Guest blog post by Gordon Laing, Author at Barrachd. The story is timeless. A hideous hero, shunned and forgotten by society; that is until a brave act reminds us that beauty is more than skin deep. To gasps of horror, our hero wins the heart of the love-interest, saves the day, etc etc. The end. […]
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Secret Santa and a Derangement of The Data Lab
Author: Richard Carter, Data Scientist at The Data Lab Here at The Data Lab we love Data Science so much, we couldn’t even let Christmas celebrations go without it. In this blog post, Richard Carter explains how he organised this year’s Secret Santa at The Data Lab, using Python and derangements. It’s been a long, […]
It All Begins With a Question
Guest blog post by Gordon Laing, Author at Barrachd. In this guest blog post, Gordon Laing from Barrachd discusses the importance of having clear focus and asking the right questions as a vital first step in a succesful analytics project. — The problem with this blog post is that it lacks a clear focus. I […]
Big Data, Big Deal?
Guest blog by George Walker, Associate Director, RSM UK Big Data is a common term used to describe the exponential growth and availability of both structured and unstructured data. But what does this mean for the SME market and how can this proliferation of data be harnessed to add value to an SME? Data on […]
Machine Translation
One area where data science has already had worldwide impact is in helping humans understand languages they don’t speak. This challenge is getting bigger. In 2009, 37 languages were required to¨ reach 98 per cent of people who were online. To reach the same percentage in 2012, 48 languages were needed. The solution, of course, […]