The application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to the business and IT, from intelligent IT operations (AIOps) to service management to software testing, is keeping the data revolution moving at lightning speed. That's why data science remains a popular concentration for computer science students who have the talent for math and analytics. And it's why more organizations are clamoring for data scientists who can help make decisions faster and put their businesses ahead of competitors. In today's age data science expertise with desirable knowledge in relatable fields is rare to find and therefore we have enlisted top 10 data science experts who you can follow in Twitter. Hilary is the Founder of Fast Forward Labs, a machine intelligence research company, and the Data Scientist in Residence at Accel.

On a recent episode of How To!, Brittany O'Neill, the woman who inspired the hit film Brittany Runs a Marathon, revealed what happened to her after the movie came out. A quirky, motivational dramedy, Brittany Runs a Marathon first premiered at Sundance last year. It tells the story of an unhappy, overweight woman who trains for the New York City Marathon and, in the process, revamps her whole life. In this episode of How To!, Brittany opens up about her struggles with weight loss after the movie's happy ending, and how she finally learned to accept herself--one run at a time. This transcript has been condensed and edited for clarity.

Jessica Hodgins is a professor of computer science and robotics in the School of Computer Science and also directs the Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research laboratory in Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on computer graphics, animation and robotics with an emphasis on generating and analyzing human motion. She is the former vice president for research at Disney Research. Hodkins received her Ph.D. in computer science at CMU in 1989 and served as an associate professor and assistant dean in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology before joining the CMU faculty in 2000. She served as associate director of faculty in the Robotics Institute from 2005 to 2015.

UK's estimated coronavirus infection rate is now between 0.7 and 1 The UK's coronavirus R value – the estimated number of people each person infects – is now between 0.7 and 1, according to the government's scientific advisory group for emergencies (SAGE). Five days ago, UK prime minister Boris Johnson said R was between 0.5 and 0.9. The government's science advisors say the increase is not a reflection of coronavirus restrictions being eased in England this week, but rather due to a lag in the data that is used to model the R value. We won't know how easing restrictions has impacted the current R value for another three weeks. Only 1500 of a total of 18,000 coronavirus contact tracers – just over 8 per cent – have been recruited by the UK government by its mid-May deadline, a cabinet minister said today. The government had previously refused to say exactly how many contact tracers it had employed. Up to 8 million people could be on waiting lists for National Health Service (NHS) ...

In the surreal past few months, P.W. Singer has watched the concept for his new science fiction thriller come to life. Singer is an author, an expert on 21st-century warfare at New America and, lately more than ever, a consultant helping companies in tech and other industries grapple with the repercussions of global unrest. His soon-to-be-released novel about social upheaval, automation and artificial intelligence, "Burn-in," is named after the practice of pushing a new technology to the breaking point. But Singer didn't expect the future of technology to arrive as fast as it has amid the fallout from COVID-19, forcing tech companies, governments and people everywhere to adapt on the fly. Get what matters in tech, in your inbox every morning. "Has Pandora ever been put back in a box?" Singer asked during a recent phone interview from his home near Washington, D.C. "Roles and applications that would have previously seen a more gradual transition over the course of years have been pushed forward in a matter of weeks."

Another 3 million US citizens filed for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the total to 36.5 million since mid-March, about 22 per cent of the US workforce. The total number of people who have lost their jobs is likely to be an underestimate because many states still have a backlog of claims to get through. Brazil has become a hotspot for coronavirus infections as the country confirmed a record 11,385 daily coronavirus cases and 749 more deaths yesterday. The total number of confirmed cases is now more than 190,000, the sixth highest in the world. Doctors in the country say a lack of adequate testing means the true number of cases could be ten times higher. A coronavirus antibody test developed by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche has been approved for use by Public Health England. UK health minister Edward Argar said the test "appears to be extremely reliable". Unlike other forms of testing, antibody tests detect whether someone has been previously infected with the ...

The virtual International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) was held on 26-30 April and included eight keynote talks, with a wide range of topics covered. Courtesy of the conference organisers you can watch the talks in full and see the question and answer sessions too. Africa has a population of over one billion people, over 3000 ethnic groups, and over 2000 different languages. This rich diversity offers an excellent opportunity to address complex research questions within the African continent. Research in Africa within the AI space can have global impact.

UK GDP fell by 2 per cent in the first quarter of 2020, the most rapid contraction of the UK's economy since the 2008 financial crisis. Rishi Sunak, the chancellor of the exchequer, said, "It is now very likely that the UK economy will face a significant recession this year, and we're already in the middle of that as we speak." The Bank of England predicts that the UK economy could shrink by as much as 14 per cent in 2020. In England some people who aren't able to work from home returned to work today, as part of the government's recent easing of certain restrictions. Despite the government urging people to avoid public transport if they could, some commuters said buses and trains were too crowded to practice social distancing. It could be as long as "four or five years" before covid-19 is under control and the pandemic could "potentially get worse", according to the World Health Organization's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan. Speaking at an FT conference, she said a vaccine "seems ...

The UK's job retention scheme, which pays 80 per cent of furloughed employees' wages up to £2500 a month, will be extended for four months until October. Rishi Sunak, the chancellor of the exchequer, said that from August employees will be allowed to work part-time while furloughed, but the government will require companies to shoulder some of the costs of furlough payments. The scheme currently covers the salaries of 7.5 million workers, a quarter of the UK's workforce, and costs the UK government about £14 billion a month. Head teachers have warned that the government's plan to reopen schools for some year groups in England on 1 June is not feasible. Paul Whiteman, head of the National Association for Head Teachers, told MPs that it wouldn't be possible to comply with the government's new guidance recommending a maximum class size of 15 pupils. Northern Ireland has unveiled a five-stage plan for easing coronavirus restrictions, which includes advice for specific job sectors and is ...

Improving efficiency allows organizations to get even more done in the same amount of time. When it comes to developing apps, low-code allows businesses to quickly build custom applications to suit their needs while Robotic Process Automation (RPA) allows businesses to automate mundane tasks so their human employees can focus on more important work. Appian is known for its low-code software but through a series of recent acquisitions, the company has expanded further into automation by offering customers the ability to automate tasks through RPA and do so intelligently using AI. TechRadar Pro spoke with the company's CTO, Mike Beckley to learn more about its expansion into automation. Low-code is a unique approach to building business applications – fast.