Another year goes by , another year begins. As we begin the countdown to a new year and new resolutions, now is as good a time as any to look back at some of the most exciting trends in Analytics of the past year and use our crystal ball to look into the future…. here are some of the stories that have got me most excited in the past year from the world of analytics.
What were some of your highlights?
5. Man Vs Machine: Can machine intelligence built on predictive algorithms overtake man one day? The answer might just be available to all of us in February 2011, when IBM’s Watson takes on all-time Jeopardy winners in the ultimate trivia throwdown. And no – this is no ordinary computer with limitless memory for limitless trivia. This is a machine which takes the semantics of the question into account, uses associations to identify patterns and might ultimately signal the rise of the machines! Watch a sample here, and keep visiting this place- as we continue this countdown all the way to December 31st..
Coming up tomorrow: looking at clouds to predict more than just the weather…