Comments on: Institute of Analytics Professionals http://dsanalytics.com/dsblog/institute-of-analytics-professionals_84 Data Analytics- the art and science of analyzing data Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:24:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: John Aitchison http://dsanalytics.com/dsblog/institute-of-analytics-professionals_84#comment-71 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:32:26 +0000 http://dsanalytics.com/dsblog/institute-of-analytics-professionals_84#comment-71 there is a meetup group in Sydney Sydney Data Miners, Web Miners and CompLingers Meetup Group at http://web.meetup.com/36/ there is a meetup group in Sydney Sydney Data Miners, Web Miners and CompLingers Meetup Group at http://web.meetup.com/36/

]]> by: » Traps for (young) data miners [ Data Sciences Analytics ] http://dsanalytics.com/dsblog/institute-of-analytics-professionals_84#comment-65 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:42:34 +0000 http://dsanalytics.com/dsblog/institute-of-analytics-professionals_84#comment-65 [...] I think we can all do with reminders, from time to time, of the many traps and pitfalls that there are in data analytics.. so I thought it worth passing on a link to this article Identifying and Overcoming Common Data Mining Mistakes via IAPA. . ( If you are an Australian statistician/data miner/ data analyst , then I reckon it is a good idea to join it and subscribe to the alert service .. there is often an interesting meeting or two floating around, particularly in Sydney or Melbourne). [...] […] I think we can all do with reminders, from time to time, of the many traps and pitfalls that there are in data analytics.. so I thought it worth passing on a link to this article Identifying and Overcoming Common Data Mining Mistakes via IAPA. . ( If you are an Australian statistician/data miner/ data analyst , then I reckon it is a good idea to join it and subscribe to the alert service .. there is often an interesting meeting or two floating around, particularly in Sydney or Melbourne). […]

]]> by: John Aitchison http://dsanalytics.com/dsblog/institute-of-analytics-professionals_84#comment-17 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:57:08 +0000 http://dsanalytics.com/dsblog/institute-of-analytics-professionals_84#comment-17 Thanks Shane, I have installed Akismet and I will see if I need the captcha. I don't think the IAPA has been doing much yet (still sorting itself out) although it does list a lot of jobs and a few resources .. supposedly IAPA has a branch in Melbourne, and Baycorp (in Melbourne) is asking for (academic?) collaborators in work on credit scoring etc - there are a couple of papers there too, one from Cam Mence from ANZ (I think in Melbourne) which talks about ABS data. So, I guess there is plenty of activity around the old town, but perhaps not much as yet of an analytics community. Dean, nice comment. As you say, there are inherent conflicts in organizations .. maybe IAPA is not needed, just more analytics blogs <g> Thanks Shane, I have installed Akismet and I will see if I need the captcha. I don’t think the IAPA has been doing much yet (still sorting itself out) although it does list a lot of jobs and a few resources .. supposedly IAPA has a branch in Melbourne, and Baycorp (in Melbourne) is asking for (academic?) collaborators in work on credit scoring etc - there are a couple of papers there too, one from Cam Mence from ANZ (I think in Melbourne) which talks about ABS data. So, I guess there is plenty of activity around the old town, but perhaps not much as yet of an analytics community.

Dean, nice comment. As you say, there are inherent conflicts in organizations .. maybe IAPA is not needed, just more analytics blogs

]]> by: deanabb http://dsanalytics.com/dsblog/institute-of-analytics-professionals_84#comment-16 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:33:07 +0000 http://dsanalytics.com/dsblog/institute-of-analytics-professionals_84#comment-16 It will be very interesting to see the actual requirements. I'm all for this kind of organization, and that there are strong requirements for membership, but because of the nature of the community (and I agree that data analytics as described here is a fusion discipline), it may be that pinning this down will be problematic. If the primary reason for strong accreditation is "o ensure that our profession is valued and esteemed by our clients and we are treated with deference by sister professions such as statisticians, actuaries and operational researchers", I think the problem is that there is almost an inherent conflict right here--those that are most esteemed by customers, in my opinion, are those who are not PhDs (generally), whereas the reverse is true for other professions like statistics. We've discussed this issue in my blog. And that's what's too bad--I love the idea, but whenever we try to institutionalize good ideas, things never run quite so smoothly! It will be very interesting to see the actual requirements. I’m all for this kind of organization, and that there are strong requirements for membership, but because of the nature of the community (and I agree that data analytics as described here is a fusion discipline), it may be that pinning this down will be problematic.

If the primary reason for strong accreditation is “o ensure that our profession is valued and esteemed by our clients and we are treated with deference by sister professions such as statisticians, actuaries and operational researchers”, I think the problem is that there is almost an inherent conflict right here–those that are most esteemed by customers, in my opinion, are those who are not PhDs (generally), whereas the reverse is true for other professions like statistics. We’ve discussed this issue in my blog.

And that’s what’s too bad–I love the idea, but whenever we try to institutionalize good ideas, things never run quite so smoothly!

]]> by: Shane http://dsanalytics.com/dsblog/institute-of-analytics-professionals_84#comment-15 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:18:23 +0000 http://dsanalytics.com/dsblog/institute-of-analytics-professionals_84#comment-15 I agree the IAPA is a good idea, but there doesn't seem to be much on in Melbourne. What has the IAPA been up to in Sydney? BTW I would encourage you to turn commenting on for all posts. Do you have the Akismet plugin installed? A captcha plugin would also help. http://codex.wordpress.org/Akismet http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Spam_Tools#Captcha Shane I agree the IAPA is a good idea, but there doesn’t seem to be much on in Melbourne. What has the IAPA been up to in Sydney?

BTW I would encourage you to turn commenting on for all posts. Do you have the Akismet plugin installed? A captcha plugin would also help.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Akismet
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Spam_Tools#Captcha

Shane

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