They say that the best ideas sometimes come to you while you are in the shower, and this idea of how to explain two important… Read More »Using a Bathroom Faucet to Teach Neural Network Basic Concepts
I hate it when I hear senior executives state that they want to become data-driven, as if somehow having data is value in of itself. … Read More »Executive Mandate #1: Become Value Driven, Not Data Driven
I grew up in a small manufacturing town in Northeast Iowa. The factory in my hometown made tractors (no surprise given that it was Iowa),… Read More »How AI/ML Could Return Manufacturing Prowess Back to US
There is a phrase in baseball about pitchers “pitching through pain” that refers to pitchers taking the mound to pitch even though they have aches… Read More »The Data Lake Chronicles: Pitching Through Pain, Vampire Indecisions and Second Surgeries
In many of my presentations and lectures, I have made the following declaration: In Big Data, it isn’t the volume of data that’s interesting, it’s… Read More »In Big Data, It’s Not the Volume that’s Important, It’s the Granularity
Imagine an advanced fighter aircraft is patrolling a hostile conflict area and a bogie suddenly appears on radar accelerating aggressively at them. The pilot, with the… Read More »What is Explainable AI and Why is it Needed?
What if you had a corporate asset that was never used? Your first response might be that corporate asset obviously has no value. And you’d… Read More »Untapped Economic Assets? How to Monetize Your Dark Data
Landing a man on the moon 50 years ago was a true feat of genius, and an outstanding collaboration between many different stakeholders with many… Read More »Data Science Lessons from the Apollo Moon Landing
“If you buy a Tesla today, I believe you’re buying an appreciating asset, not a depreciating asset” – Elon Musk OK, I realize it’s on… Read More »Creating Assets that Appreciate, Not Depreciate, in Value Thru Continuous Learning – Part II
This is the next blog in my random series on better understanding some of these advanced Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning algorithms. This “episode” takes… Read More »How GANs and Adaptive Content Will Change Learning, Entertainment and More
