Big Data and Predictive Analytics: When is Enough Data Enough?

Michael Berry is taking a stand against the big data hype. More data, said the analytics director for travel website TripAdvisor, doesn’t always mean better business results. Case in point: big data and predictive analytics. “Many predictive analytics applications turn out not to need all of the data,” Berry said during his keynote talk at … Read more

23 Top Us Schools Offering a Masters Program in Data Science

To be fair, not all of these 23 Masters programs being offered by these highly regarded US Universities and College are purely Data Science Masters, but they are close and very helpful to becoming a data scientist – if that is your aspiration.  The list was compiled by www.mastersindatascience.org and tapped other known sources that … Read more