On Fintech and AI. Q&A with Hitoshi Harada
Hitoshi Harada, CTO and co-founder of Alpaca. Q1. What are the main lessons you have learned as a database core developer? I started my database core developer path by jumping into the open source...
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On Special Purpose Silicon. Q&A with Michael Hay
Michael Hay, Vice President & Chief Engineer at Hitachi Vantara Q1. What is special purpose silicon? It is the application of non-traditional CPU silicon technologies to problems related to data processing, network processing, artificial...
On Precision Medicine. Q&A with Todd Winey
Todd Winey | Senior Advisor, Strategic Markets | InterSystems Q1. What is Precision Medicine? There a lots of ways to define Precision Medicine, but I like to look at it from a simple perspective. Being precise...
The arduous path towards a “Smart City” … Aesop’s “The Fox and the Grapes” reloaded?
By Gianluca Dianese, MBA — Digital Transformation Officer at EASA – European Aviation Safety Agency. “Oh, you aren’t even ripe yet!” … said the fox “I don’t need any sour grapes.” You will forgive the...
How to make Artificial Intelligence fair, transparent and accountable:
Ideally, the process begins before the design phase By AJung Moon, Executive Member, IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems; CEO, Generation R Consulting Data-driven algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) already...
Q&A with Chief Data Officers: Steve Adler
“IT solutions should compliment the beauty of humanity. We must not expect humans to become machines. This is what I have learned working with people in 60 countries in 21 years at IBM.”– Steve...
On Blockchain. Q&A with Jonathan Reichental, CIO, City of Palo Alto
“Every organization’s leadership and every technologist should learn more about this technology. It has vast potential for disruption in every industry.”–Jonathan Reichental Q1. What is Blockchain and why is it so important? At an...
Predictions from experts on 2018 computing and business trends: Nikita Ivanov and Terry Erisman
The predictions look to the horizon of in-memory computing, a computing paradigm that sits atop existing database installments to speed applications and transactions by as much as 1,000x, enabling cost-effective digital transformation for businesses...
Analysis: Job Loss and Artificial Intelligence
by Ikhlaq Sidhu Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is currently one of the most popular topics in industry, academia, and the press, with seemingly endless applications in everything from matchmaking to self-driving cars. Tesla, Google, and many others...
On “Data Quality”
I have interviewed a number of Data Scientists and asked them questions on Data Quality. I listed their reply, below. Perhaps they are useful for your work. Take what you think is relevant for you...