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Redefining Military Readiness

Two recent articles have been published on the subject of military readiness, and specifically, how it ought to be quantitatively assessed.

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Connie McKissack

Mar 10
3 min

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

we see how the 2021 PMP exam provides an enhanced toolset for both new and experienced Project Managers.

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Joe Moreno

Feb 19
6 min

Introduction to Quantum Computing

Quantum computer performance increases exponentially for each bit added (2ⁿ) due to its parallel nature.

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What Really is the Difference between Commercial and Military Logistics?

CANA Advisors

Feb 12
6 min

What Really is the Difference between Commercial and Military Logistics?

Despite its military origins, the art of logistics has grown to encompass a very wide variety of activities in both military and commercial

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Walt DeGrange

Dec 21, 2020
3 min

2020 INFORMS ANNUAL MEETING

With over 70 tracks and special events occurring at the same time over a five day period, there are always conflicting interesting

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The CANA Bunch: Virtual Business as Usual

Stephanie Allison

Dec 18, 2020
2 min

The CANA Bunch: Virtual Business as Usual

CANA's Program and Project Management (PPM) team recently conducted a successful virtual offsite event in November. Together, the PPM...

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CANA Foundation: Giving Back and Other Happenings

Kenny McRostie

Dec 11, 2020
2 min

CANA Foundation: Giving Back and Other Happenings

The CANA Foundation was established with the purpose of “giving back to our communities.” While giving back looks a little different this...

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Lucia Darrow

Dec 9, 2020
3 min

Creating an Internal R Package: canaR

Most programmers are familiar with the DRY principle (Don’t Repeat Yourself) which aims at reducing repetition in code. Reasons to follow

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Jerome Dixon

Dec 4, 2020
3 min

A VISIT TO ODSC WEST 2020

A great added benefit to this data science conference is that most presenters post their code and material on GitHub.

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Elegant R Runtime Solution for Multithreading

Joe Moreno

Oct 28, 2020
2 min

Elegant R Runtime Solution for Multithreading

A coworker came up with an elegant solution to this programming problem. The solution is to run a Node.js server that simply makes calls to

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DEEP LEARNING IN THE CANA CAR: A CANCER TRIAL DATA SCIENCE CHALLENGE

Jerome Dixon

Oct 14, 2020
3 min

DEEP LEARNING IN THE CANA CAR: A CANCER TRIAL DATA SCIENCE CHALLENGE

During this recent roundtable, I talked about my strategy and initial execution of a cancer trial data science challenge hosted by ORNL

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CANA MURAL WHITEBOARD USE CASES FOR A VIRTUAL AND DISPERSED SMALL BUSINESS

Hannah Wallace

Sep 25, 2020
4 min

CANA MURAL WHITEBOARD USE CASES FOR A VIRTUAL AND DISPERSED SMALL BUSINESS

Mural is one of CANA’s project management “go to” tools for collaborating on-line with clients and the CANA team.

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Managed Mental Healthcare (Amidst a Pandemic)

CANA Advisors

Sep 11, 2020
1 min

Managed Mental Healthcare (Amidst a Pandemic)

Anya shares insights about her organization, the Oakland County Health Network, to include its provided services, the role of data analytics

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CANA Agile Business Practices Support Quick Turn Client Requirements for FUELED Ops

CANA Advisors

Aug 21, 2020
3 min

CANA Agile Business Practices Support Quick Turn Client Requirements for FUELED Ops

CANA’s ability to pivot from a live event to virtual event planning, facilitation, and execution was phenomenal.

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CANA Advisors

Jun 30, 2020
8 min

Developing a Web API for DoD

This may be helpful to you if you are thinking about developing a web app yourself or would like to move a legacy app to the cloud.

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CANA Advisors

Jun 25, 2020
4 min

MORS 88th Symposium

This year’s theme was “Multi-Discipline Analysis in National Security.” CANA was represented through a company demo, presentations in multi

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There Is No Perfect Way to Work Virtually, So Stop Looking for One and Start Working!

CANA Advisors

Jun 2, 2020
3 min

There Is No Perfect Way to Work Virtually, So Stop Looking for One and Start Working!

Your virtual workspace is designed by you. It can be a space designated as a home office, a lawn chair on your back deck, a couch in the ...

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Lucia Darrow

Jan 31, 2020
2 min

Reflections on rstudio::conf 2020

This January, several team members from CANA Advisors attended the RStudio Conference, both in person in San Francisco and remotely! At...

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CANA Advisors

Dec 11, 2019
2 min

CANA Advisors' Notes from ETF2019

Presentations on topics ranging from new takes on calculating readiness to methods for capturing and capitalizing on video and speech data.

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Tech Meetups: Working Remotely, Connecting Locally

Jerome Dixon, Walt Degrange, and Lucia Darrow

Dec 14, 2018
4 min

Tech Meetups: Working Remotely, Connecting Locally

In this post, three CANA team members, Lucia, Walt, and Jerome, discuss how they use meetups to learn, network, and give back to their commu

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