Author Archives: Vijay Vijayasankar

Its December , and its that time of the year when I am torn between planning for next year and closing out the current year on a strong note. As I sat down with a bunch of paper drawing up crazy ideas of what we will do next year, I realized I am falling preyContinue reading “Granularity of measurement is directly proportional to fear of failure !”

He was the biggest teddy bear of a pup when I picked him up from Marjorie Blake’s house in Bakersfield on May 8, 2004 . Turned Dhanya , who was mortally scared of all dogs , into the biggest dog lover overnight He helped raise our daughter Shreya – she used to call him Chetta (bigContinue reading “Boss Vijayasankar 3/12/04 – 12/3/2016”

Ever since Trump won the election , the question I have faced the most from family and friends is “is predictive analytics dead?”. I also got asked if Watson would have picked the correct winner . The more savvy doubts were about how Clinton missed the trends in places like Wisconsin and Michigan . HereContinue reading “Is data science doomed with Trump being elected ?”