Headquartered in Silicon Valley USA, FICO® (NYSE:FICO) is a leading analytics software company, helping businesses in over 80 countries make better decisions that drive higher levels of growth, profitability and customer satisfaction. The company’s groundbreaking use of Big Data and mathematical algorithms to predict consumer behavior has transformed entire industries.

This new theme issue with contributions from HMI members focuses on recent developments in data-science approaches for epidemic management, with a particular focus on combating the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Precision Agriculture (PA) represents the application of modern information and communication technologies (ICT) into agriculture to increase production and economic returns, often also to reduce the impact on the environment. On the one hand, PA builds on adopting advanced technology such as cloud computing, remote sensing, data-driven farming, big data analytics, and the internet of things (IoT).

Often these 2 words - Data Governance - sound confusing, mystical, dry and even boring. Yet Data Governance jobs in the market the last few years are really popular and in high demand. So what is this thing? Why is Data Governance even necessary? What does it mean? What can it do for a company? I want to share more insights into the Data Governance world, to explain what it is and share some real life stories from my experience. I want to share why I believe this can be an exciting job for many of you.