Author James Lawson

I recently had the opportunity to speak at a number of Data For Breakfast events as part of DataRobot’s strategic partnership with Snowflake. The event series delivers content and best practices on advancements in cloud data analytics and data science. Since I usually skip breakfast – intermittently fasting in a desperate attempt to be healthy – I was glad to…

After a decade of relative economic stability, we are now confronted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many financial analysts labelling it as a ‘black swan’ event. A ‘black swan’ is a metaphor for something unexpected which has a major impact. These type of events can cause significant disruption to business processes, financial markets, and our lives. Black swans prompt us…

Following the success of AI Experience London earlier in the year and in response to customer demand, we decided to extend the roadshow to other European cities. We held inaugural AI Experience events in Stockholm, Paris, and Madrid, attracting more than 300 attendees. Participants were highly engaged, evidently eager to start new AI projects or increase their capabilities. Across the…

We recently concluded our AI Experience roadshow with a special regional session in Lapland. We have been lucky to hear from an impressive lineup of generous customer speakers globally. Lapland was no exception. One such customer is the lesser known and famously discreet Santa’s Workshop, a global private philanthropic conglomerate, with vast operations in manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, and logistics.…

Gartner just named hyperautomation as one of its Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2020. This makes it a trend that “enterprises need to consider” as part of their technology plans and which will have a “profound impact on people…across industries and geographies, with significant potential for disruption”. Hyperautomation hasn’t historically been used in common parlance but has generated huge…

We recently attended the Telco AI summit in London. Federico Castanedo spoke on a panel about redefining network operations using AI, whilst I delivered the DataRobot keynote on accelerating AI adoption in the industry more generally. We also spoke one-on-one with over fifty telecommunication (telco) decision-makers and had the opportunity to hear other speakers at the event. The central theme…