Data science

MIT has announced seven new courses added to its 2018 Short Programs, covering such technologies as artificial intelligence, machine learning, automation and computational design.

Other high-demand roles include application programmers, business system analysts and database administrators.

Britain’s largest insurer is benefiting from an expanding middle class and growing insurance coverage in Asia, where it gets about a third of its earnings.

The insurer will leverage the university's research in the Internet of Things, data science and machine learning to help improve the life underwriting process.

Analytics skills are in short supply, but demands for data-driven results are not. Here are Forrester’s top tips on how chief data officers can drive business strategy.

It's crucial that insurers develop clear career-path options for these valuable staff, because there will be lots of competition for the skills.

The growth in digital transformation efforts is driving the need for more CDOs. Forrester Research looks at how strategy, governance and execution separate the best from the rest.

Software and application developers were cited as the number one most in-demand job role by employers last month, according to the latest BLS numbers.

Business users can more easily learn to use and benefit from modern analytics and business intelligence tools, enabling them to take the lead role in this area by 2019, says Gartner.

Moves from Allstate units Answer Financial and Arity, as well as MassMutual, illustrate increasing value of analytics expertise outside core insurance products.

The life insurer’s LifeScore Labs division is ready to make its data tool available to other carriers in the space.

Several top colleges and universities are offering courses and concentrations in applying data to the sector.

IT leaders must be prepared to groom new hires to help them understand and unlock business value from analytics, says BCBS exec.

More than half of tech workers polled by Spiceworks said that constant learning is the most important career-boost move they can and will make.

The adoption of machine learning and the need for access to data beyond just data science team is changing how many firms approach information warehousing.

Effective managers are analytical leaders who are adaptable and possess systematic and methodological ways to achieve results.

These technology skills have shown a basically steady, sustained growth performance stretching back to early 2010, says compensation analyst David Foote.

It's important to fill positions with digital natives who understand the connected world, CEOs from AIG, EMC and Argo Group said in panel discussion.

Fifty-one percent expect a raise from their current employer while 21 percent also expect a promotion.

While the concept may seem bewildering, it actually is based on a basic six-step process.