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September 24, 2021 24 Sep'21
Big Data London: Mitigate AI bias rather than try to remove it, say experts

Bias cannot be stripped from artificial intelligence systems, but organisations can work to mitigate it, Big Data London 2021 attendees heard this week
September 24, 2021 24 Sep'21
Big Data London: NHS Digital data service struggled with Covid testing demands

A critical component of NHS Digital’s data processing struggled to cope with demand caused by Covid-19 testing, Big Data London 2021 attendees heard this week
September 24, 2021 24 Sep'21
London publishes guidelines for ethical use of smart city tech

Latest draft of the ‘Emerging Technology Charter for London’ encourages local authorities, public services and technology companies to improve how they implement technology in the capital
September 22, 2021 22 Sep'21
Dreamforce 2021: Benioff declares Salesforce as net zero and Slack ubiquitous across stack

Marc Benioff, CEO and chair of Salesforce, declares his company net zero in a keynote at Dreamforce 2021 in San Francisco, alongside update on Slack integrations

Data science vs. machine learning vs. AI: How they work together

Data science, machine learning and AI are central to analytics and other enterprise uses. Here's what each involves and how combining them benefits organizations. Continue Reading
8 top data science applications and use cases for businesses

Data scientists engage in various applications to analyze data and create technologies. These are eight common ones, with examples from different organizations and industries. Continue Reading
How to structure and manage a data science team

Data science teams typically include various analytics and data professionals and can be set up in different ways, as explained here along with tips on managing them. Continue Reading

The Wikipedia Effect on digital transformation: collaboration not dictatorship

This is a guest blogpost by Gero Decker, General Manager SAP Business Process Intelligence & Co-founder of Signavio. Despite the growing importance of successful digital transformation, a ... Continue Reading
Welcome to the Digital Singularity

This is a guest blogpost by Jason Kingdon, chairman and CEO, Blue Prism Link all computers together – why would you do that? Way back in the 1980s various academic and scientific institutions ... Continue Reading
One year on from the UK exams algo fiascos

Algorithms got themselves a bad name in the summer of 2020. This year’s Scottish Highers and rest of the UK A-Levels results have been algo-free. But not free of their usual class bias: private ... Continue Reading

UK data plans aim to boost growth but will they isolate the UK from its international friends?

The UK government has made strong statements about the nation’s post-Brexit data strategy but must be careful not to undermine its global credibility Continue Reading
Putting data at the heart of policymaking will accelerate London’s recovery

A new initiative to encourage better data sharing between London’s private and public sectors can play an important role in recovering from the pandemic Continue Reading
Using geospatial data to unlock innovation in the property sector

Louise Weale from Ordnance Survey argues that geospatial data is key to unlocking business innovation in the property sector Continue Reading

How DBS Bank is tapping data analytics to improve customer service

DBS Bank’s managing director & head of consumer banking and big data analytics technology talks up the bank’s data analytics initiatives and how it is fostering a data-driven culture
Computer Weekly @ 50: The next big things in tech – a developers’ perspective

Leading technology experts discuss the trends in enterprise software and how this will impact future applications
Hadoop projects should start with real business need

Consultant Rick Sherman discusses whether Hadoop has become a must-have technology for organizations and what to consider in weighing deployments.