What is your data project missing? Here are three must-have elements
The other day I was having a discussion with Inder Sidhu, who was speaking in our Engineering Leadership Professional Program. I wanted to understand his perspective on data and strategy. As you may know, he is a great person to … Read More
Learning Rapid Implementation of AI and Data
What’s Golf Got to Do With It? Our ability to deliver on the promises of AI, data, and other digital transformations is key to our national agenda and global security. Just imagine what would happen if another, less friendly nation … Read More
Our Students Can Make Data, AI, & Blockchain Projects Work in Real Life – and So Can You
A Focus on Implementation and Rapid Impact A Signal in the Noise About 2 years ago, I had a thought that it was time to offer a new type of course in the areas of AI/Data, and possibly extensible to … Read More
Injecting noise: students build tools to protect individual privacy from artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is giving companies unprecedented insights into our personal information. Can individuals protect their privacy by using applications that add fake data to our online behavior? Recently, the credit-reporting agency EquiFax leaked the social security numbers for almost half … Read More
Analysis: Job Loss and Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is currently one of the most popular topics in industry, academia, and the press, with seemingly endless applications in everything from matchmaking to self-driving cars. Tesla, Google, and many others have demonstrated that even today, these algorithms … Read More
Beyond the Molecule and Beyond the Device: Machine Learning and the Future of Healthcare
“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks.” – Jeffrey Hammerbacher, Facebook Hammerbacher’s Lament Are we fated to suffer Hammerbacher’s Lament, with our best minds, and our best data, solely serving … Read More
Why You Should Learn Data-X
This semester, The Sutardja Center created a new course, Data-X, which allowed students to team up to tackle technically complex problems. In the course, students identified real-world problems, collected data, and created applications to find solutions. Click on the picture … Read More
Data-X: An Experimental Course Model that is Working
I’d like to start by congratulating all the teams that participated in our first Data-X course this spring. We just watched the final presentations, and it has been a great experience. Three months ago, we were just introducing the basic … Read More
An Update on Big Data Trends in 2017
2016 was a very eventful year for the ever-growing world of big data, with more and more organizations using storage and processing methods that have developed in the field to extract more value from their business through data of all … Read More
A Quick Artificial Intelligence Update
Artificial Intelligence is offering the kind of revolution mankind first saw a 100 years ago with electricity, with Andrew Ng, the former Chief Scientist at Baidu claiming he can’t think of an industry it won’t disrupt in the next 10 … Read More