MVP for Data Projects
Often when companies get started with data projects (especially when the initiatives come from the C-suite or from the top down), they bite off more than they can chew and end up with less-than-optimal results. But...
From Project Manager to Data Champion — Conquer Your Data Projects
Project Managers are experts at adaptation and evolution. They know how to keep their team on track and on budget, while encouraging creative problem-solving. They have contingency plans for their contingency plans. They’re...
Self-Service Analytics or Operationalization: Which Should I Implement?
Many organizations with the hope of becoming more data-driven ask the question: self-service analytics, or data science operationalization - which will get me where I need to be? And the answer is: you need both together.
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All About Open Source
While many open source offerings fall outside the domain of data science, everyone knows that there is an open source tool (or twenty) for every data project. That's why we commissioned 451...
Fewer Headaches (Thanks to Data Science)
Usually when you read about headaches in the context of data science and machine learning, it’s not in a positive context - generally, it involves the painful (so to speak) process of data cleaning
Build a Predictive Maintenance Engine with GIS Data
If you’re like most people, you enjoy turning on the faucet whenever you want and having water come out. But you’re also aware that every once in a while (hopefully not too much more) no water...
The Enterprise AI Lab: Not Your Average AI Lab
In 2018, it seemed like a day barely goes by without someone announcing the opening of a new AI lab (MIT, IBM, Alibaba, Baidu, Intel, Google, Facebook - the list goes on). And yes, this is another...
A Three Month Data Analysis in Excel Could Have Taken Me One Day
This is the story of my literature thesis, which ran data analysis on short stories, and that I worked on to graduate with a B.A. in English this past May. It took me 10 laborious months of...
Data Projects WILL Fail - Learn to Fail Quickly & Efficiently
In case you haven’t heard, a whopping 85% of big data projects fail (we’ve already talked about why). But data science is an inherently risky endeavor, so the challenge today is not how to avoid...
Dataiku: “Multimodal Force Majeure” Among Predictive Analytics & ML Platforms
On the heels of the release of Dataiku 5.0, we’re delighted to share yet another exciting development: Dataiku has been named a strong performer in The Forrester Wave™: Multimodal Predictive...
Dataiku 5.0: Enterprise AI Within Reach
Big news: Dataiku 5.0 is here, and it has a fresh new look and feel. But it's not just cosmetics - the latest release introduces a suite of powerful features to help organizations take the plunge...
Welcome to Dataiku University!
It's almost back to school and we got you covered with our new free online data science course.
Streamlining Production with Predictive Maintenance and Essilor
In any capital-dependent industry, be it manufacturing, fleet management, or heavy machinery, the biggest headaches come when things stop working. With predictive maintenance, it’s possible to...
The Data Science Roadshow is ON!
The Dataiku Data Science Roadshow is on - 17 cities, 12 countries, and countless data scientists and pizzas. This September, we decided to take our successful meetup series (traditionally held in...
A Deep (But Jargon and Math Free) Dive Into Deep Learning
Deep learning has been around for a while, so why has it just become a buzz topic in the last 5 years? Well, deep learning returned to the headlines in 2016 when Google’s AlphaGo program crushed...
Fake News and Filter Bubbles
Recommendation engines are being used to give your favorite websites the ability to predict what information you would most like to see. While this is an incredible tool for driving traffic to...
The Question of AI & Ethics
It’s the dystopian backdrop to every science fiction novel involving artificial intelligence: a dark and stormy police state in which cold, unfeeling robots patrol for nonconforming humans. While...
AI Meets Mail Processing (Automation for Admin Tasks)
Even as we continue to reach new technological milestones and solve the world's most demanding problems, many companies are still confronted with the oldest of administrative nightmares: piles and...
The Hidden Costs of Data Silos
Today, being data driven means doing machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) at a more macro level. But it also means empowering all employees at all levels of the company to use...
Tips & Tricks for Starting Your First Data Project
Taking on a first data project is no easy task - it's not clear where to begin, and of course, there are lots of bumps along the way. Here are some tips and tricks that we learned while embarking...
