Analytics & Intelligent Automation

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Back in the 1950s, when computers were quite the novelty, some researchers were optimistic they could turn their glorified calculator into an intelligent being. Since then, artificial intelligence (AI) has built a remarkably scattered track record: they can outperform doctors at diagnosing cancers, yet can barely talk to us about the weather. The lessons are clear: tasks easy for humans are not necessarily so for machines. Understanding how and why is much more complicated but […]

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Part 3: Cisco Use Case and Designing Your Own Time Series Problem This is a continuation of the Time Series Analysis Posts. Here, I will detail a Cisco use case utilizing time series analysis and ARIMA from part 1 and part 2 of the blog series. If you have not read those yet, feel free […]

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This is a continuation of the Time Series Analysis posts. ARIMA stands for Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average. These models aim to describe the correlations in the data with each other. You can use these correlations to predict future values based on past observations and forecast errors.

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PART 1: Introduction to Time Series At Cisco, our partners and clients want ways to track and monitor their Cisco routers, switches, and other such devices. An important avenue of my work as part of the Customer Experience Data Incubation Team is to help track device utilization over time. One such way to think about […]

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Data Science Applied In Business Today. In the past decade, there has been an explosion in the application of data science outside of academic realms. The use of general, statistical, predictive machine learning models has achieved high success rates across multiple occupations including finance, marketing, sales, and engineering, as well as multiple industries including entertainment, […]

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Is Data Science a universal prerequisite for AI initiatives? Cisco's Chief Data Evangelist, Jennifer Redmon, proposes AI and Data Science can and should be pursued simultaneously based on a common foundation.

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What role does culture play in the achievement of Data Science and AI-driven transformation and innovation? Cisco's Chief Data Evangelist, Jennifer Redmon, proposes that mindset, and ultimately, culture, are a critical foundation.

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Cisco's inauguaral 2019 Data Science Awards celebrates over 110 inspiring submissions in 5 categories from teams representing 400+ Cisco employees.

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Cisco's Chief Data Evangelist, Jennifer Redmon, launches its global Data Science for Good program.