Business Analytics
Business Analytics
Business Analytics
21 Century
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TRENDS AND HOT TOPICS
Agenda
Introduction
The BI Job Market
Analytics People & Processes
Data Science Roles
Analytics Products & Services
Analytical Platforms
Analytics & Ethics
Privacy by Design
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A Brief Overview of Data Mining
Data Scientist
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/sof
tware/.../Modeler/.../CRISP-
DM...
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Business Analytics & Data Mining
Services
Descriptive Predictive
Dashboards • Predictive analytics
Process mining • Prescriptive analytics
http://www.datasciencecentral.com/
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Statistical Programmer
Responsibilities
Work closely with a product engineering team to identify and answer important product questions
Answer product questions by using appropriate statistical techniques on available data
Communicate findings to product managers and engineers
Drive the collection of new data and the refinement of existing data sources
Analyze and interpret the results of product experiments
Develop best practices for instrumentation and experimentation and communicate those to product engineering
teams
Requirements
M.S. or Ph.D. in a relevant technical field, or 4+ years experience in a relevant role
Extensive experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches
Comfort manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources
A strong passion for empirical research and for answering hard questions with data
A flexible analytic approach that allows for results at varying levels of precision
Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
Fluency with at least one scripting language such as Python or PHP
Familiarity with relational databases and SQL
Expert knowledge of an analysis tool such as R, Matlab, or SAS
Experience working with large data sets, experience working with distributed computing tools a plus (Map/Reduce, March 9, 2015
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Gartner Magic Quadrant for
Business Intelligence Platforms
• IT — 38.9%
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SAS Fraud Management - End-To-End Value
Data Analytics Detection Alert Case Investigation
Management Management