Intelligent CIO Kuwait Issue 2 | Page 22

TALKING /////////////////////////////////////////////////// How a team of data scientists can make a difference to your bottom line Data scientists are brought in by businesses to find solutions to their problems but both sides need to be prepared for failures and hidden opportunities along the way, explains Islam Zeidan, General Manager UAE and MEAD, Teradata. I n today’s digital world of cloud, mobility, analytics and data, the focus for both business and consumers is to find answers to their problems. Just building a solution or buying devices and applications, without coming up with an answer, in the shortest possible time and most economical manner, will sooner or later prove meaningless and futile. The upcoming field of data sciences is focused on resolving problems raised by end-users, using a number of tools such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning. While there are myriad number of such tools available, selecting the right tool, for 22 INTELLIGENTCIO “ BY FINDING A SOLUTION TO AN END-CUSTOMER’S BUSINESS CHALLENGES, DATA SCIENTISTS CAN BE ENABLERS IN THEIR FINANCIAL PRODUCTIVITY. the right problem and for the right data, will only lead to a favourable outcome. The objective of any data scientist is therefore to be successful in finding the right www.intelligentcio.com