Election 2016 might shake our faith in data science


First off – I am about as independent and undecided as one can get in this country. In general I am fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I am not a big fan of Clinton, Sanders or Trump – and can’t even decide who I dislike the least. But – as the primaries wind down, IContinue reading “Election 2016 might shake our faith in data science”

What on earth is “cognitive computing” really ?


When I first heard the term few years ago , I thought “this is somewhere between marketing buzzword and science fiction” . It is now the single most often asked question for me in my work life , and pretty soon this is going to be no different in my social circles too . RatherContinue reading “What on earth is “cognitive computing” really ?”

Big Data : it’s about time we stopped putting the cart before the horse 


   It rained heavily in Chandler yesterday and our front yard looked a whole lot nicer than the usual dusty appearance . That somehow made me think of the new look and feel of the world of data I live in as a professional . For those of us who grew up implementing big dataContinue reading “Big Data : it’s about time we stopped putting the cart before the horse “