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What moves faster the denser you go into it…communication My name is Simon Lavender a Data Scientist at Hunterlodge Advertising (and yes, I came from a science background). Standardising methodology, using communication allows for better reinvestment of time…it is time that is a finite resource and in an ever more open world, competition is just as large. However, from a background initially in charity (having graduated in Quantitative Genetics) I realised it was the...

It was after talking with Mark Madsen at Strata that the idea of Consilience really took hold. (At that point, I didn’t know the word, just the idea). There were various iterations of the idea using words such as ‘interoperable’ and ‘compose-able’ but there was nothing satisfying enough to make the idea stick. It finally all came together one evening talking to Nick Harkaway on Twitter to quote “@CodeBeard (Interesting word here might be “consilient”)”. The...

What kind of data are you working with? Our data primarily describes wound care. Our clients record various metrics relating to wounds, and the treatments of those wounds. What kinds of analytics are you using? We use a custom reporting system to help our clients identify trends and/or issues with wound care. What are the problems your company is interested in solving? We strive to improve the quality and efficiency of wound care by identifying...

What kind of data are you working with? Geomatics, lidar elevation What kinds of analytics are you using? Terrain modelling, flood inundation, hydrodynamic modelling. What are the problems your company/project/group is interested in solving? Accurate depiction of the coastal zone and earth’s surface to support models. How did you get involved in your line of work? Geomatics education. What are you most proud of in your work? Employing and developing HQP, advancing the knowledge of...

What kind of data is your company working with? The Big Data Institute works with various types of data including multimedia, text and traditional transactional data. What kinds of analytics is your company using? The Big Data Institute is current working on analytics projects for Consumer Sales Analysis, Energy Efficiency and Recommender Systems. A high-end visualization system will be online in the summer of 2014 to better interpret the analytical results that are being produced...

What kind of data are you working with? The Rounds is often called a ‘social network,’ and while our members don’t talk about their vacations, or their children or pets, it is ‘social’ in one very important way. Through social graphs, we mine data that measures interactions between physicians. These doctors are collaborating across specialties and around the country. Because of that, we can dig deep into their demographics and behaviors (read: who’s talking about...

What kind of data is your company working with? Over the last 20 years, I have worked with data from insurance companies, telephone companies and adhesive tape manufacturers to energy analytics companies, water management consultants and provincial health care departments. What kinds of analytics is your company using? The company’s mission is to provide consultation and services in the areas of data analytics, data mining and machine learning. What are the problems your company is...

What kind of data are you working with? Unstructured and structured data in the insurance and reinsurance industries. What kinds of analytics are you using? Predictive analytics such as optimization, Monte Carlo simulation and marginal pricing, using our proprietary high-performance computing architecture. What are the problems your company is interested in solving? Develop a generic analytical platform that can provide a high-performance framework in order to support a large variety of related, big-data analysis tasks...

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