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The energy sector is a highly technology-driven industry. With needs to handle natural resource data among large pieces of equipment in harsh conditions, the oil and gas industry has long used data methods and various technologies to make processes more efficient. More recently companies in the energy industry have begun to ramp up their adoption …

IN the late 1990s, when the first dotcom boom was on the cusp of becoming the dotcom bust, a Malaysian deputy minister came out with a brilliant, albeit grammatically-challenged, observation. This was during a time when many companies all over the world thought that just setting up a website or putting “dotcom” in their name …

Originally published in Wired.com, March 15, 2020. At its core, “artificial intelligence” is a perilous belief that fails to recognize the agency of humans. A leading anxiety in both the technology and foreign policy worlds today is China’s purported edge in the artificial intelligence race. The usual narrative goes like this: Without the constraints on …

How many of you agree with the following Assertions?  Assertion 1 – Being a Data Scientist is one of the best jobs you can have today. It has been referred to as the “sexiest job of the century” and is in great demand. Assertion 2 – Once you become a data scientist, life is going …

Advances in technology are often a double-edged sword. For banks, the past couple of years have brought tremendous leaps in the ability to capture, manipulate and apply large volumes of data to everyday decisions; but it has been accompanied by a step-change in demand and expectations. Whether those expectations are being set by regulators, by …