Pontikes Center for Advanced Analytics & Artificial Intelligence

04/05/2023

https://hbr.org/2023/04/create-winning-customer-experiences-with-generative-ai
How do we focus on the customer instead of the technology when everybody is talking about it?
This article may help to reflect on the value of introducing generative AI in our businesses.

The launch of ChatGPT will be remembered in business history as a milestone in which artificial intelligence moved from many narrow applications to a more universal tool that can be applied in very different ways. While the technology still has many shortcomings (e.g., hallucinations, biases, and no...

03/28/2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/five-charts-that-changed-the-world/p0fb69c1

Data visualisation helps us to understand the world. It also has the power to change it. Narrated by Adam Rutherford.

03/24/2023

https://community.tableau.com/s/tableau-public
What do you think about learning new interactive data visualization tools?
You can find some inspiration and ideas online in places like Tableau Public. We will share more next week.

Tableau Public is a free platform to explore, create, and publicly share data visualizations. Get inspired by the endless possibilities with data.

03/23/2023

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive.html
Interactive Data Visualization goes beyond data presentation providing tools for analyzing the data.
Today we could explore different visualization techniques used by the US Census Bureau to present varied data sets.

Interact with data in new ways by exploring our collection of ready-to-use (and share) data visualizations and infographics.

03/15/2023

03/07/2023

More information about our programs is at https://business.siu.edu/

02/22/2023

https://financesonline.com/relevant-analytics-statistics/

In this article, we present relevant analytics statistics with special focus on adoption rate, market size and projected growth, and how analytics stands to affect business processes and the job market.

02/16/2023

Digital divide

Businesses need to consider the digital divide in their strategic decision-making as customer access to high-quality internet access and digital devices is vital to the growth and development of data products.
Let us use this article by RCR Wireless to deepen our understanding of the digital divide's assessment, reflect on the impact it could have on our business, and find ways to be part of the reduction of the digital divide.

What does the digital divide actually look like? It depends on how you look at the problem and which data you examine.

02/01/2023

The term “data divide” is widely used in business with different meanings. We are starting today with a new series of posts treating the diverse challenges of data divide in a data-driven business.

We will start from the general concepts of the “digital divide” and “data divide,” where disparities in access to technology can be associated with inequalities resulting from unbalanced data collection about individuals or communities. The same can be seen inside organizations, as the data divide can result from disparities in data access and diverse levels of data skills.
We'd like to invite you to share your ideas with our community interested in the role of Business Analytics in closing the data divide.

THE DATA DIVIDE How Emerging Technology and its Stakeholders can Influence the Fourth Industrial Revolution
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/The-Digital-Divide-Atlantic-Council-GeoTech-Center-Oct-2022.pdf


This report from the Atlantic Council provides a picture of the societal challenges from the data divide that would impact any current business strategy.

12/21/2022

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New and known Data and Machine Learning tools to explore.

12/17/2022

Congratulations Salukis!
We are so proud of you!

🎉🎓 Today, we welcome our new graduates to the Forever Saluki family! Once a Saluki, always a Saluki!