Adeesh Goel

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Algorithmic Bias: Challenges and Solutions

by on August 4, 2017 11:59 am
A recent article in The Guardian described the issue of discrimination by algorithms with a few examples: “There was the voice recognition software that struggled to understand women, the crime prediction algorithm that targeted black neighborhoods and the online ad platform which was more likely to show men highly paid executive jobs”. When I worked on a fraud analytics project… Read more Algorithmic Bias: Challenges and Solutions

The Limits and Possibilities of Artificial Intelligence

by on July 28, 2017 11:58 am
The term Artificial Intelligence is somewhat misleading as it conveys that machines have the power to possess “intelligence”, of the human kind, which is not perfectly accurate. While AI and Machine Learning systems have had immense success in finding patterns when they ingest significant chunks of data, this intelligence is not generalizable. Hence, the pattern… Read more The Limits and Possibilities of Artificial Intelligence

Applications of Machine Learning to the Finance Industry

by on July 21, 2017 11:37 am
Background: Being highly data-driven, finance is one of the initial industries that began applying data science methods to optimize functioning. Some of these applications include, optimizing the interest rate gap between the interest charged for loans, and the interest paid for deposits to maximize long-term profitability; or using machine learning to target the marketing of… Read more Applications of Machine Learning to the Finance Industry

Rise of Social Analytics in the Auto Insurance Industry

by on July 13, 2017 6:36 pm
Background: Increasingly, companies are starting to find value in social media data, including Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and other social data sources by employing robust filtering techniques and machine learning algorithms to uncover the signal within the noise. Then, they often correlate financial data with social media conversations to add value to their business. This is… Read more Rise of Social Analytics in the Auto Insurance Industry

Application of Open Data by the City of Los Angeles Office

by on July 7, 2017 11:35 pm
Last week, the CIO of the California Department of Technology mentioned that Open Data is one of the big technology initiatives that is facilitating the democratization data to the public for various use cases. The open data website mentions that “California believes in the power of unlocking government data. We believe the California open data… Read more Application of Open Data by the City of Los Angeles Office