Manifold’s principal Dr. Zhen Mei hosted a business application session of data mining at the Conference on Big Data and Informatics Analytics on September 18 – 22, 2017 at The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, 222 College Street, Second Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3J1. The Fields Institute is a centre for mathematical research activity – a place where mathematicians from Canada and abroad, from academia, business, industry and financial institutions, can come together to carry out research and formulate problems of mutual interest. It is a supportive and stimulating environment for mathematics innovation and education.
In this business application session, top experts and industry leaders demonstrated importance why data science should deliver business value; skills a data scientist should have in order to be successful in practice; application of big data and analytics to grocery industry; the journey to capture and codify the human emotions to improve customer experience at financial institutions. For details please follow the link: http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/17-18/big-data-analytics