- Initiative for Analytics and Data Science StandardsInteresting info that I have received in my email box a few days ago. Initiative for Analytics and Data Science Standards (IADSS) conducts a global scale research study to get insights into analytics related roles, associated skill-sets and career paths. We believe this will help set some industry standards which in turn could support... Read more »
- DatSci & AI Awards returns for 4th year now open to European entrantsEntry criteria is now live for the DatSci & Ai Awards which will be held on 5th September 2019 at Croke Park, Dublin connecting and celebrating the best in the data science ecosystem across Europe. Following success last year with one of the ten categories being open to all European entrants, 2019 marks the... Read more »
- Microsoft Joins $250 Million Funding in DataBricksDatabricks, the high-flying analytics startup founded by the creators of Apache Spark, announced yet another venture funding haul this week as it hustles to meet what it says is growing demand for its analytics platform. The analytics specialist announced Tuesday (Feb. 5) it has raised an additional $250 million in its... Read more »
- Global Competition for Data Scientists with A$1 Million in PrizesUnearthed, an Australian-based energy and resources open innovation platform, is launching an international crowdsourcing competition that calls for geologists, data scientists and mining professionals to develop ground-breaking ideas about mineral exploration. Participants from around the globe can enter the 10-week Explorer Challenge for a chance to win A$1 million and have their... Read more »
- Global Competition for Data Scientists with A$1 Million in PrizesUnearthed, an Australian-based energy and resources open innovation platform, is launching an international crowdsourcing competition that calls for geologists, data scientists and mining professionals to develop ground-breaking ideas about mineral exploration. Participants from around the globe can enter the 10-week Explorer Challenge for a chance to win A$1 million and have their... Read more »
- The New Dataiku: A Central Hub for Enterprise Analytics, Machine Learning, and Data ScienceBuilding upon the needs of their customers, some of whom have dozens and even hundreds of users of the software, Dataiku releases a new version that establishes it as a central hub for the development of advanced data science, machine learning, and analytics products. NEW YORK, November 14 - With a wide... Read more »
- How SendinBlue uses Machine Learning to help guarantee 30 million messages are delivered dailyThe company partnered with Dataiku to develop a machine learning solution that validates new customer data against over 1 billion emails and events. The result is an automated system that saves time and money for SendinBlue while maintaining the integrity of their platform, a crucial cornerstone of their business. SendinBlue is one of the leading... Read more »
- Alation Delivers Integration with Tableau 10.4Alation Delivers Integration with Tableau 10.4 and Previews Tableau Extensions Integration at Tableau Conference 2017 Alation becomes the first data catalog to deliver governance for insight features supporting all Tableau customers, whether on desktops or servers REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Oct. 10, 2017 Alation Inc., the collaborative data company, today announced new ways... Read more »
- Domino Data Lab Accelerates Model Delivery on AWSUnveiling new capability in data science platform used by Fortune 500 companies San Francisco, CA (September 27, 2017) – Domino Data Lab, a data science platform provider, today announced general availability of its Domino Model Delivery product. Built to run natively on Amazon Web Services (AWS), this offering makes the process of deploying... Read more »
- Anaconda and Microsoft Partner to Deliver Python-Powered Machine LearningMicrosoft to embed Anaconda into Azure Machine Learning, Visual Studio and SQL Server, accelerating data science exploration and production deployments Strata Data Conference, NEW YORK––September 26, 2017––Anaconda, Inc., the most popular Python data science platform provider, today announced it is partnering with Microsoft to embed Anaconda into Azure Machine Learning, Visual... Read more »
- Foursquare CEO calls on Congress to regulate the location data industryThe chief executive of Foursquare, one of the largest location data platforms on the internet, is calling on lawmakers to pass legislation to better regulate the wider location data industry amid abuses and misuses of consumers’ personal data. It comes in the aftermath of the recent location sharing scandal, which revealed... Read more »
- The Analogue Pocket might be the perfect portable video game system
Very few modern tech companies have executed on their mission as consistently, and at such a high level of quality as Analogue. Analogue’s obsessively engineered modern consoles for old-school physical cartridge video games are museum-quality hardware design, housing specially tuned processors that offer pitch- and pixel-perfect play of all NES,... Read more » - Instagram will give you more control over your third-party apps…in about six months
