Decision time for AI: Sometimes accuracy is not your friend When intuition lets you down, you're stuck between ROC and a hard place 06 Jul 2018 | 25
Has your machine really learned something? Snap quiz time How to tell if your algo is getting it right 13 Apr 2018 | 11
Take the dashboard too literally and your brains might end up all over it Ooo, pretty colours. But what if the data or interpretation sucks? 28 Mar 2018 | 38
ML fails: Loyalty prediction? Not really. And bonus prediction? Oh dear Hello, wrong number Unexpected consequences - or drawing the line at non-linear relationships 28 Nov 2017 | 42
Neural networks: Today, classifying flowers... tomorrow, Skynet maybe Here's one I made earlier – now, over to you 27 Nov 2017 | 11
Combinations? Permutations? Those words don't mean what you think they mean Hello, wrong number Only joking. You are all very clever 18 Oct 2017 | 52
What is the probability of being drunk at work and also being tested? Let's find out! Correctly Hello, wrong number Show you're not n00b with these slick analytical skillz 04 Oct 2017 | 133
Numbers war: How Bayesian vs frequentist statistics influence AI Not all figures are equal 22 Jun 2017 | 32
8 out of 10 cats fear statistics – AI doesn't have this problem Use and abuse of figures 24 May 2017 | 56
Do the numbers, Einstein: AI is more than maths as some know it Why logic is driving graph databases 17 Mar 2017 | 19
Hard numbers: The mathematical architectures of Artificial Intelligence Is your machine learning? 02 Feb 2017 | 68
We ain't in 1996 anymore, Dorothy: SQL Server 2016 proves it Enterprise engine? Check. Cloud database? TBC 18 Jul 2016 | 36
Who you callin' stoopid? No excuses for biz intelligence's poor stats Note to industry: Must try harder 02 May 2016 | 41
Land Rover's return: Last orders and leather seats for Defender nerds Blighty's Jeep – done in a thoroughly British way 25 May 2015 | 102
Thank heavens for the silicon chip: A BRIEF history of data Data Pair – Part 1 You have a pair of bones in Africa to thank for Larry Ellison 21 Apr 2015 | 34
Car hacker secrets revealed: Clutching up a tank engine in a classic motor +Diagrams A man. A V12 lump. A beaut of a project 21 Dec 2014 | 13
Hi-torque tank engines: EXTREME car hacking with The Register Bentley found in a hedge gets WW2 lump insertion 26 Nov 2014 | 119
You can crunch it all you like, but the answer is NOT always in the data Hear that, 'data journalists'? Our analytics prof holds forth 20 Oct 2014 | 31
About to make a big bet? Don't crash out, cash in with the power of maths Big Data's Big 5 From biz changes to Monte Carlo, probabilities of risk explained 29 May 2014 | 30
What can The Simpsons teach us about stats algorithms? Glad you asked... Big Data's Big 5 No, not the Simpsons – Simpson's Paradox 28 May 2014 | 45
Big data hitting the fan? Nyquist-Shannon TOOL SAMPLE can save you Big Data's Big 5 Lessons from information theorists brainboxes - in pictures 23 May 2014 | 8
Achtung! Use maths to smash the German tank problem – and your rival Big Data's Big 5 Leaky data is a double agent in intelligence analysis 20 May 2014 | 57
How to catch a fraudster – using 'top cop' Benford and the power of maths Big Data's Big 5 Nothing attracts 'unnatural' numbers like this smooth curve 14 May 2014 | 73
Tell me, professor, what is big data? A whole different dimension, says data scientist Mark Whitehorn 12 Aug 2013 | 35