First Analytics Joins the Gurobi Alliance
First Analytics recently joined the Gurobi Alliance as a service partner. Gurobi produces the world’s fastest and most powerful mathematical optimization solver – the Gurobi Optimizer – which is used by leading global companies across more than 40 different industries to rapidly solve their complex, real-world problems and make automated decisions that optimize their efficiency and profitability. As the market…
All-in On AI: Tom Davenport’s New Book
Tom Davenport, First Analytics chairman and noted author and expert on analytics just released his latest book in late January, All-in On AI: How Smart Companies Win Big with Artificial Intelligence. Filled with insights, strategies, and best practices, All-In on AI also provides leaders and their teams with the insights to help their own companies become AI-fueled. This includes: How to…
Advanced Safety Analytics Presentation at Utility Analytics Week
You won't want to miss a compelling demonstration of a predictive safety application, to be presented at the upcoming Utility Analytics Week in San Diego on October 19th. SoCalGas will present a coaching tool, based on machine learning, to support field supervisors in their discussions with employees to drive safely. Under our collaborative engagement model, data scientists and data engineers…
New Books from Tom Davenport
Tom Davenport, First Analytics chairman and noted author and expert on analytics is releasing two books this month, September, 2022. Working with AI: Real Stories of Human-Machine Collaboration explores worker-AI collaboration in real world settings. By offering detailed, real-world case studies of AI-augmented jobs in settings that range from finance to the factory floor, Tom and coauthor Steven Miller show…
First Analytics-Supported Opioid Addiction Study Receives FDA Fast Track Breakthrough Designation
The opioid epidemic has taken a toll, as shown by this infographic produced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The misuse of opioids was declared a public health emergency in 2017. In 2020 a research team studying a new novel treatment approached First Analytics for statistical analysis support. They had initial funding from the National Institute of…
First Analytics a Collaborator in the Global Burden of Animal Diseases Program
First Analytics recently joined the Global Burden of Animal Diseases Program as a collaborator. Also known as GBADs, the program was launched in 2018, sponsored by the University of Liverpool. Supporting organizations include the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, other public and private institutions, and universities. GBADs' mission is "measure to improve" animal health at a local, national, and global…
