Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence (AI). In fact, many SAS customers who've been using our analytics capabilities for years or even decades are asking: This flurry of inquiries led to a decision to team up with TM Forum to tackle the subject on a live webinar and in an upcoming Quick Insights paper. If you have some of the same questions, keep reading to learn where you can get the answers. But first, a short tangent about me: this August marks 20 years that I've been at SAS. And believe it or not, in all those years, I have never done a live, global webinar to an external audience.

There's no doubt about it - Data Science is big news right now. We see it on the news every day, the increasing number of news stories about Big Data, the Internet of Things, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, smart cars, smart cities, smart politicians. OK, maybe I went a bit too far with that last one... Every month I get an email from Udemy telling me which courses are their best sellers. The list isn't about Data Science, but there are always plenty of Data Science courses right up there at the top of the list. We decided to share this resource with you, and so here are Udemy's top selling courses.

When I was writing books on networking and programming topics in the early 2000s, the web was a good, but an incomplete resource. Blogging had started to take off, but YouTube wasn't around yet, nor was Quora, Twitter, or podcasts. Over ten years later as I've been diving into AI and machine learning, it is a completely different ballgame. There are so many resources -- it's difficult to know where to start (and stop)! To save you some of the effort I went through in researching all the different nooks and crannies of the web to find the best content; I've organized them into a big collection here.

This three-day course is for data engineers, analysts, architects; software engineers; IT operations; and technical managers interested in a thorough, hands-on overview of the Apache Spark platform. The course covers the core APIs for using Spark, fundamental mechanisms and basic internals of the platform, SQL and other high-level data access tools, as well as Spark's streaming capabilities and machine learning APIs. Each topic includes slide and lecture content along with hands-on use of Spark through the elegant Databricks web-based notebook environment. Inspired by tools like IPython/Jupyter and Matlab, Databricks notebooks allow attendees to code jobs, data analysis queries, and generate visualizations using their own cloud-based Spark cluster, accessed through a web browser.* Knowledge or experience in Java, SQL can be beneficial but is not essential.

Professor James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park received his Ph.D. degree in Graduate School of Information Security from Korea University, Korea. From December, 2002 to July, 2007, Dr. Park had been a research scientist of R&D Institute, Hanwha S&C Co., Ltd., Korea.

Chatbots, deep learning, concierge apps, big data -- these words may seem meaningless today, but they offer an incredible opportunity available for event professionals who are willing to embrace innovation. Artificial intelligence (AI) will soon revolutionize the events industry and play a pivotal role in growing your event. From customer support to event management and marketing, AI may change how we experience live events -- and give yours a competitive advantage. Join Event Manager Blog's Julius Solaris as he answers your most burning questions about AI. What is useful and what is not?

In fruition the advances in artificial intelligence have been significant in many fields (and obviously in tech) such as medicine, education, the arts etc. The potential for artificial intelligence in the future is huge and the discourse surrounding its impact on society is hotly debated by governments small and large. Where Do I Think We Are Going? The potential for the Internet of Things will probably explode in the next five years. Medicine (bio medics) has just started to tap the potential for large scale analytics/pipeline. Let the discourse continue, but I personally am excited to see what artificial intelligence brings to the world in the next ten years.

Recitations from Tel-Aviv University introductory course to computer science, assembled as IPython notebooks by Yoav Ram. Exploratory Computing with Python, a set of 15 Notebooks that cover exploratory computing, data analysis, and visualization. No prior programming knowledge required. Each Notebook includes a number of exercises (with answers) that should take less than 4 hours to complete. Developed by Mark Bakker for undergraduate engineering students at the Delft University of Technology.

As banks and other financial services companies seek to improve compliance management systems, many are considering the use of algorithmic and other artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to augment or replace current systems. AI-driven RegTech has the potential to revolutionize all facets of compliance management: AML, OFAC, regulatory reporting, risk management, and cybersecurity. However, to develop and implement an AI-based compliance system, institutions need to map out a planned approach, which requires careful analysis of several threshold issues. This webinar features legal professionals at the leading edge of AI, data, privacy and cybersecurity law along with senior compliance officers from banks that are advancing compliance technology. They will discuss the legal and compliance questions that banks and financial services companies should consider, with a view to understanding both the risks and opportunities presented by AI-driven RegTech initiatives.

Since it was announced earlier this month, iOS 11 has attracted a lot of attention. As usual, it was released to developers straight away and reaches the rest of us in the autumn. But if you just can't wait, the iOS 11 public beta program has just gone live. So, should you upgrade, how do you do it and what are the downsides? The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph.