Project Data Analytics Community Newsletter October 2020
We produce this newsletter to keep you plugged into the very latest developments, building capacity and understanding within the project delivery community.
P3M
Project, Portfolio and Programme Management
Task Force White Paper 30/09/2020 - By Project Data Analytics Task Force An online event was held to launch the Project Data Analytics Task Force, a cross sector collaboration of senior professionals with a shared interest in transforming how projects are delivered. The launch event saw the publication of the Task Force White Paper which helps to outline key workstreams and a way ahead. Read more ...
Why We Need a Project Data Analytics Task Force 27/09/2020 - By Projecting Success Our CEO, Martin Paver, discusses the challenges he encountered when setting up the Project Data Analytics Task Force. The Task Force successfully launched on the 30th of September. Read more ...
Project Data By Operations Research and Scheduling Research Group A source of project data that may be helpful for some. Read more ...
Project Data 06/10/2020 - By Martin Paver Helpful discussion on the implications of opening up data. Read more ...
Project Delivery
Construction
Machine learning to transform delivery of major rail projects in UK 06/10/2020 - By Global Railway Review Network Rail announces collaboration with nPlan to implement machine learning across it’s portfolio of projects. This is a world first for such work on this scale and is exciting news for the industry of project data analytics. Read more ...
Behind the curve: Construction and AI | Technology & AI 29/09/2020 - By Construction Global - The Global Construction Platform A 2018 McKinsey report suggested that the Construction industry has been proving resistant to adopting new technology in project delivery. That change is now coming, and the industry will have to enter a new age. Read more ...
Winvic secures funding for AI-enabled site safety system 16/09/2020 - By Planning, BIM & Construction Today Winvic, UWE Bristol and One Big Circle Consortium have secured funding from Innovate UK to leverage real time imaging to alert site operatives to potential hazards in their vicinity. A truly ground-breaking Health & Safety initiative. Read more ...
eDrilling gets Norwegian funding for well software study 06/10/2020 - By Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine eDrilling are investigating how AI and analytics can be implemented on existing oil field infrastructure. The have secured funding from the Research Council of Norway to carry out this research. Read more ...
AVEVA unveils Real-Time Crude solution for Oil and Gas operators 01/10/2020 - By Business Weekly Cambridge engineering software company AVEVA are using machine learning to provide Oil & Gas companies with greater visibility of their value chain and how that is impacted by crude oil quality. Read more ...
HS2 eyes AI as way to cut costs and carbon 15/09/2020 - By Construction News HS2 is trialing a tool that uses AI to assess the financial and carbon implications of competing designs. This will lead to the implementation of more environmentally friendly solutions. Read more ...
Network Rail funds railway infrastructure artificial intelligence project 08/09/2020 - By Global Railway Review Funded by Network Rail via Innovate UK, Hexagon's Geospatial division is researching higher-precision infrastructure mapping using AI. This research will use LiDAR data to automatically identify and measure railway infrastructure. Read more ...
The next cohort of the project data analyst apprenticeship starts on 12th October. It is free for most companies. Read more ...
Data
AI & Machine Learning
GPT3 could revolutionise how business can use AI 06/10/2020 - By ComputerWeekly.com Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3, also known as GPT3, is being utilized to provide an extremely powerful NLP service. Created by OpenAI, it has been trained using almost 500 billion words from the Internet. Read more ...
State of AI Report 01/10/2020 - By State of AI AI investors Nathan Benaich and Ian Hogarth present their views on, and predictions for, the AI industry in their 3rd annual summary. Read more ...
Audiovisual Speech Enhancement in YouTube Stories 01/10/2020 - By Google AI Inbar Mosseri of Google Research blogs on efforts to increase the audio quality in videos. They introduce ‘Looking to Listen’, machine learning technology that achieves state of the art speech enhancement. Read more ...
Microsoft Races Ahead On RPA (Robotic Process Automation) 22/09/2020 - By Forbes Forbes report upon Microsoft’s continued development of Robotic Process Automation with their introduction of a desktop version of PowerAutomate, enabled by their acquisition of Softomotive Read more ...
We have some great Project:Meetups lined up for 2020 across the UK. Check out details of upcoming meetups now!
In 2017 Projecting Success founded the Project Data Analytics Community. It is now the UK's largest community of project delivery and data science professionals. Existing purely for the benefit of its members, it seeks to push the boundaries of project delivery into a whole new realm. In lockdown we have transitioned to hosting webinars twice a month and online hackathons three times a year. For more information visit our website. To receive this newsletter directly to your inbox every month click on the button below.