Instagram is slowly rolling out a new feature that will help better protect your personal data from being accessed by your long discarded, third-party applications — that is, any app you had once authorized to access your Instagram profile over the years. This may include websites you used for printing... Read more » - Former Dropbox CTO Quentin Clark just joined General Catalyst as a managing directorQuentin Clark resigned a couple of weeks ago as the CTO of Dropbox at the same time that the storage company announced two other execs — Bharat Mediratta and Tim Young — were joining its leadership team in Clark’s stead. Now we know where Clark was headed — into the world... Read more »
- UK quietly ditches porn age checks in favor of wider online harms rulesA controversial UK government scheme to introduce mandatary age checks for accessing online pornography has been dropped — for now. Introduction of the measure, which was intended to protect children from accessing inappropriate content online, had already been delayed by several months this year, most recently after a bureaucratic oversight. The technical... Read more »
- These are the Under Armour-designed suits for Virgin Galactic’s space tourists
A day after NASA debuted the space suits set to be worn by the first woman on the moon, Virgin Galactic showed of its own gear at an event in New York. Created in collaboration with fitness wear company, Under Armour, the gear is designed for wear by Virgin’s private... Read more » - Justice Dept. says it’s taken down ‘world’s largest’ child exploitation sites on the dark webThe Justice Department says it’s dismantled one of the largest child exploitation sites on the dark web. With the help of international partners in the U.K. and South Korea, U.S. prosecutors have brought charges against a South Korean citizen, Jong Woo Son, for conspiracy to advertise, product, and distribute child abuse... Read more »
- Canva, now valued at $3.2 billion, launches an enterprise productCanva, the Australian-based design tool maker, has today announced that it has raised an additional $10 million to bring its valuation to $3.2 billion, up from $2.5 billion in May. Investors in the company include Mary Meeker’s Bond, General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackbird and Sequoia China. Alongside the new funding and... Read more »
- RealTime Robotics scores $11.7M Series A to help robots avoid collisionsOne of the major challenges facing engineers as they develop more agile robots is helping them move through space while avoiding collisions, especially in a dynamic environment. RealTime Robotics, a Boston-based startup announced an $11.7 million Series A investment to help solve this problem. SPARX Asset Management led the round with... Read more »
- NASA extends contract with Boeing for SLS rocket, paving the way for up to 10 Artemis missionsNASA has a new contract extension in place with Boeing, which will cover rocket stages for its Space Launch System (SLS) beyond Artemis I and Artemis II, the missions covered under the current contract it holds with the aerospace company. The new contract includes production of the core stage... Read more »
- Telehealth eliminates time and distance to save moneyIn the age of consumerism, virtual visits meet consumers where they are, says Anthem executive.... Read more »
- First HIMSS Analytics EMRAM Stage 7 validation announced in ThailandOfficially announced at the HIMSS AsiaPac Awards last week during the HIMSS AsiaPac 19 conference, Princ Paknampo Hospital made history by becoming the first hospital in Thailand to achieve the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) Stage 7 validation.... Read more »
- Solo practitioner gains 807 new patients in a year with help from practice growth techAlso in that year, Dr. Angela Willis gained 81 new patient reviews and her website converted, on average each month, roughly 11.4% of all visitors into a booked appointment.... Read more »
- How blockchain can help improve patient identity matching and consentDuring Converge2Xcelerate at the HIMSS Connected Health Conference, a blockchain expert and the CEO of DirectTrust put forth some ideas about how direct ledger technology could help solve a longstanding challenge.... Read more »
- Expanding biosimilars market holds potential for significant savings to state Medicaid programsThe anticipated savings would increase in a scenario in which biosimilars made up a larger portion of the total market share.... Read more »
- Joint task force to simplify merging personal health data into EHRs, drafts FHIR specPCHAlliance and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise seek to enhance continuity of care by working on mobile health apps and personal health monitoring devices.... Read more »
- MSK Cancer Center hires first chief digital officerClaus Torp Jensen, who comes to Memorial Sloan Kettering after holding positions at CVS Health/Aetna and IBM, will also serve as head of technology for the hospital.... Read more »
- HIMSS AsiaPac 19: International perspectives on value creation in healthcareTraditionally, value in healthcare has been viewed from the perspectives of hospitals and healthcare providers, but this has shifted to the patient-consumer. ... Read more »
- Q&A: John Halamka on worldwide trends in AI, blockchain, cloud and moreThe pioneering CIO and longtime health IT evangelist, now Harvard's globe-trotting International Healthcare Innovation Professor, talks about what's next in emerging trends – and offers travel tips learned from 400,000 air miles each year.... Read more »
- For one clinic, referral authorization tech cuts process from 5 minutes to 25 secondsAutomation changed the payer administrative tasks landscape at Primary Care Offices. For example, the clinic has gone from one referral coordinator per physician to one per three.... Read more »