Many companies are starting or expanding their use of data mining and machine learning. This presentation covers seven practical ideas for encouraging advanced analytics in your organization.
Georgia Tech Data Science Hackathon September 2016
7 ideas on encouraging advanced analytics
1. 7 Ideas on Encouraging
Advanced Analytics
Mark Tabladillo Ph.D.
Microsoft MVP, SAS Expert; Trainer & Consultant, SolidQ
July 17, 2014
2. Abstract
Many companies are starting or expanding their use of data mining and machine
learning. This presentation covers seven practical ideas for encouraging advanced
analytics in your organization.
3. MarkTab
Microsoft MVP
SAS Expert
Trainer & Consultant
Data Scientist
Associate Faculty – University of Phoenix
(School of Advanced Studies)
@marktabnet
Linked In
http://marktab.net
4. Premise
Advanced Analytics promises to handle the common challenges facing organizations
How do we respond to: Volume, Velocity, Variety
How do we achieve rapid analytics
How do we develop technology
How do we obtain more skilled analysts and data scientists
How do we tell stories
5. Scientific Method
Baseline = Null Hypothesis
Alternative = Alternative Hypothesis
Questions:
Is there evidence to reject the null hypothesis?
How do you know that?
So what?
Epistemology: Science relies on presuppositions
6. Seven Areas
Advanced Analytics promises to handle the common challenges facing organizations
1-3 How do we respond to: Volume, Velocity, Variety
4 How do we achieve rapid analytics
5 How do we develop technology
6 How do we obtain more skilled analysts and data scientists
7 How do we tell stories
10. Achieving Rapid Analytics
Baseline: IT (Information Technology) produces, business units consume
Alternative:
Business Units share production and consumption with Information Technology
Approach: Learn the business, work on better data
11. Developing Technology
Baseline: Let the vendors do it
Alternative
Build it
Virtual Machines: Cloud, On Premise, Hybrid
Development Environments
D = Development
R&D = Research and Development
13. Stories
Baseline 1: internal focus because we’re just like everyone else
Baseline 2: the whole world is unique with no unifying patterns
Alternative
Technology conferences
Industry conferences
Benchmarking
Eric Siegel: Predictive Analytics
14. One Book to Read
Thomas Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
15. Tommy Lasorda, Manager LA Dodgers
You can make it happen
You can let it happen
Or you can wonder, what happened?