AI Empowers Microfinance: Revolutionizing Fraud Detection

In this sponsored article, Dmitry Dolgorukov, CRO and Co-Founder of HES FinTech, suggesets that to effectively combat fraud, microfinance institutions must establish robust fraud detection systems. Early detection and prevention of fraudulent activities are vital in minimizing financial impact and safeguarding the funds of vulnerable customers. Microfinance institutions face a significant menace in the form of fraudulent activities, endangering their provision of financial services to underserved communities. Fraud not only leads to substantial financial losses but also erodes trust in the system, impeding the mission of microfinance institutions to foster inclusive growth and alleviate poverty.

Overcoming Data Overload with Data Fabric 

In this contributed article, Pradeep Menon, EVP, Digital Transformation Services Delivery, at Orion Innovation, discusses how reducing repetitive tasks in data discovery, analysis, and implementation is challenging. Organizations today are not only looking to reduce those repetitive tasks but also incorporate augmented data management solutions to drive revenue. The key to success is understanding the importance of incorporating data fabric as part of an overall data strategy that delivers real-time, secure, and connected data across the organization to support modern applications, insights, and analytics.

Modern Observability:  When “Small” Data Beats Big Data

In this contributed article, Ozan Unlu, CEO and Founder of Edge Delta, explores how a cloud-first world demands that observability be approached in a different way, one that favors “small data” over “Big Data.” In some cases, Ozan believes, a central repository is no longer even needed.

Heard on the Street – 5/25/2023

Welcome to insideBIGDATA’s “Heard on the Street” round-up column! In this regular feature, we highlight thought-leadership commentaries from members of the big data ecosystem. Each edition covers the trends of the day with compelling perspectives that can provide important insights to give you a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Power to the Data Report: Introduction to H2O.ai

H2O.ai is a company that provides artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) platforms and solutions. The company was founded in 2014 by a group of engineers and scientists who were passionate about making AI more accessible to everyone. H2O.ai’s mission is to “democratize AI” by making it easier for businesses and individuals to use AI to solve problems.

insideBIGDATA Latest News – 5/18/2023

In this regular column, we’ll bring you all the latest industry news centered around our main topics of focus: big data, data science, machine learning, AI, and deep learning. Our industry is constantly accelerating with new products and services being announced everyday. Fortunately, we’re in close touch with vendors from this vast ecosystem, so we’re in a unique position to inform you about all that’s new and exciting. Our massive industry database is growing all the time so stay tuned for the latest news items describing technology that may make you and your organization more competitive.

Heard on the Street – 5/15/2023

Welcome to insideBIGDATA’s “Heard on the Street” round-up column! In this regular feature, we highlight thought-leadership commentaries from members of the big data ecosystem. Each edition covers the trends of the day with compelling perspectives that can provide important insights to give you a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Top Data Science Ph.D. Dissertations (2019-2020)

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) recently published in its Notices monthly journal a long list of all the doctoral degrees conferred from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 for mathematics and statistics. The degrees come from 242 departments in 186 universities in the U.S. I enjoy keeping a pulse on the research realm for my field, so I went through the entire published list and picked out 48 dissertations that have high relevance to data science, machine learning, AI and deep learning. The list below is organized alphabetically by state.

Heard on the Street – 5/3/2023

Welcome to insideBIGDATA’s “Heard on the Street” round-up column! In this regular feature, we highlight thought-leadership commentaries from members of the big data ecosystem. Each edition covers the trends of the day with compelling perspectives that can provide important insights to give you a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Research Reveals Hidden Data Integration and Governance Challenges

StreamSets, a Software AG company, unveiled two reports highlighting the need for modern data integration: “Creating Order from Chaos: Governance in the Data Wild West,” and “Lifting the Lid on the Hidden Data Integration Problem.” This new research shows a widespread lack of data processes and policies among organizations, rising demand for data, and why many organizations fail to use the data at their disposal.