DataCafé

As we look ahead to a new year, and reflect on the last, we consider how data science can be used to optimise the future. But to what degree can we trust past experiences and observations, essentially...

4 Jan 202135min

What exciting data science problems emerge when you try to forecast an election? Many, it turns out! We're very excited to turn our DataCafé lens on the current Presidential race in the US as an exem...

1 Nov 202031min

What are solar storms? How are they caused? And how can we use data science to forecast them? In this episode of DataCafé we talk about the Sun and how it drives space weather, and the efforts to for...

19 Okt 202040min

How do you get your latest and greatest data science tool to make an impact? How can you avoid wasting time building a supposedly great data product only to see it fall flat on launch? In this episod...

19 Sep 202050min

What is a virus? How can we spot human viruses in danger of becoming pandemics? How can we use statistics to understand their origins and transmission? This turns out to be a hard problem - not least ...

12 Aug 202046min

How can we spot a change in a jet engine vibration that might mean it’s about to fail catastrophically? How can a service forecast adapt to unexpected changes brought about by a pandemic? How might we...

13 Juli 202031min

Optimal Control is the science of making decisions in a way that optimises a key quantity such as revenue, customer satisfaction, or quality of service. Cake example Bertrand has a cake. He likes ca...

1 Juni 202027min

How can we generate efficient routes for a large fleets of vehicles that have to make many thousands of deliveries a day while taking into account breaks, shift patterns and traffic conditions? Now le...

1 Juni 202039min