2018 Data Science Salary Survey Report (USA, Europe, APAC)
Throughout 2017, we conducted an online salary survey open to a range of data science professionals in order to capture data to help us better understand the market and generate a report. We’ve selected data spanning the USA, Europe and APAC to offer a detailed cross-examination of the Data Science landscape. As a result, we’ve […]
Is Religion the Next Frontier for AI?
Let’s look at Levandowski’s AI-based religion, Way of the Future… AI engineer Anthony Levandowski, who is notoriously at the centre of a lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, has filed the paperwork for a new Artificial Intelligence-based religion, Way of the Future or WOTF for short. This AI religion’s aim is to ‘contribute to the betterment […]
To PhD or not to PhD?
…That is the question. Further study to gain a PhD often seems an appealing route to go down. For many companies, it’s heralded as a must-have for data science. This isn’t always so though and does not have to be pivotal to advance your career. To PhD A PhD is your own original, unique […]
How Big Data is Putting Better Food on Your Plate
There are few industries where scale is more important than in food agriculture. Farms that stretch for as far as the eye can see might contain millions of individual plants. We might lovingly tend each potato plant in our allotment, but on an industrial scale, it is impossible to understand what is happening on a […]
The Future of Work – Without the Hype
AI is shaping what the future of work will look like There is an overwhelming sense of the uncanny when it comes to the prospect of Artificial Intelligence taking our jobs. But, dystopian hype aside, the future of work is something that needs real thought and consideration in order to secure a future that works […]
What Would the Big Data from Your Brain Tell You?
Would you really want to know? Amongst his other amazing projects, Elon Musk wants to help hook us up to our brains. According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, he is backing an operation called Neuralink, which is experimenting with putting electrodes in our brains to enhance their function. The benefits for […]
Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Sector: An Open Case
Artificial Intelligence has permeated almost every industry, including the legal sector. Either in word or deed, over the last couple of years. From financial institutions to ride-hailing services such as Uber. Companies are clambering over one another to take advantage of this technology. The race to stay ahead of the competition. The legal sector isn’t […]
Drone Technology: Skynet or Safe Bet?
Last week, PwC announced that they were testing the use of drone technology. The tests were in a wide array of industries, from construction to insurance. They were testing the drones in Poland because of their drone laws. It’s one of the only countries in the world that allows the use of drones at a […]
Does Machine Learning Allow Opposites to Attract?
In 1958, the Monotones asked, “Who Wrote the Book of Love?”. If we fast forward 58 years to the present day, would the ‘Algorithm of Love’ be a more accurate title? It is certainly a valid question; such is the popularity of the modern online dating website. Users can forego the inevitable awkwardness of blind […]
A Day in the Life of the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is starting to get its first mentions on traditional news outlets such as BBC News and CNN, a suggestion that this phenomenon is more than a passing trend. According to a report by IT researcher IDC, the Internet of Things market will be worth up to $7.1 trillion by 2020. The […]