Econometrics is all about explaining the “why” for companies. For example, companies may want to know, “why are my customers leaving?” so they can win them back. Ken Sanford of SAS, known as the econometrics evangelist, is presenting at Analyti…
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Educating the next generation of analytics professionals
There’s a lot of talk about the gap between the demand for analytics talent and the short supply. Jennifer Priestley of Kennesaw State led a panel at Analytics 2013 to discuss how universities are minding the gap. I caught up with her to ask what sch…
Big data and visual analytics top Analytics 2013 Orlando
It’s that time of year again. The weather is cooling down and the buzz about the Analytics Conference is heating up. This year’s conference, taking place Oct. 21-22 in Orlando, will bring together more than 1,000 analytics professionals to learn th…
Analytics 2013 London at a glance
A month ago, nearly 600 of us gathered on the south bank of the Thames in London for the first of this year’s Analytics Conference series. So, in the spirit of data visualisation, I’ve compiled an ‘infographic’ giving a bird’s eye of who came and from …
Innovation and communication in analytics
Last week I awoke to an email saying that a respected friend and colleague in Belgium had had an injury and was not well enough to give his talks at the Analytics conference in London. “Can you hop a plane out here and cover six talks?” A trip to Londo…
Going for gold using analytics
How do analytics and Olympic training go together? Olympic gold medalist, Greg Searle, explained how analytics has changed his approach to training in our one-on-one interview. For more videos from the Analytics 2013 conference, check out our Yo…
Analytics 2013: Making better business decisions with big data
I had the opportunity to chat with Andy Diggelmann from SAS who explained how high performance analytics allows companies to innovate faster. He also talked about the benefits of attending the annual Analytics conference. tags: analytics confere…
Analytics 2013: How customers benefit from partnerships
We have a lot of global partners here at SAS and I had the chance to interview several of them at Analytics 2013 in London. Here’s my conversation with Justin Jones from IBM who discusses the partnership with SAS and Grid Computing. I also tal…