The influence of data on the process of product development is easily seen in every industry.
Before the “data-ization” of Business, all lot of decisions were based on pure gut feel like- “I think this is a unique concept” or “There seems to be a market gap in the market for this and this product should
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HDFC Bank looked at Big Data analytics as a tool to generate more revenue back in 2004 to get valuable insights on customers and markets – important information from a lender’s perspective.
“Back in 2004, we set up a basic backbone for analytics in terms of an enterprise data warehouse in the bank—we were one of
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The sheer volume and unstructured nature of the data generated by billions of connected devices and systems presents significant challenges for those in search of turning this data into insight. For many, machine learning holds the promise of not only structuring this vast amount of data but also to create true business intelligence that can
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Microsoft is gaining grounds based on their Artificial Intelligence, machine Learning and Software bots. Investors were impressed at the company’s Build Developers Conference in San Francisco In March and shares went up immediately.
"Machine learning is the DNA of Microsoft. It's everywhere," says Amanda Papp, a senior machine learning and data science recruiter.
Employees across Microsoft are
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The fever of the World Cup T20 is at its peak. Now waiting for the final results, a thought came into my mind, “How should teams prepare their players to face the opposition?”.
The obvious answer is using past Statistics of the opponent team and its players to derive data based decisions like->Who plays best on
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We had written about one of our students Shan who won a Hackathon Contest. He shared with us his experiences as a Data Scientist and what is his "Mantra”of success.
Excerpts from Interview:
"Congratulations on your win! How do you feel to win it among 2500+ contestants?
Shan: Thank you. Its really inspiring competing with top data scientists across
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Tickle your brains with our Analytics Crossword Puzzles .
Winner for the Statistics Crossword (Easy) - @Debarun Sengupta. Congratulations!
Get ready for the next round Folks. here it is -
Across
2.A CONFIDENCE INTERVAL in which the interval contains the true value of the PARAMETER (5)
3.Two variables are causally related if changes in the value of one cause the other
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Tickle your brains with our Analytics Crossword Puzzles .
Rules of the game:
>We will take up a Subject/Topic that will have 3 crossword puzzles ranging from Easy, Medium to Tough.
>Whoever responds 1st to the puzzle (given that his answer is correct) will be declared the winner.
>There will be separate winners announced for fastest and correct answers
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What's in it for me!
That’s the question a lot of you would be asking, when you read the previous post on Machine Learning and the TOP 5 Skills required to be an Machine learning Expert.
And you have a hundred questions like "Which companies hire Machine learning experts?" , " What is the pay package offered?",
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So what exactly is Machine Learning?
Machine Learning is simply making a computer perform a task without explicitly programming it. If we impose business rules to build a system and not let the machine find patterns on its own, we will not be able to put up with the versatility of the data that comes in.
Let’s
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Register for the Webinar: Career in Business Analytics
>According to a report by McKinsey Global Institute : “By 2018, the United States alone could face a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical skills as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts with the know-how to use the analysis of big data to make effective decisions.”
>The global
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More and More people have been pulled into the “Analytics wave” in the year 2015. The following are the top trends in Analytics over the past year. Have a look:
1. Machine Learning
Machine Learning has been always looked upon as a complex and difficult to understand domain. But the year 2015 saw many companies unveil machine
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Ask any Young Tech Savvy IT/BFSI/Telecom/Marketing professional today –
What should be your next career move? Most of them will have the following as one of the options –
“Business Analytics!”
But the moment it’s time to take the plunge, millions of questions enter their minds. We’ve tried to answer a few of these Critical questions regarding Your Analytics
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Get answers to questions related to a career in Analytics?Register for our Webinar
We will try and answer your Analytics Career related queries in our Webinar “Analytics for beginners and Introduction to Retail Analytics”. Following the webinar will be a Q&A session for you to get your doubts cleared.
Date: Sunday, 6th December, 2015
Time: 11 AM
Duration: 45 mins
Our Analytics
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Our alumnus Subhojit Sengupta talks about his journey in analytics and his association with Ivy Professional School.
Tell us something about yourself?
I am a commerce graduate & a MBA (Finance) with 9+ years of industry experience.
Where are you currently working and what are is your current role?
I am currently working in Accenture as an "Analytics &
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