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How should statisticians be communicating with the media? This meeting explores the relationship between statisticians, journalists and the public, and the statistician's role in providing expert statistical comments on media stories. Speakers present their experiences of working with the media, reflecting on the challenges of communicating statistical ideas for non-technical audiences, whilst preserving the integrity of the story

In machine learning, computers apply statistical learning techniques to automatically identify patterns in data. These techniques can be used to make highly accurate predictions. This animated presentation explains machine learning in simple to follow graphics.

Predictive analytics uses many techniques from data mining, statistics, machine learning and AI.

Whilst advocating the use of storytelling to illustrate key facts in data, the article highlights the detrimental side of storytelling, which can undermine good decision making. When we are trying to build a story from data we fail to recognize that most stories we are supposed to glean from data cause cognitively dissonance.

Using sophisticated statistical and linguistic algorithms, it pinpoints the key concepts and extracts the most relevant sentences, resulting in a Web site or document summary that is a shorter, condensed version of the original text.

A great example of AI in action is on Wall Street, where traders and bankers are being slowly replaced with machines. Wall Street is now a lot more sedate and well behaved. Investment decisions and trades are based on algorithms, statistics and trends, rather than prevailing human emotion or gut instinct. Is this is a good thing or bad?

We keep our data updated with the latest available numbers, up to 2012! Updated indicators include GDP per capita, fertility rates, among others! Dig in and enjoy the Gapminder World!

ounded in 2004 we're a not-for-profit organization promoting open knowledge: that's any kind of information - sonnets to statistics, genes to geodata - that can be freely used, reused, and redistributed.