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26 May

What You Need to Know about the EU’s 2018 General Data Protection Regulation

A great way to get in on the action.

25 May

No one is ready for GDPR

I read an article recently stating that no one is ready for GDPR, not even the regulators, This seems to be the case, despite a flurry of 'you have to give us more permissions' emails.https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/22/17378688/gdpr-general-data-protection-regulation-eu

24 Apr

Unsupervised investments: Top AI Venture Funds

If you want to see the full list (although not completely updated) here is the link:https://medium.com/@Francesco_AI/unsupervised-investments-i-a-guide-to-ai-investors-d1a6326f71ea

18 Apr

Big Data Strategy: tips and practices

A modified version of this paper has been presented and accepted at an international conference very recently and will be available in a few months time in the " Advances in Intelligence Systems and Computing" series.

11 Apr

What should primary and secondary school educators teach in the age of AI?

I saw another article on my news feed today about what skills the next generation will need to succeed...and which there is little point learning because AI will make the jobs involving those skills redundant. What do people on here think? And why?

07 Apr

What you are too afraid to ask about Artificial Intelligence Part II

I highly recommend reading the work of Numenta, which gives a new perspective on neuroscience and the biological approach to AI

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DATATALK ARTICLES

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21 May

Looking to study cyber security? Start your journey here!

The rise in awareness and the need for skilled experts in the area of cyber security has led more universities to offer specific degrees in the area of cyber security. From undergraduate study to PhD roles, if this is an area which interests you, then there are opportunities for you! This article highlights several undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in cyber security, forensics and intelligence.

21 May

My learning journey: Rise of Ai

This article summarizes some takeaways from the Rise of AI conference (Berlin, May 2018).

21 Apr

Unsupervised investments: Top AI Venture Funds

This article lists the top VC investing in AI as well as the features and characteristics that made them the best fit for entrepreneurs

14 Apr

Why AI is a great match for your data strategy

2017 was said to be the year of artificial intelligence (AI) thanks to the many leaps and bounds the technology made. It was also the year when its hype-mill went into overdrive. Which is annoying because, behind all the hype and inflated expectations, there are some really great applications of AI that you can take advantage of now, not in the year 3000 – and it’s not all robots, sci-fi and Black Mirror either.

02 Apr

Congratulations to Francesco Corea, the winner of the March Data Science Foundation Contributor Competition

Congratulations to Francesco Corea, the winner of the March Data Science Foundation Contributor Competition. The March Contributors Competition is now closed, the winner of the £50 Amazon gift voucher is Francesco Corea. Thank you all for submitting article and papers. The April competition is now open.

29 Mar

Advances in Data Science 2018: Final Speakers & Discussion Themes

The University of Manchester's Data Science Institute is delighted announce the conference’s final speaker line up and the themes to be discussed our upcoming Advances in Data Science Conference on May 21st and May 22nd in Manchester. “Focusing on Gaussian processes, Deep learning, latent variable models, subspace learning, network models, spatio-temporal models and longituinal data, we will explore the ways in which these methodologies can be used to address challenges faced by those working in the key application areas: Health - Security - Criminology - Discrimination/Bias - Politics - Demographics - Urban Planning - Global Challenges - Social Media – Conservation” The full conference schedule will be available on the Advances in Data Science website on March 30th 2018.

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LATEST NEWS

No ones ready for GDPR

25 May 2018

The General Data Protection Regulation will go into effect on May 25th, and no one is ready — not the companies and not even the regulators.

Prime Minister challenges UK to transform care through AI and data science

25 May 2018

We’ve today backed a challenge from the Prime Minister, Theresa May, to make the UK a world leader in the use of data and artificial intelligence to help transform the diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases in the UK.

Emerging Europe is Ready for Tech Investors

13 May 2018

Europe is a very fragmented region. So many languages, so many cultures, and with that, so many different problems with venture investment. Why? Because venture companies here usually receive money from local governments or European institutions, and then they are charged with investing in strictly locally based companies.

