Marco MerensWhy I think that rating airline safety is importantA friend shared the following article recently with me which claimed that airline safety ratings should be ignored.Aug 7, 2017Aug 7, 2017
Marco MerensMy biggest MongoDB collection ever by importing NOAA GLOBE DEMOne of my customers asked me if I could provide an online service which for a given latitude and longitude would return the name of the…Jun 14, 2016Jun 14, 2016
Marco MerensThe 4 dimensions of data driven decision making (D3M)Data is getting bigger and bigger everyday, but are we really ready to use it for better decision making?Mar 9, 2016Mar 9, 2016
Marco MerensThe Cloud UnpluggedIn the world of IT, there are two things: machines and programs. Yes, you are right, just like in The Matrix and Tron. We can call those…Feb 22, 2016Feb 22, 2016
Marco MerensCan you measure how much an organization knows?Business intelligence is all about knowledge and wisdom by mining through the data an organization has. But can we quantify how much an…Feb 4, 2016Feb 4, 2016
Marco MerensParallel Coordinate plots to visualize safety marginsParallel coordinate plots (PCPs) are an alternative to scatter plots in which the X and Y axis are placed parallel to one another instead…Jan 8, 2016Jan 8, 2016
Marco Merens3 things I learned when playing with big streaming data coming from an API using AWS Kinesis…I am doing analysis and try to make sense out of aviation related data. Big time. Now recently I was lucky as I was offered a 1 month free…Oct 27, 20151Oct 27, 20151
Marco MerensDATA and the sharing versus protecting dilemmaI work with data for many many years now, and the question around protection and sharing is still a hot topic in many areas, aviation being…Oct 25, 2015Oct 25, 2015
Marco MerensinThe Data ExperienceData , indicators and metrics – The core of any monitoring systemToday is World Statistics Day, so “Happy Stats Day”! Now let’s talk about data a bit and its relation to indicators and stats.Oct 20, 2015Oct 20, 2015
Marco MerensWelcomeYes, indeed, this is my very first story in my very first blog ever! So I decided to start by giving the tone of this blog.Oct 19, 2015Oct 19, 2015