Brian Christian Talk on Algorithms and Decisions

Brian Christian spoke at our Innovation Summit last week.   Very nicely done and informative. Makes me want to read his book on the use of Algorithms.  Not so much about about to do the analytics to get to some solution,  but how that solution can be inserted into real decisions.  So its not the algorithm, but the algorithm in its solution context.  Sound familiar?  My long time hammering about also understanding and modeling the process.  How often do we avoid knowing the process before diving in with a solution?  Too often.  And we can be wrong.  I would like these risks to be better explored.

Does a nice job of using the Explore/Exploit dilemma to think about the problem.    Quoted a number of useful research efforts in this area.  We need to understand this very well before we seek to automate everything.   He suggests in his prolog:  " ... will discuss both how we can leverage insights from these fields to develop better intuitions in our own thinking, as well as how our human values and principles might translate into an era of increasingly automated decision-making.  ...  "

Brian Christian:The Computer Science of Human Decisions

From the UC Analytics Summit Tomorrow

Keynote 1  Friday,  9:15 AM - 10:15 AM  Title: Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

Abstract: Many of the decisions we face in our everyday lives run deeply parallel to some of the canonical problems in computer science and operations research. Brian Christian will discuss both how we can leverage insights from these fields to develop better intuitions in our own thinking, as well as how our human values and principles might translate into an era of increasingly automated decision-making.

Brian Christian
Brian is the co-author of Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions, a #1 Audible bestseller, Amazon best science book of the year and MIT Technology Review best book of the year.  He also is the author of The Most Human Human which was named a Wall Street Journal bestseller and a New Yorker favorite book of the year. ....   " 

UC Analytics Summit, May 19, 2017

I will be speaking at the UC Analytics Summit:  May 19, 2017

The UC Analytics Summit 2017 is May 19 @Sharonville Convention Center

Three keynote speakers, 5 all-day tracks, machine learning, predictive analytics, data visualization, advances in analytics, and a bonus track that includes e-commerce, sports and brewery analytics.   Keynote speakers include, Brian Christian, author  of  “Algorithms for  Life”, Stephan Chase, ex-VP of Consumer Insight and Analytics at Marriott International and Neil Hornsby, founder of Pro Football Focus.  Companies presenting include Microsoft, GE, Kroger, Great American, MadTree Brewing, TriHealth, Macy’s, Sunrise Advertising, SAS, St Xavier Football, as well as two Tableau Zen Masters.  For more information http://business.uc.edu/analytics-summit

#UCAnalytics17 Summit 3 keynotes+5 tracks #dataviz, #machinelearning, #predictiveanalytics, #sports  http://bit.ly/2nOquVX   ....