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Women in data science: Q&A with Felicity Splatt
July 1st, 2020For talented and driven individuals, opportunities abound in the booming data science and analytics field. Career paths are broad and varied and cover almost every industry.
AI answers existential questions
June 25th, 2020Artificial intelligence can struggle with abstraction. The tools we depend on daily display a masterly command of details, but a shakier grasp of existential matters. Ask Alexa for a recipe, and…
Media sentiment analysis on major tech companies
June 3rd, 2020Google, Facebook, Apple and a host of other tech companies have come to dictate modern life. Whether we're shopping for groceries, posting pictures of our friends, or sharing financial data with a…
We asked artificial intelligence to create dating profiles. Would you swipe right?
March 1st, 2020How much of what you see on a person's dating profile do you consider "real"? The person may be using a particularly flattering picture, their job title may be a bit of an exaggeration, and maybe…
Can you teach yourself to be a data scientist?
October 3rd, 2019The number of education options available to would-be data scientists starting their careers has risen dramatically over recent years. Business…
Creative decision making – how data science is both an art and a science
September 8th, 2019It’s probably safe to assume that most people view data science as being a strictly scientific discipline—it’s right there in the name after all. Yet, many data scientists…