Selecting which stocks to invest-in?
Automate the process of information retrieval
Predict how much a person earns
Predict which letter a particular image corresponds to
Developing a vandalism detector
Predict the risk of a borrower being unable to repay a loan
Predict if an inmate will violate his or her terms of parole
Predict whether a song will reach a spot in the Top 10, of the Billboard Hot 100 Chart
The Google Flu Trends project