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Why the Long Face? Algorithms Can Tell How You’re Voting Based on Microexpressions

by CivMetrics Staff | Oct 8, 2018 | Uncategorized

‘Neuropolitics consultants’ say they know what’s on your mind, even if you’ve left it unspoken. Maria Pocovi, founder of the Emotion Research Lab (ERL), is using algorithms to identify voters’ unspoken feelings. This ability could start a revolution in...

AI, Data Science Harnessed in the Fight Against Opioid Abuse

by CivMetrics Staff | Oct 8, 2018 | Civic Data & Tech

Every 22 days, the number of people killed in the US by opioid-induced overdoses exceeds the number of people killed in September 11, 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda in New York and Washington D.C. Meanwhile, the Council of Economic Advisers reported in November 2017 the...

Stop Hoarding: Machine Learning Can Help Prune Your Data At Its Source

by CivMetrics Staff | Sep 14, 2018 | Civic Data & Tech

They say you can never be too rich or too thin (don’t know about that!) but you can definitely have too much data. If your firm is accumulating more data that you can process, then you must reconsider your data management strategy. Data storage cost money and hoarding...

Five Most Useful Tools for Data Scientists, As Determined By Random Group of Data Scientists

by CivMetrics Staff | Sep 14, 2018 | Uncategorized

A stable of data scientists were asked to name five of their most useful tools in persuading raw data to give up its secrets. Here are their answers (in quotes) as compiled by Ericka Chickowski on SearchBusinessAnalytics.com: 1. Python. “Not so much a distinct piece...

Get Your Flashlights: Organizations Grappled With “Dark Data”

by CivMetrics Staff | Sep 14, 2018 | Uncategorized

New research from data analytics firm Exasol indicated that up to 82% of all organizations they surveyed are clueless about the location of their most important data. Locating and accessing dark data is now the main challenge facing enterprises migrating from basic...
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