5
May

Look Who’s Doing Big Data in Nova Scotia: Analyze Re

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...
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5
May

Look Who`s Doing Big Data in Nova Scotia: ACEnet

What kind of data are you working with? ACEnet is a regional consortia of nine universities in Atlantic Canada and the Atlantic Canadian regional partner of Compute Canada, the national umbrella organization responsible for advanced computing in Canada. We provide advanced computing resources and expertise to researchers in the region and in so doing have...
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5
May

The State of Illinois Presents: Budgeting for Results and Paying for Success in State Government

llinois is a leader among US states in implementing across-the-board performance budgeting–a combination of strategic planning, performance management, and program-based budgeting. In 2012 and 2013, the Illinois Governor’s Office of Management and Budget led an initiative to identify outcome measures for more than 450 programs across the 60 agencies under the governor, from transportation to...
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