Tag: data

The data age and its characteristics

There is more data generated each day than ever before. If I told you that you would have to sit in front of your TV or streaming device for more than five million years in order to watch all the video content that will “cross global IP networks each month in 2021” (3) you would… Read more The data age and its characteristics

IoT and Edge Computing Services

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most hyped topics in today’s technology coverage. But what really is IoT? The term IoT summarizes all connected “entities”. The Internet of Things is made up of the smallest machines up to the largest computers. All of them have in common that they use networking technology… Read more IoT and Edge Computing Services

IoT and AI: Inseparable

Over the past few weeks we have learned about the development of AI and IoT, both of which are promising to dramatically change the way we interact and use technology. AI and machine learning will provide new ways for us to analyze vast amounts of information. IoT will allow us to gather information from a… Read more IoT and AI: Inseparable

Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing in Defence Systems

“An unmanned systems future, really for almost every facet of our life, is inevitable.  It is not going away, so we need to deal with it head-on” says Brigadier General Frank Kelley, and I concur. Kelley, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy’s unmanned systems put forward his idea that the unmanned drones are on… Read more Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing in Defence Systems

Big Data: A Terminal End

Recently, Facebook announced their revenue and performance expectations going forward.   It was less than impressive, which ended in $120 billion being wiped off their market value [1].  A large part of this was triggered by a consumer belief that they no longer trusted Facebook to protect their data [2].  It has long been accepted that… Read more Big Data: A Terminal End

The role of data in investing...

In the early 1990’s Eugene Fama and Kenneth French introduced the Fama-French three-factor model. They posited that asset returns could be explained through the use of three factors; a size variable, a value variable and a systematic risk variable. At the time the model was considered a breakthrough, certainly a marked improvement on the ubiquitous… Read more The role of data in investing...

Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things

With hackers constantly reinventing themselves (think: the evolution of Nigerian price scams into specific, targeted methods including ransomware), there is a pressing need for cybersecurity efforts to be shored up and reinforced.   Breaches can be costly too – a study by the Ponemon Institute sponsored by IBM estimated that the average cost of one… Read more Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things

A/B Testing: The Past, Today, and the Future

This week’s guest speaker, Suja Viswesan, director of engineering at LinkedIn, talked about A/B testing, a very important component of LinkedIn’s initiative called “People You May Know.” She stated, “A/B testing is the only way to prove causality and quantify feature impact.”1 Building the right product based on big data is challenging in itself. A/B… Read more A/B Testing: The Past, Today, and the Future

Hic Sunt Dracones

The Space Race started with an early lead by the Soviet Union, which managed to reach a stable orbit with the first ever artificial satellite, the Sputnik 1. This impressive achievement started the so-called “Sputnik Crisis” in the United States, as the West feared that the USSR had surpassed it in space-related technologies, which had obvious… Read more Hic Sunt Dracones

The Need for Caution in Government Use of AI

To date, machine learning has been used primarily to determine product offerings: What movies should Netflix recommend its users? What products should Amazon recommend? However, certain tech companies are now marketing machine learning applications to governments and public agencies. For example, tech firm Predpol uses “real-time epidemic-type aftershock sequence crime forecasting” and historical crime data… Read more The Need for Caution in Government Use of AI