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Article Update - For Today’s Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics
On Monday I chatted with a friend of mine about data mining. She's a brilliant woman, always makes me laugh, and these days she's swamped working on her PhD dissertation. She studies Psychometrics at Columbia University, a field that involves the study of measurement instruments and procedures, and a field that requires proficient data analysis.
She pointed me to this NY Times article from last month, and I think there are some interesting statements in it worth noting.
excerpts from... For Today's Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics
New York Times
Published Aug 5, 2009
"I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians," said Hal Varian, chief economist at Google. "And I'm not kidding."
The rising stature of statisticians, who can earn $125,000 at top companies in their first year after getting a doctorate, is a byproduct of the recent explosion of digital data.
And the digital surge only promises to accelerate, rising fivefold by 2012, according to a projection by IDC, a research firm.
Yet data is merely the raw material of knowledge. "We're rapidly entering a world where everything can be monitored and measured," said Erik Brynjolfsson, an economist and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Digital Business. "But the big problem is going to be the ability of humans to use, analyze and make sense of the data."
They are certainly welcomed in the White House these days. "Robust, unbiased data are the first step toward addressing our long term economic needs and key policy priorities," Peter R. Orzag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, declared in a speech in May.
It is the size of the data sets on the Web that opens new worlds of discovery.
"The key is to let computers do what they are good at, which is trawling these massive data sets for something that is mathematically odd," said Daniel Gruhl, an I.B.M. researcher whose recent work includes mining medical data to improve treatement. "And that makes it easier for humans to do what they are good at --explain those anomalies."
She pointed me to this NY Times article from last month, and I think there are some interesting statements in it worth noting.
excerpts from... For Today's Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics
New York Times
Published Aug 5, 2009
"I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians," said Hal Varian, chief economist at Google. "And I'm not kidding."
The rising stature of statisticians, who can earn $125,000 at top companies in their first year after getting a doctorate, is a byproduct of the recent explosion of digital data.
And the digital surge only promises to accelerate, rising fivefold by 2012, according to a projection by IDC, a research firm.
Yet data is merely the raw material of knowledge. "We're rapidly entering a world where everything can be monitored and measured," said Erik Brynjolfsson, an economist and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Digital Business. "But the big problem is going to be the ability of humans to use, analyze and make sense of the data."
They are certainly welcomed in the White House these days. "Robust, unbiased data are the first step toward addressing our long term economic needs and key policy priorities," Peter R. Orzag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, declared in a speech in May.
It is the size of the data sets on the Web that opens new worlds of discovery.
"The key is to let computers do what they are good at, which is trawling these massive data sets for something that is mathematically odd," said Daniel Gruhl, an I.B.M. researcher whose recent work includes mining medical data to improve treatement. "And that makes it easier for humans to do what they are good at --explain those anomalies."
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
September 2009 v.29 - Business Intelligence Update
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SQL Server
Business Intelligence: SQL 2005, SQL 2008
Data Mining: SQL 2005, SQL 2008
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Whitepaper: Predicative Analysis with SQL Server 2008
OLAP Heartbeat – monitor activity on Analysis Services
Complex Event Processing
SharePoint Server
Business Intelligence: Overview, Using BI Features
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Technical Library
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Whitepaper: Publishing PerformancePoint Server in Extranet Scenarios
Whitepaper: Accessing large scale ROLAP environments with PerformancePoint Server 2007
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Preview SQL Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Unveils Preview Code for Next SQL Server
Microsoft issues SQL Azure, CEP platform previews
Can Business Intelligence Help Save Healthcare?
4 Technologies That Are Reshaping Business Intelligence
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