The field of analytics has grown over the last ten years and keeps growing at a rapid pace. You can expect shifts of emphasis among the various universities as the environment keeps evolving. Some call it Data Analytics while others term it Data Science but…

This might come as a surprise to some but many universities offer a Masters programme in computational statistics and machine learning, even when they offer a Masters programme in machine learning. The emphasis in this programme is on statistics such that students should be able…

Although lay individuals might use machine learning as being synonymous with artificial intelligence, the academic world treats them as two distinct but related areas. The emphasis shifts enormously between the two. According to Carnegie Mellon University, “Machine learning is dedicated to furthering the scientific understanding…

We are living at a time when devices of all kinds have become central to our lives. While the technology has attracted more than sufficient interest, the human dimension too has begun to occupy a pre-eminent position over the last few years, with special attention…

Once the stuff of science fiction, AI is now a much-studied subject, with a greatly expanded scope as it incorporates developments in many (related) subjects. Some of you may be aware that there is a tremendous amount of work being done in brain research independent…

City University London observes that “The next generation of scientific discovery and technological innovation will be data-driven. Deriving value from all the data now available, for economic growth and to benefit society, requires a transformation in data analysis. Data Science is an emerging area of…

What do computer engineers do? Computer hardware engineers “research, design, develop and test computer systems and components such as processors, circuit boards, memory devices, networks and routers,” according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Naturally, an important function of computer engineers is to…