Cracking the Hiring Algorithm
As hiring interviews go the AI way, cracking them is proving to be a tough puzzle even for data scientists It’s a unique irony of fate that data scientists, are getting frustrated when faced with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots created by data scientists like themselves. As Human Resources gets upended by technology with organizations using […]
A Virus and a Vaccine
The administration of vaccines is a positive sign – but the road to recovery is still long and winding Margaret Keenan, a 90-year old British national, made history on 8 December 2020, when she became the first person in the world to be administered a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine outside formalised trials. Pfizer’s BioNTech […]
Tech Trends: 2021 – Part 1
While the Cold Chain Challenge will be in prime focus in 2021, let us look at other technology trends the new year promises to offer Everyone seems to be heaving a sigh of relief that 2020 is coming to an end. It has been humankind’s annus horribilis and there is sense that the new year […]
Skill requirements for data Scientist jobs in 2022
For the past few years, the data science job market has been continually evolving and growing all around the world. The business world has also understood the power of data and how it assists the business to better serve customers, boost sales, and keep the business growing. Companies today are very keen to capture data […]
The Winds of Peril
Software supply chain attacks sets alarm bells ringing worldwide On December 13, Reuters reported a massive state-sponsored hacking into US government institutions, including the Pentagon, and hundreds of Fortune 500 companies. The attack – allegedly coming from Cozy Bear, the hacking arm of the Russian foreign intelligence service SVR – is in a different level […]
The Future of BDA
Data Analytics would be central to transformation initiatives, paving a faster path from data to decision Big Data Analytics (BDA) is defined as the process of analysing data to uncover patterns using computing algorithms, programming, and statistical modelling techniques to find valuable and timely correlations, resulting in actionable insights that drive business decisions inside an […]
Leading and Innovating During a Crisis
When times are tough, the tough acts timely to innovate, evolve and survive Leading in turbulent times is a double-edged sword – acting fast might be jumping the gun, while acting slow could lead to sinking. A Swedish phrase: ‘Is imagen,’ roughly translated as “ice in the belly,” can be called the correct approach. One […]
Debtspotting
A global debt crisis looms large — can you save the poor from getting poorer? The COVID-19 global pandemic has had several adverse impacts on the global economy and its various facets; probably none more glaringly apparent than the debt crisis looming large over developing and emerging economies all over the world. With some countries […]
AI in the Production Line
The digital transformation of manufacturing One of the primary disruptive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic was the rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence into almost every aspect of industry, including healthcare, education, finance and life sciences among several others. This can be regarded as an acceleration in an already-existing process, with several previous surveys already noting […]
IT Hiring Stays Up
Naukri JobSpeak report documents steady demand for IT jobs even during pandemic Analysis by India’s leading online hiring portal – Naukri.com – has confirmed what industry observers had been predicting all along – hiring in the IT sector has been the least impacted compared to other sectors, in both software and hardware segments. In its […]