Neil Raden

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Neil Raden, based in Santa Fe, NM, is an active industry analyst, consultant and widely published author and speaker and also the founder of Hired Brains Research. Hired Brains provides thought leadership, context and advisory consulting and implementation services in Information Management, Analytics/ Data Science, Machine Learning/AI and IoT for clients worldwide. Hired Brains also provides consulting, market research, product marketing and advisory services to the software industry. Neil is the co-author of Smart (Enough) Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions, Prentice-Hall. He welcomes your comments at nraden@hiredbrains.com.

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Federated machine learning is coming - here's the questions we should be asking

With the introduction of Google's Tensor Flow federated, the hype around federated machine learning is surging. But there are important questions about data privacy, performance and cost that need answering.

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Digital twins for personalized medicine - a critical assessment

Digital twins are amongst the most hyped technologies in recent years. It's time for a critical look at the possibilities - and drawbacks - of digital twins for modern medicine.

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AI for AI - evaluating the opportunity for embedded AI in data productivity tools

AI-for-AI is gaining attention - but is the capacity for embedding AI for data productivity overlooked? Let's do a gut check on the views of industry experts.

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AI has a black box explainability problem - can outcome analysis play a role?

One of AI's major stumbling blocks is explainability. But can we address AI's black box by evaluating outcomes? One example from the insurance industry pushes this debate forward.

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Tech-for-good news from a data-for-good skeptic - how two Sisense customers use BI to save organs and lives

Even during the holiday season, the feel-good platitudes of the data-for-good movement can be hard to take. But real world stories of companies using BI tools to save lives? That's another matter entirely.

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Precision medicine and AI - data problems ahead

The promise of personalized medicine has sparked a proliferation of AI hype. But the obstacles AI faces in the healthcare industry are daunting. Look no further than data silos - and the factors that spawned them.

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Facial recognition revisited - can it save lives and actually protect privacy?

Facial recognition technology has an ominous reputation - and for good reason. But are there beneficial applications? Athena Security and D-ID believe the answer is yes. Here's my take on our recent discussions.

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Tableau is no longer (just) a BI vendor - a closer look at Ask Data and Explain Data

At Tableau Conference 2019, Tableau made it clear they aren't just a BI vendor anymore. Two new tools, Explain Data and Ask Data, deserve a deeper look.

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The Teradata Universe event and beyond - where does Teradata's transformation go from here?

Data warehousing stalwart Teradata is in the midst of a provocative and difficult transformation. Here's my take on how they are re-positioning around analytics, big data and cloud.

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Beyond the evil facial recognition myth - can AI play an ethical role in predictive threat detection?

The stories on facial recognition advances lean strongly towards the concern side, with a host of consequences poorly addressed during rollouts. But is there an AI-for-good role in threat prediction?

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Dismissing ethical issues means AI has a long way yet to go in the enterprise

The time has come think critically about the value of AI as it stands, and whether to be concerned that a concerted effort to press it forward to true intelligence bypasses ethical questions.

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Supercomputing and cancer research - is computational biology useful yet?

What can you do with 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 Floating-point calculations per second (EXAflops)? Simulate nuclear weapons? Yes. Cure cancer? Maybe...

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Hitachi Vantara Next2019 - conference takeaways

A round-up of the happenings at the Hitachi Vantara jamboree.

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