Friday 20 November 2015

Hackathons - the rise!

Corporate led hackathons are what I'm mulling over.

Hackathon or Exploitathon - that's all I have to say.

Sunday 8 November 2015

The Potential for Using Big Data Analytics to Predict Safety Risks by Analysing Rail Accidents

Railways 2016
The Third International Conference on
Railway Technology:
Research, Development and Maintenance
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
5-8 April 2016

My first research paper in over 25 years will be presented at the above conference! 

Big Data what does it mean for safety management. 

The Potential for Using Big Data Analytics to Predict Safety Risks by Analysing Rail Accidents.
Dr Howard Parkinson CEng FIMechE MIRSE
Rail System Engineering Limited
Dr Gary Bamford FBCS, CEng, CITP
NTTX Advisory Limited

Plus we have 'invented' a new safety product, plus the conference is in Sardinia - can't wait. It's all top-secret until next April of course.

Now working on the follow on paper ..... onward and upward!