DiDi: Improving Efficiency and Road Traffic with Big Data
DiDi, the leading mobile transportation platform in China, looks for new ways to improve its services and solve traffic jam with big data.
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The Golden State Warriors – Data & Talent = Heart!
The Golden State Warriors – Data & Talent = Heart! A blog about the use of data analytics by an NBA franchise that led to the end of a 40 year NBA finals championship drought.
DARE TO LIE?
Deception Analysis and Reasoning Engine (DARE) leverages Artificial Intelligence to detect deception in the courtroom. The researchers trained the Artificial Intelligence to detect five different micro-expressions. Five micro expressions related to lying are frowning, eyebrow raising, lip corners turning up, lips protruded and head side turn.
Silicon Valley’s Secretive Big Data Unicorn
Backed by In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm, is this company making all of the right relationships to succeed in the big data world?
“Like” this post if you want a better credit score
Financial institutions are increasingly turning to nontraditional forms of data to evaluate creditworthiness. Lenddo is one of the start-ups seeking to change the way individuals are evaluated.
Spotify may know you better than you realize
Spotify, the largest on-demand music service, uses big data, artificial learning, and machine learning techniques to deliver a unique and personalized music listening experience.
They know when you’re going to quit – even before you do
Some companies think they can predict when you're going to quit based on people who seem similar to you. And they're going to tell your boss.
Is Quant the New King in Town?
The “quant” revolution in trading is well underway, but how do they leverage their data and what new risks does this introduce?
Under Armour’s Transition to a Data-Driven Fitness Lifestyle Company – Will it Pay Off?
In 2013, Under Armour took a big bet in the data technology space and acquired a suite of companies worth over $700m. Kevin Plank, CEO of Under Armour, aimed that data-driven technology would lead Under Armour to generate up to $7.5bn of revenue by fiscal year end 2018. Will his bet pay off?
AltSchool: Learning about Learning
AltSchool is using a data intensive approach to personalize K-12 education