Sat.Dec 22, 2018 - Fri.Dec 28, 2018

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The most practical causal inference book I’ve read (is still a draft)

Data Science and Beyond

I’ve been interested in the area of causal inference in the past few years. In my opinion it’s more exciting and relevant to everyday life than more hyped data science areas like deep learning. However, I’ve found it hard to apply what I’ve learned about causal inference to my work. Now, I believe I’ve finally found a book with practical techniques that I can use on real problems: Causal Inference by Miguel Hernán and Jamie Robins.

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The Best Fails of 2018

Bruno Aziza

2018. What an incredible year. I’m no financial expert. But as a market observer, I have noted a fair amount of #fails this year. Here are at least 3 that I thought would be worth recapping. I’m sure I’ve missed a few. Feel free to tweet me at @brunoaziza for comments and suggestions.

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So What’s the Buzz Surrounding VR Data Visualization?

The Data Visualisation Catalogue

One of the methods I used during my investigatation into the impact of Virtual Reality (VR) technology on data visualization and infographic design was to simply search online what other people have been saying. For a few years now, there have been a number of articles prophesying the coming of VR to the field of data visualization and the big data industry.

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Invisible voices of #diversity: being ignored, being hepeated, and what you can do to be heard and help others to be heard

Jen Stirrup

One of the issues of diversity is that people can suffer from diversity myopia, which I understand to be the situation where people don’t see diversity clearly. I now think that the issue is that sometimes that people from diverse backgrounds are simply not seen in the first place. Like the protagonist in the Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison , you’re simply not seen in the first place.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Discover Advanced Analytics Advantages!

Smarten

What Are the Advantages of Advanced Analytics? If you are considering an advanced analytics solution, you are probably wondering what you might get from the solution. Are there real benefits to this type of solution and to the democratization of data and the implementation of a self-serve augmented analytics solution that is meant for business users?

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How Data Became Mainstream: The Path To Chief Data Officer 4.0

Bruno Aziza

Businesses need to move rapidly to adopt agile data processes so they can move quicker and be more responsive to customers.