GDPR compliance deadline is approaching: 10 things to do right away

12 May 2018

The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes fully enforceable on May 25, 2018. According to recent surveys, 60% of companies polled are going to miss the deadline; it's a sobering number considering how severe the fines and penalties could be for companies found to be noncompliant in the aftermath of a security breach. The reality is many businesses still do not understand what compliance with the GDPR really means.

Prediction, anticipation and influence: The importance of AI and machine learning in loyalty programs

11 May 2018

Jose Cebrian explains how artificial intelligence and machine learning have great potential to transform loyalty programs.

Google Cofounder Sergey Brin warns of AIs dark side

28 April 2018

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS a recurring theme in recent remarks by top executives at Alphabet. The company’s latest Founders’ Letter, penned by Sergey Brin, is no exception—but he also finds time to namecheck possible downsides around safety, jobs, and fairness.

Britain, France And Germany Fight It Out To Be Europe's AI Leader

27 April 2018

European countries are fighting it out to become leaders in artificial intelligence (AI), with nations committing hundreds of millions of pounds in the last few weeks. They're competing with the likes of the US and China, who are widely thought of as the current world leaders.

NHS staff to be trained to use robotics and artificial intelligence

27 April 2018

A review will look at making sure everyone working in the NHS is equipped to give patients the latest treatments.

How artificial intelligence is transforming the world

25 April 2018

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a wide-ranging tool that enables people to rethink how we integrate information, analyze data, and use the resulting insights to improve decision making—and already it is transforming every walk of life. In this report, Darrell West and John Allen discuss AI's application across a variety of sectors, address issues in its development, and offer recommendations for getting the most out of AI while still protecting important human values.

Scientists plan huge European AI hub to compete with US

24 April 2018

Leading scientists have drawn up plans for a vast multinational European institute devoted to world-class artificial intelligence (AI) research in a desperate bid to nurture and retain top talent in Europe.

CIA plans to replace spies with AI

24 April 2018

Human spies will soon be relics of the past, and the CIA knows it. Dawn Meyerriecks, the Agency’s deputy director for technology development, recently told an audience at an intelligence conference in Florida the CIA was adapting to a new landscape where its primary adversary is a machine, not a foreign agent.

Startup Is Training AI to Rewrite News Free of Bias

18 April 2018

Knowhere launched earlier this month, alongside an announcement that it had raised $1.8 million in venture capital.

The growth in Analytics Masters

18 April 2018

FT notes that while MBAs are shrinking, analytics masters are a growth market

Scientist who coined phrase 'artificial intelligence' dies

11 April 2018

Dr Philip Mayne Woodward was a British mathematician, pioneering radar engineer and world-renowned clock-maker.

We should build a baby-brained artificial intelligence

11 April 2018

If we want our machines to possess anything approximating human intelligence, maybe we should think about giving them a childhood, too.

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whitepapers

What You Need to Know about the EU’s 2018 General Data Protection Regulation

24 May 2018 | Summer Phillips | A DSF White Paper

Data is everything. In fact, thieves are now targeting consumer and business information rather than financial assets, simply because there is so much more value in data. Find out more about how GDPR is changing the way we all work with data in the midst of this Information age.

Solar Energy Portal Service using IoT

11 May 2018 | Vishwajeet Yadav | A DSF White Paper

Traditional sources of energy are in decline and the world is shifting towards renewable forms of energy. There are around 50 solar power plants in India. These power plants incorporate solar power grids, inverters, batteries and various sensors for monitoring and control. There is a requirement for efficiency and to detect system faults; to this end the data generated by sensors must be constantly monitored and analysed. With cloud service technology, solar grids sensors can be connected to remote monitoring facilities by utilizing Internet of Things (IOT) technology. The huge volumes of data produced by sensors is now manageable, and with Big Data techniques and MapReduce algorithm, it is not only possible to store and analyse data, but predict potential problems. This paper investigates ways to store, analyze and visualize the data produced by solar sensors.This paper aims to analyze following things: 1) Detecting Flaws in solar power plants/farms 2) Analyzing Power generated 3) Visualizing the results

Artificial Intelligence In Search of Protection

10 May 2018 | Francesco Corea | A DSF White Paper

This paper describes the advantages and costs of patenting, as well as what can be patented today in the AI domain and what instead needs or should be kept undisclosed.

