This post was written by Alis Wang Fraud and abuse of healthcare services costs the US about $125 to $175 billion per year, with Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse costing taxpayers about $98 billion per year, according to a 2012 study by a RAND analyst. The healthcare system is especially vulnerable to abuse and… Read more »
In March 2013, Praescient is hosting a forum discussion on the emerging trends of cyber security, the third event in the series of the Knowlton Project. The presentation will feature a sophisticated technical demonstration on cyber security threats, followed by a discussion on the way in which organizations in government and the private sector can… Read more »
Here on the blog, we’ve discussed the implications of big data in the realms of national security, disaster relief, poverty reduction, and epidemiology. Big data is also driving analysis in the world of sports. Last week’s Sloan Sports Analytic Conference at MIT focused on how big data is driving analytics in baseball, hockey, football, and… Read more »
This post was written by Alis Wang Palantir Technologies and the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) announced last month at the CGI Winter Meeting that the two will be launching a new CGI Commitment to Action, a collaboration that will use the Palantir platform to significantly improve disaster relief efforts. The collaboration is the first… Read more »
At last week’s Georgetown Law/Journal of National Security and Policy conference entitled “Swimming in the Ocean of Big data: National Security in the Age of Unlimited Information,” Professor Paul Ohm referenced a now well-known quote, “data is the new oil.” If you’re a data-head like we are, you shake your head a bit when you… Read more »
Across the globe, many people and families live on a little more than one dollar per day. The phenomenon of poverty can be understood as a global problem, but leaders and practitioners alike must develop solutions that will successfully be implemented and sustained at the local level. The deployment of advanced analytic technologies will enable… Read more »
Last week, General Ray Odierno, the Army’s most senior leader, spoke about the “Army of the Future” at an event at the Brookings Institution . This was another in a series of speeches and papers he has put forward over the last year to outline his vision for how the Army needs to adapt and… Read more »
When I think back on my 16 months with the company, one word comes to mind—growth. I interviewed with Praescient in September of 2011 shortly after we had acquired our office space in Alexandria, VA. Back then, we were a little start up with all of 25 employees. I remember walking into the office and… Read more »
This post was written by Alis Wang The cyberwarfare threat is becoming a growing concern to US officials as well as banks and media companies. Just last week, The New York Times revealed that Chinese hackers attacked the newspaper continuously over the last four months by infiltrating its computer systems and obtaining employee passwords. The… Read more »
The Algorithmic Network Science Group (ANSG) at West Point’s Network Science Center is studying disease by running simulations to identify “spreaders” in complex networks through the use of the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model. This has the potential for creating novel algorithms to apply not only to biology, but to counter-insurgency, intelligence analysis, cyber security and social… Read more »