Anything But Average

AI and the Power of Data: John Reid’s Insights from the 2024 AITPM National Conference

Presented at the 2024 AITPM National Conference, this short video features John Reid addressing the critical role of data in Artificial Intelligence. John highlights the potential danger of AI becoming a "black box" that churns out conclusions that could be based on unreliable or spurious data.

Data: The First, Critical Step Towards The Solution

Perhaps this seems inevitable when his observations seem supernatural, but he knew that his brilliant explanations had to be based on data; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the writer of Sherlock Holmes, ensured that Holmes knew that to start making conclusions before you had the data would be a monumental blunder.

Principles and Values Must Be Behind Good Data

Confucius is a hero of data because he sought the principles and values to ensure we started asking the right questions; so that we could choose the right things to measure.

Florence Nightingale - A Hero Of Data

Florence Nightingale not only collected data but applied statistical methods to help understand its true meaning and developed ways to present it in a graphical form that highlighted its meaning.

Calling BS In A Data-Driven World

The use of BS in the title represents their desperate concern about the way data is being collected and used, supposedly to reach effective solutions but, too often, to represent confirmational bias.

Heroes of Data

Welcome to the Austraffic series "Heroes of Data" ...

Supporting Young Professionals To Experience Overseas Events and Cultures

We are relaunching the Austraffic ITE-ANZ World Wide Learning Opportunities Award to send young Traffic and Transport professionals overseas. COVID paused the program for two years but applications are now open.

Old-Style Surveys and Observations : The Verification of Big Data

The systems are getting better, but the nature of the surveys and what they are really measuring should still be foremost in our minds. A detailed understanding of what is happening on the ground is essential for finding local improvements. Some more detailed surveys and good old-fashioned observations are integral components to add to automatically collected data.

A Recovery of Good Management And Credibility, Founded On Data Science

We are racing ahead with high powered computer technology without the right foundation. We can make bigger mistakes at a faster rate: Garbage in – Garbage out. The impact of COVID has been huge, but it is also being used as an excuse to cover some long term, systemic problems.

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