Informatics or Computer Science?

In Europe, Informatics and Computer Science are often considered synonyms. What is your opinion? Do they have distinctive meanings?

01 February 2018 4,876 0 View

Should oversampling be done before or within cross-validation?

In the case of imbalanced classified data, oversampling is a standard technique to avoid the learner to be biased toward the most represented class. In the case of cross-validation, we have two...

09 October 2016 1,091 6 View

What do you mean by "interpretability" in models?

Modeling is a process of building a useful representation of a system or phenomenon. Models have a purpose, for example to precisely simulate or predict the behavior of a system. Among other...

06 July 2013 8,038 18 View

Which is the best alternative to Matlab?

Matlab is an excellent software, but it is commercial and its price is very high. Other alternatives are available (Octave, Scilab, Freemat, ...) but each one has pros and cons. Is there a real...

10 November 2012 914 84 View

What are some of the research gaps in machine learning and artificial intelligence in africa?

i would to know some of the research gaps in the artificial intelligence field in most african countries.

03 March 2021 6,145 3 View

1. What is the impact of having different scales in a survey? and how can we solve this problem before and after data collection (Literature)?

1. What is the impact of having different scales in a survey? and how can we solve this problem before and after data collection (Literature-based reflection)? Thank you for your time and for...

03 March 2021 2,870 3 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

How does one access the Cranet survey data on HRM practices?

Hello, The Cranet website does not provide any lead to the data obtained from their multinational survey on HRM practices. Any help on accessing the data would be most appreciated. Thank...

01 March 2021 9,536 3 View

Is there any Machine Learning/AI algorithm that lets you predict with incomplete features without missing value imputation process?

For instance, the model is trained with A,B,C,D,E features to predict F target. Then, I want to make prediction on a new data, but with only A,C,D,E is known without doing missing value imputation...

28 February 2021 1,556 6 View

What are the important topics in the field of Artificial Intelligence in Business world?

Dear All, I am doing my MS in Electronic Businesses. And I am interested in the AI field and its applications for businesses, its benefits, impacts, etc. What kind of scientific research dominate...

26 February 2021 8,816 6 View

Suggestions for occupational stress surveys?

I am currently writing a masters thesis on reasons for occupational stress in the early childhood classroom, and want to include a short survey assessing participants work-related stress levels. I...

24 February 2021 8,678 2 View

Suggest me some trending topics for phd research in text mining/AI/machine learning?

My master's research is in info retrieval and text mining. I would be grateful if you could help me to select a good topic for my phd research proposal.

24 February 2021 393 14 View

How can we improve AI in detecting fraudulent activities on digital payments?

I am conducting a study on the effectiveness of AI towards detecting and averting digital payment fraud. What are the popular AI techniques being adopted in mitigating digital fraud and how could...

21 February 2021 3,888 4 View

Can anyone suggest a topic for the Impact of AI and ML in the financial institutions?

I am currently doing my Master Thesis in FinTech and I am thinking of doing my project on the impact of AI and ML on the financial industry but as the impact of these technologies on the industry...

21 February 2021 7,128 3 View