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“Data science begins with data. Nothing gets built without data. Data science continues with science. Accurate, persuasive and effective prediction requires patterns. The process of discovering that pattern is science. Any product worth building requires a reliable pattern to exist in the data.”
– Christopher Berry, co-founder and chief science officer of Authintic, in his article on recommendation engines in the current issue of Analytics.
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Analytics Section of INFORMS NewsInnovative Applications in Analytics Award
The Innovative Applications in Analytics Award, sponsored by the INFORMS Section on Analytics, recognizes creative and unique developments, applications or combinations of analytical techniques used in practice. The prize promotes the awareness of the value of analytics techniques in unusual applications or in creative combination to provide unique insights and/or business value.
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Special ArticlesBig data paying off for big companies
A new research report, “Big Data in Big Companies,” describes how 20 large firms benefit from big data projects. Report co-authors Tom Davenport of the International Institute for Analytics (IIA) and Jill Dyché of SAS, the leader in business analytics, explore how these companies have deployed analytics to generate value from their big data assets.
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Special ArticlesContinuing education courses for analytics professionals
The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences’ (INFORMS) Continuing Education program will offer its first two courses this fall. These intensive, two-day, in-person courses will provide analytical professionals with key skills, tools and methods that can be implemented immediately in a work environment.
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Resources
Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything Tuesday, 08 March 2011 17:19 | Last Updated on Thursday, 08 September 2011 22:56 |  |  | 
Author Stephen Baker, who examined the analytical, data-driven, behind-the-scenes side of corporate decision-making in his 2008 book “The Numerati,” continues his exploration of the melding of man and computer in the never-ending search for more knowledge in his latest book, “Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything.” |
Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better ResultsMonday, 07 March 2011 05:00 | Last Updated on Thursday, 10 March 2011 21:50 | | |
In the follow-up to their landmark 2007 book “Competing on Analytics,” Davenport and Harris team up with Morison to reveal how all managers can effectively deploy analytics in their day-to-day operations... |
