With artificial intelligence (AI) starting to impact many aspects of our personal and working lives, it’s only natural that it should be used in one of the most challenging areas of corporate operations — human resources.Indian startup EdGE Networks is hoping that its With artificial intelligence (AI) starting to impact many aspects of our personal and working lives, it’s only natural that it should be used in one of the most challenging areas of corporate operations — human resources.Indian startup EdGE Networks is hoping that its technology will help bring AI into the human resources sector. It has developed a system that uses AI and data science to help companies hire the best people and manage their workforce, talent acquisitions. will help bring AI into the human resources sector. It has developed a system that uses AI and data science to help companies hire the best people and manage their workforce, talent acquisitions.https://edgenetworks.in/2017/08/24/startup-profile-edge-networks/

It is one of the hottest fields in information technology what with Glassdoor andLinkedIn citing it as the hottest jobs to watch out for in 2017. In this article, we tell youhow to become a data scientist in 2017. If you need any more validation, a recent article authored by Thomas Davenport and DJ Patil in the Harvard Business Review pegged ‘data scientist’ the sexiest job of the 21st century.http://analyticsindiamag.com/become-data-scientist-2017/

How do I become a data scientist in India? by Yassine Alouini https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-become-a-data-scientist-in-India-1/answer/Yassine-Alouini?share=57a8ac84&srid=trpA

Weaponizing AILast year, two data scientists from security firm ZeroFOX conducted an experiment to see who was better at getting Twitter users to click on malicious links, humans or an artificial intelligence. The researchers taught an AI to study the behavior of social network users, and then design and implement its own phishing bait. In tests, the artificial hacker was substantially better than its human competitors, composing and distributing more phishing tweets than humans, and with a substantially better conversion rate.The AI, named SNAP_R, sent simulated spear-phishing tweets to over 800 users at a rate of 6.75 tweets per minute, luring 275 victims. By contrast, Forbes staff writer Thomas Fox-Brewster, who participated in the experiment, was only able to pump out 1.075 tweets a minute, making just 129 attempts and luring in just 49 users.http://gizmodo.com/hackers-have-already-started-to-weaponize-artificial-in-1797688425

Customer churn - or attrition - measures the number of clients who discontinue a service (cellphone plan, bank account, SaaS application...) or stop buying products (retail, e-commerce...) in a given time period. Churn rate is an important business metric as it reflects customer response to service, pricing, competition... As such, measuring churn, understanding the underlying reasons and being able to anticipate and manage risks associated to customer churn are key areas for continuous increase in business value.Reducing Churn Rates Through Predictive AnalyticsEssentially, predictive churn modelling will achieve three goals : understand the key factors of client attrition, identify the clients most at risk of leaving, and provide targeted insights on which retention actions should be implemented.https://www.dataiku.com/solutions/use-cases/churn-analytics/

We have a growing list of useful data science resources, but it would be great to get further content. I'd like to grow this section to ensure that every DSF member who is interested in expanding their range of skills has access to a resource to get them started. The basic skills of a data scientist are:Programming (R, Python and others)Statistical Modelling and Statistical Inference (techniques, assumptions and applicability)Machine Learning (algorithms and heuristics)Data Cleaning and Wrangling Visualisation and CommunicationProject Management and Research MethodsI'm gathering resources to share on the website and I'd encourage everyone to share anything they've found useful. For anyone wanting to learn or improve their use of R I think Hadley Wickham's home site is the best place to start: http://hadley.nz/ - a very useful jumping off point, which can give you the ability to do useful things very quickly. It's particularly useful to look at the tools provided by the tidyverse.For practicing R I've found R-exercises to be useful: http://www.r-exercises.com/start-here-to-learn-r/ though constant practice is needed to consolidate your learning.I'll be sharing further resources and adding them to the site over the coming days.Simon

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Peak helps businesses to grow by optimising customer acquisition. Acquiring a new customer can be very expensive - up to 5 times more costly than retaining an existing one. In today’s hyper-competitive markets, it's essential to optimise customer acquisition campaigns by targeting the prospects that are most likely to buy your product. By targeting the best customers companies can grow faster, and just as importantly, maximise their marketing spend.http://www.peak.bi/customer-acquisition?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1Yvt3eD51QIVpxbTCh1Lug14EAAYAiAAEgIgb_D_BwE

To make sense of all 2.5 petabytes of information, and put it to work solving problems, the company has created what it calls its Data Café – a state-of-the-art analytics hub located within its Bentonville, Arkansas headquarters.Walmart – the world’s biggest retailer with over 20,000 stores in 28 countries, is in the process of building the world’ biggest private cloud, to process 2.5 petabytes of data every hour.https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2017/01/23/really-big-data-at-walmart-real-time-insights-from-their-40-petabyte-data-cloud/

Usually, when disaster strikes, whether it’s natural like a hurricane or fire, or a terrorist attack, it seems our best preparations fail. Take Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina, which left whole swathes of the US devastated and uninhabitable for far longer than expected. The earthquake in Haiti a few years ago is another prime example where it took resources far too long to reach those in need.https://www.forbes.com/sites/danwoods/2017/04/21/how-walmart-uses-data-to-drive-disaster-relief/