AI in Financial Trading: White Paper

01 May 2018 | Kirill Goltsman | A DSF White Paper

With recent breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Natural Language Processing (NLP), financial companies are beginning to pass the task of identifying and executing trades on to automated systems. Algorithmic Trading (AT), smart stock advisors, and ‘self-learning’ Reinforcement Learning (RL) agents now powerful tools in the financial decision-making process. In this white paper, we’ll discuss how financial companies can benefit from the ongoing AI revolution in their investment and technical analysis, portfolio management and diversification, and other important areas of investment decision-making. Hopefully, by the end of the paper, you’ll have a better understanding of how AI can boost a financial investment strategy.

Forecasts on AI

22 April 2018 | Francesco Corea | A DSF White Paper

This article provides a series of forecasts regarding the development of AI and robotics. We have discussed some AI topics in the previous posts, and it should seem now obvious the extraordinary disruptive impact AI had over the past few years. However, what everyone is now thinking of is where AI will be in five years time. I find it useful then to describe a few emerging trends we start seeing today, as well as make few predictions around machine learning future developments. The following proposed list does not want to be either exhaustive or truth-in-stone, but it comes from a series of personal considerations that might be useful when thinking about the impact of AI on our world. The interesting aspect of those is that are predictions made one year ago, and many turned out to be true.

Big Data Strategy: tips and practices

11 April 2018 | Francesco Corea | A DSF White Paper

This paper illustrates tips and tools to run a data science practice within an organization. It will also give some tools to understand the stage of data science maturity of the company.

Propensity Modelling for Business

02 April 2018 | Tim Royston-Webb | A DSF White Paper

Propensity modelling is a statistical approach and a set of techniques which attempts to estimate the likelihood of subjects performing certain types of behaviour (e.g. the purchase of a product) by accounting for independent variables (covariates) and confounding variables that affect such behaviour.

What you are too afraid to ask about Artificial Intelligence Part II

25 March 2018 | Francesco Corea | A DSF White Paper

This article follows the first piece on machine learning describing how AI interacts with neuroscience, as well as how hardware and chips are getting created and modified to be more efficient for specific AI algorithm

Human Resources for Big Data Professions: A systematic Classification of Job Roles and Required Skill Sets

16 March 2018 | Andrea De Mauro | A DSF White Paper

The rapid expansion of Big Data Analytics is forcing companies to rethink their Human Resource (HR) needs. However, at the same time, it is unclear which types of job roles and skills constitute this area

Machine Learning: what you are too afraid to ask

06 March 2018 | Francesco Corea | A DSF White Paper

This is a very basic introduction to different techniques currently used in machine learning (artificial neural networks, Particle Swarm Optimization, Evolutionary Algorithms, etc.).

DeepMind Strategy

15 February 2018 | Francesco Corea | A DSF White Paper

This paper describes how AI is revolutionizing business models

Artificial Intelligence Explained

23 January 2018 | Francesco Corea | A DSF White Paper

This is paper that explains the basic concepts behind AI as well as common definitions that are needed to be known

Unsupervised Investments: AI Accelerators and incubators

28 December 2017 | Francesco Corea | A DSF White Paper

This is a short guide to AI Accelerators and Incubators worldwide

Pandas Cookbook:Develop Powerful Routines for Exploring Real World Datasets

15 December 2017 | Ted Petrou | A DSF White Paper

A detailed summary of Pandas Cookbook

Will AI transform insurance?

07 November 2017 | Francesco Corea | A DSF White Paper

This paper will provide a description of how AI is changing the insurance industry as well as who are the most-known players in the space

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