "Data Science for Economics and Finance: Methodologies and Applications", by Sergio…

Artificial Intelligence is one of the biggest technological waves that have hit the world of technology. According to research from Gartner, artificial intelligence will create a business value worth US$3.9 trillion by 2022. Globally the artificial Intelligence market will grow at a rate of 154 percent. This resulted in the high…

Artificial intelligence is decidedly among the most prevalent and sought-after technologies in the modern-day and age. This popularity is not without reason though — after all, this technology stands to empower businesses and countless other entities with myriad benefits. Starting from significantly cutting down the time taken to accomplish a task to offering…

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has numerous applications for small businesses and is not something meant just for large corporations. No one can deny the…

The insurance industry is a late bloomer in adopting cutting-edge technologies.

However, the rapid growth in the new-age technologies, such as AI, ML, blockchain, big data, cloud computing, IoT, is driving a shift in the insurance industry. The insurers are making strategies to…

Artificial intelligence may not be a brand new concept, for it has been around for far longer than most of us would care to imagine. However, even though it is a comparatively recent phenomenon, artificial intelligence has made unprecedented strides over the past couple of decades. Of course, given the potential of this technology, it was only a…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the buzz with everyone looking for ways to leverage AI in some capacity within their organization. Whether you’re running a business focused on insurance, construction, or anything in between, the list of companies adding AI or Data Science teams to help their business succeed is growing every day. Unfortunately for…

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have come a long way, both in terms of adoption across the broader technology landscape and the insurance industry specifically. That said, there is still much more territory to cover, helping…

Those that encounter my blogs might notice two distinct types: 1) blogs that I formally prepare almost like an essay; and 2) those that are "unplugged" or informally prepared rather like a personal journal entry.  The mystique of writing something where I don't exactly know the…

Rohit Prasad, head scientist for Alexa, recently published an article questioning whether the Turing Test is still a relevant benchmark for…

Artificial intelligence, among the most prevalent technologies in the world at the moment, has made significant contributions to the world around us ever since it first emerged on the scene. Think about it — the chatbots that engage with us when we visit a website, the smart speakers in our homes. They are all artificial intelligence-driven tools that…

Artificial intelligence is reshaping almost all the aspects of doing business, from finance to sales and R&D to operations. Its most profound impact is, however, being witnessed in the field of marketing where not only it has already created great value but experts predict it is going to change the future of marketing massively. In this article we…

 

Business intelligence (BI) applications have been around for quite a while, and they've changed the manner in which companies measure and…

Big data is the most evolving term in a massive amount of people since the 1990s till this modern era of digitization. The merge of artificial intelligence with big data is enormously affecting our everyday lives.  Artificial intelligence was discovered in 1956 during the Dartmouth…

Introduction and Motivation

I myself do epidemiologic research, which rarely calls for developing machine learning models. Instead, I spend my time developing logistic regression models that I have to be able to interpret for the broader scientific (and sometimes non-scientific) community. I have to be able to explain in some easy, risk-communication way not only the…

Summary:  Things are getting repetitious and that can be boring.  Still, looking at lessons from the 90s it’s clear there are at least one or two decades of important economic advances that will based on our current AI/ML.  Then some thoughts on where that next really huge breakthrough will come from that will return our initial excitement.

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