Steve Miller

Omniscope and R

February 7, 2012
Data science platform from U.K. provider Visokio combines powerful exploration and agile BI

Out With the Old RAM ...

January 31, 2012
I decided to test the limits of R on my machine by creating and working with some pretty large data

Applications of R in Business

January 24, 2012
As a contest judge, I saw the direction of data management

Analytics in the End Zone

January 17, 2012
College and pro football championship games hint at larger data problems

Data Science Maturity

January 10, 2012
This year, BI and DS may start to get on the same page

Data Science Skepticism

January 3, 2012
In the third entry in a series, I find a position at a crossroads

December 19, 2011
Regardless of where you sit on the specific roles of BI and data science, there are elements of business, technology and statistical science, along with an encompassing scientific inquisitiveness, in each

Data Science or BI? – Part 1

December 13, 2011
An analytics exercise with U.S. Census data reveals distinctions between BI and data science

An M.S. in Predictive Analytics from Northwestern University

December 6, 2011
The degree may challenge the traditional business educational sequence of technical undergrad to MBA. But it makes sense for many to reverse that path and learn business first before emphasizing data science

Vectorwise – Worth a Look?

November 28, 2011
I was certain Vectorwise was the latest offering from Ingres, the ageless relational database vendor, so who the heck is Actian? I had to get the scoop and try it out

Counterfactuals, Difference-in-Differences, Propensities and Treatment Evaluation

November 15, 2011
On measuring performance management with a practical microeconometrics approach

Statistical Learning Part III

November 7, 2011
An interview with Stanford's Trevor Hastie, who provides a look back at data mining and statistical modeling, and a look ahead at BI education and massive data

Econometrics vs. Statistics

November 1, 2011
Econometrics, with its charter to support mainstream economic research, is adapting with the discipline to a data-driven, experimental and compute intensive world. That's good news for BI

HBR is Sunny on the Cloud

October 25, 2011
Focus of Harvard article on cloud is three-fold for execs: 1) What does the cloud mean for my IT department?; 2) What are the risks/concerns of using the cloud?; and 3) How should my company get started?

The Secrets to Managing Business Analytics Projects

October 18, 2011
MIT Sloan article suggests all parties must recognize that analytics initiatives are similar to other internal business endeavors where true partnerships between major stakeholders yield the best results