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Research-led insight and guidance into the use, adoption and impact of data and analytics across organisations and the changing nature of consumer trust and participation in the data-value exchange

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Awards

Are you an analytics ace? Does your business buzz with brilliant data brains? Then get the recognition you deserve with a DataIQ Award.

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Leadership Events

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Advisory Board

The influential business leaders who sit on our advisory board support the development of DataIQ Leaders with vision, guidance and advocacy.

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Profiles, features and insights on the key trends, leaders, emerging stars and best practices within data, analytics and data science, originated by DataIQ and our partners

D is for dimensions in big data

03 Jun 2019by Toni Sekinah

Presenter and writer Timandra Harkness has reverse engineered an acronym to explain big data to the wider public who may be unfamiliar with the concept. She told an audience which words beginning with A, D and T could serve to spell out the meaning of big data, as well as some charming anecdotes about Sir Alan Turing that she came across while researching her new book.

Data science Technology

The driven data scientist - from an Australian beach to Bayesian analysis

31 May 2019by Toni Sekinah

Tola Alade is a mathematician who found her calling to be a data scientist while working to fund her travels in Australia. She tells Toni Sekinah how she was intrigued by and drawn to the profession after talking to a data professional she was trying to headhunt.

Data science Skills Technology

Drilling down into demographic data

29 May 2019by Toni Sekinah

Thinking about data in a business context can mean it becomes very abstract and far removed from the personal experience. But when you think about data in terms of identity and classification, it becomes much more personal and meaningful. Toni Sekinah sat in on a debate and discussion around data, race and ethnicity.

Data science Organisation and culture

Tech Nation Report sees data science as driving force of tech scene

17 May 2019by Toni Sekinah

The Tech Nation Report is billed as a snapshot of the state of the nation of UK tech. It has been published since 2015 and this year’s report, published on 14th May, highlights the importance of data science and artificial intelligence to the technology ecosystem. Toni Sekinah reports.

Analytics and insight Data science Technology

NEW! DataIQ Podcast - 3: Data ethics and data science

13 May 2019by David Reed

In this edition of the podcast, hear highlights from two panel sessions on data ethics from the recent DataIQ Align conference. Plus an interview with this year’s number one in the DataIQ 100, Orlando Machado from Aviva.

Data governance Data regulation Data science

Data driven smartphone banking with Monzo

25 Apr 2019by Toni Sekinah

The data team at mobile-only bank Monzo is usually asked the same question in different guises: how has x changed over time? Neal Lathia of Monzo tells Toni Sekinah how he and his team made it easier to answer those questions, and find correlations between the answers.

Analytics and insight Data science

An introduction to synthetic data

15 Apr 2019by Toni Sekinah

To demystify and clarify a data term that you may have heard of but don’t know much about, Toni Sekinah speaks to Olivier Thereaux of the Open Data Institute. He answers some questions about synthetic data, including how it is created, what it is used for and the difference between it and dummy data.

Data science

Creating chemistry ‘cookbooks’ with data

12 Apr 2019by Toni Sekinah

With big data and artificial intelligence poised to disrupt almost every industry, it is no surprise that the potential of these new technologies is being harnessed to shake up chemists’ laboratories. Toni Sekinah speaks to Mark Warne of Deepmatter, a company aiming to digitise chemistry by automating the data capture of chemical reactions and creating a library of easy-to-replicate reactions.

Data science Technology

Parachuting in AI experts to help reduce algorithmic bias

11 Apr 2019by Toni Sekinah

Kasia Borowska of AI consultancy Brainpool has a background in mathematics and cognitive science, and is now in close contact with private entities that use AI. As such, she is well placed to comment on the AI landscape and gives her view on how we can tackle the negative effects of bias in artificial intelligence. Toni Sekinah reports.

Data science Organisation and culture Technology

Make no mistake, Boeing’s woes are also an issue for AI

03 Apr 2019by David Reed

Following the Boeing 737 Max crashes, questions need to be asked about the use of data and automation in connected vehicles. Far from being just an issue for the airline industry, all sectors adopting AI need to start thinking about how they arbitrate conflicting information and when to let the human back into the loop. By David Reed

Data governance Data science Technology

Market Insight

Seven steps to implementing successful artificial intelligence projects Sponsored by Outra

Utilising data and AI at a business level to drive the overall value of the customer is very different from using it at the tactical level to optimise a ...

Data science Organisation and culture Technology

10 Enterprise Analytics Trends to Watch in 2019 Sponsored by MicroStrategy

How will enterprises evolve over the next year to manage and make the most of this unprecedented growth? Download 10 Enterprise Analytics Trends to Watch in 201...

Analytics and insight Data science Skills

Enabling CDOs and the Data Revolution Sponsored by DataIku

The Chief Data Officer role has gone from anomaly to necessity within the last five years. Find out why that is the case and how to overcome the struggles to ...

Data science Leadership

Enabling AI services through operationalisation + self-service analytics Sponsored by DataIku

Operationalisation and self-service analytics are critical pieces to the transformation of a data-powered enterprise, including the movement toward AI. However,...

Data science Technology

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