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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot
increase shared rides? The match rate increases the more people use Lyft. We are also creating better matching algorithms and incorporating walking into the service to reduce the number of detours necessary and to increase matches. Cities... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
tech-enabled elements of their platform. On the digital side, for example, they are experimenting with machine-learning algorithms that can score exercises and quizzes automatically and “nudge” parents to keep them engaged in the program.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models
can go really high tech, with algorithms behind the scenes that post prices at very high frequencies, or you can go the route that we took in collaboration with Zalora, which was to approach the problem by designing the online store in... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
the risk of placing one big bet on a single location or food concept. The model can scale up simply by adding more kitchens, and offerings can be tweaked rapidly in response to data-driven insights. For its part, Foodology uses machine-learning View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Star Search
Also, how do you screen résumés more effectively and build better algorithms for that process so that you can respond to prospective applicants sooner? How do you remain competitive in retaining talent, and what is most difficult about... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
on Network Associates' efforts to market its encryption software algorithms globally, despite national security concerns raised by the U.S. government. By Tuesday afternoon, participants seemed to have settled back into the classroom... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The New Tech Meccas
sends information about the wearer's heartbeat to a data center, where a proprietary algorithm analyzes it for early signs of a heart attack. KarmSolar/Cairo, Egypt: Egyptian farms rely on pumping water from underground sources, which... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
they're really disassociated from the brain and the brain's neuroanatomy. They are very focused on what is really decades old algorithms that they have advanced and applied data and applied technology to solve some very big problems. But,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
machine-learning algorithms running on massive on-demand cloud-computing platforms like Amazon Web Services. At the same time, a trifecta of trends—namely, the widespread reliance on just-in-time inventory management; the ongoing... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
data to find patterns and build an algorithm based on that data. But even with the seeming data dominance, the toddler who’s seen a few dogs has an advantage over the algorithm that has seen millions, says... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
joke among CMOs: Where’s the best place to bury a body? Answer: The second page of Amazon or Google results. Nobody goes there.) It’s also a high-maintenance approach for a small venture because it requires ongoing knowledge of the View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives
should humans do and what should algorithms do?’” she notes. As she seeks to tackle tasks such as securing FDA approvals and raising venture funding, Kelley has already found her affiliation with the Life Lab and her access to other... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
focus on the development of privacy-preserving algorithms, with a particular emphasis on ML systems. These algorithms help safeguard personal data while extracting valuable insights across domains like statistical genetics, personalized... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Big Business of Little Loans
the US Small Business Administration and now on the faculty at HBS. The situation worsened during the 2008 financial crisis, and lending to the sector has never really recovered. Armed with proprietary algorithms and can-do attitudes,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy Miller
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
bakery cranks out cookies—New York now holds a demonstrable lead over Silicon Valley in terms of fintech investment in the United States. According to CB Insights, a New York startup that uses algorithms to collect and analyze data on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Case Study: Bionic Banking
new to the firm: A majority of the team are computer programmers and developers, employing sophisticated algorithms to manage more than $275 million in assets. This active model would pit Alpha Architect against big banks, but with an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
sure signs of stability, and Lidya’s in-house, Portugal-based engineering team developed an algorithm that can quickly assess more than 100 data points. “We don’t do consumer loans. We’re not the best for long-term asset financing. We’re... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
employees and an algorithm to match them to employers, Apli aims to fill that gap. “We got amazing media and investor exposure, which kick-started our fundraising process and helped us raise a new round of capital in record time,” Makarov... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
people would still find it useful to cooperate. Those questions motivated me really early on, but I had a very vague sense of it. My dissertation at Harvard was just an algorithm for solving mathematical programming problems as... View Details
- 18 Mar 2020
- News
Leading Change
the deployment of digital networks, data, and AI in a company can create major strategic advantages around scale, scope, and learning while minimizing growth restraints. But they also explained that AI creates major challenges such as View Details