Experts in government data use policy recommend that the use of information systems should be geared more toward the needs of frontline workers instead of the people at headquarters. Real-time granular data and integrated data systems that deliver information in...
Confluent Platform 5.0 can now link data streaming and analytics together with a simpler interface that does not need Java developer support. SearchDataManagement reports on the platform update that was released July 31: “Confluent Platform 5.0’s support for...
The latest quarterly update to the Alteryx Analytics Platform has provided data scientists more options in data visualization. Released on August 28, Alteryx 2018.3 features added functionalities like a Python tool that allows developers to write in Jupyter Notebook...
Employers in the U.S. need more data scientists than exist. At least, that’s true for most major U.S. cities. Cleveland and Minneapolis are among the few cities with surplus data scientists — although it may not remain that way for long. An excerpt from...
The attraction of predictive policing is that it incorporates a quantitative element into the field of law enforcement. Doing so supposedly introduces mathematical rigor and a scientific basis into decisions about further detention, investigation, sentencing, or...
Models of forest fire behavior have long helped emergency managers prepare for the annual wildfire season in western US states. But the complexity of the wildland-urban transition zone (where wildfires cross into human-occupied areas) that has so far defied attempts...