Tag Archives: data analysis

Tracking Professional Athletes

Posted on January 14, 2016 by way0utwest

I used to read about technology to allow computers to track a single person’s movements from video footage. We’ve seen this shown in Hollywood movies, where casinos can take a picture of a person and backtrack all their previous movements … Continue reading →

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The Machines are Learning

Posted on December 17, 2015 by way0utwest

One of the technologies that Microsoft is promoting heavily is machine learning. This has rapidly gone from a technology that I heard little about to being in multiple keynotes that I’ve seen at large conferences this year. It almost seems … Continue reading →

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Changing Scales and Creating Disappointment

Posted on December 1, 2015 by way0utwest

I got an email recently that notified me that session feedback from the Summit was available for my talk. I’d had a lot of people in the room, and was curious how things went. I think the session was OK, … Continue reading →

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Baseball Analytics

Posted on November 4, 2015 by way0utwest

I love baseball. In fact, for the last ten years I’ve participated in an adult league each summer, playing 12-20 games each year against other 40 year olds. While we play the same game with the same rules as the … Continue reading →

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