The History of Data Science
This is a fun way to explore the centuries of history behind data science.
Brought together by data iku, it explores the many people and moments in history that have defined this vast area of expertise!
From the early beginnings of Bayes’ theorem, right up to the more recent modelling that helped Pfizer-BioNTech develop the Covid-19 vaccine.
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India sets out to reduce coal production
Given India’s reliance on coal - 70% of their energy comes from it - our data scientist Sai Diwakar took a look at some of the publicly available data to see how India is tracking and what’s involved for them to reduce their reliance on coal power.
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Our changing climate - Tableau visualisation
November has seen our world leaders gather for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The aim of the conference is to establish a global commitment to curb rising temperatures in order to prevent a climate disaster.
This visualisation uses a dataset from the Tableau Monday Makeover series to understand average temperature deviations from the corresponding 1951-1980 means.
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Why data analytics partnerships work - our experience
In this article, we discuss why a longer-termed, more balanced data strategy investment will often pay-off more than a shorter-term, quick-win based approach.
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How data discovery can prevent you from falling in the 85%
85% of data projects fail. This article discusses some core reasons data projects fail, and how White Box has developed its ways of working to protect clients from falling into this trap by laying the foundations for successful solution implementation.
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