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Data Stories: City Shadows, Tourist Photos, Selfie Dangers

These visualizations demonstrate the effect of shadows on city streets, the difference between tourist and non-tourist photos, and the dangers of extreme photos.

The Shortcomings of Predictive Analytics

Data scientist Claudia Perlich explains why we must use machine learning and predictive technologies ethically, responsibly, and mindfully.

Technological Breakthroughs and Trusting Your Team

Russ Olsen advises technical people not to discount the human element. Without it you'll never pull off a real moonshot.

Data Science at the Frontier: Here Be Dragons

In order to use advanced analytics insights, we must identify and control for our biases. In all likelihood, we're going to be surprised by what we find.

Data Digest: Bad Interview Practices, Data Science and Automation, BI Do’s and Don’ts

Worst data scientist hiring practices, future-proof a data science career, and launch a great BI program.

The Growing Need for SQL for Hadoop

Experienced data management professionals are adopting Hadoop, and they want to use their SQL skills and tools with Hadoop data.

4 Data Management Best Practices for Cloud Computing

Data originating on cloud or migrating to cloud demands best practices just as other valuable data assets do.

Time to Level Up: The Evolving Role of the Chief Data Officer

The role of the CDO has evolved over time, from focusing on convincing an organization to manage its data to seeing the competitive advantage data affords. We examine the evolving role of the CDO and the direct impact that its maturity now may have on the tenure of that position.

Data Digest: Data Science and Behavioral Economics, AI Customer Service, Designing Materials with Machine Learning

Learn about data science improving incentive programs, AI changing customer service, and machine learning discovering and creating new materials.