Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai has collaborated with IBM to equip its students with future-ready skills in the fields of data science and analytics
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Hackathon for future justice: DIFC explores progress in legal tech
DIFC Dispute Resolution Authority (DRA), as part of its most recent initiative and partners, aims to explore the impact of emerging disruptive technologies for lawmakers and legal systems.0 2922
Microsoft to upskill UAE Ministry of Education workforce in AI
The UAE Ministry of Education has announced it will join forces with Microsoft to upskill its employees in the fields of data and AI.
Dubai teams up with global tech firm to develop data science
Smart Dubai has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IBM with the aim of setting up a Data Science Lab and collaborating on organising the Chief Data Officer (CDO) Summit in Dubai in 2019.
Searching for the cure: AI-focused healthcare competition opens
Booz Allen Hamilton and Kaggle launched the 2018 Data Science Bowl, a 90-day competition that calls on thousands of participants globally to train deep learning models to examine images of cells and identify nuclei, regardless of the experimental setup—and without human intervention
Can AI predict when a new hire will quit?
New pattern matching tech takes aim at predicting how long new hires will stay, potentially saving employers billions per year. But has AI really cracked the code on employee retention?
Data is a goldmine of opportunities for Gulf firms: Microsoft
In a special event held for data scientists, the tech firm highlighted how its cloud-based Big Data offerings can help organisations analyse their corporate information stores to stay ahead of the curve.
Xceedance invests in blockchain specialist ChainThat
Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology and data sciences, has announced a multi-million dollar “Series A” …
Dubai Data agrees MoU to endorse data science master’s degree
The MoU promotes scientific research and strengthens cooperation frameworks with leading scientific and academic centres
Big data strategy: how to develop a winning strategy
Developing a big data strategy is challenging because it is as much about getting ahead of the trend and acquiring …
Age of the data scientist
“Data science and big data – they are so much more interesting than the subject of storage. You have to …