The World of Bees

I sat on the porch yesterday for the first time this spring, such as it is. It was so nice to enjoy the sun and warm breeze. What was not so nice was the array of bees who too was enjoying the warm sun and my place of peace. Besides disturbing my “porch time”, my…

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New Moniker for Data Information Leader

The term CDO has long referred to Chief Data Officer, but there are some industry professionals would like to see this changed to Chief Digital Officer. This interesting information came to us from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Dawn of the Chief Digital Officer.” Lobbying for the change, Langley Eide, Chief Strategy Officer at Data Science and…

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Semantic Enrichment Manager Position Available

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, semantic technology, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving.…

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Adding Quality to the Data

What do you call poor data hygiene? Bad BI? Machine learning is being used to clean up data management protocols. This interesting topic came to us from ZD Net in their article, “The great data science hope: Machine learning can cure your terrible data hygiene.” Maintaining good data hygiene is tough, especially when you are…

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LIFE Imagines Indexed

LIFE magazine is using machine learning to organize over 4 million images from the LIFE magazine archives into an interactive encyclopedia. LIFE magazine was published weekly between 1936 and 1972 and monthly from 1978 to 2000, safely making it the most popular photojournalism magazine in the United States. This iconic magazine was brought back to…

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Vector Language Modeling Used to Search Books

Google’s new Semantic Experiences uses word vectors to search over 100,000 books for contextually related statements and points out passages that provide answers. Tech Republic brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Google’s new AI service will search books for answers to your burning business questions.” This new services uses vector-based language…

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Today’s AI Applications

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to enhance the quality of an individual’s life and the efficiency of public services. This interesting topic came to us from the Deccan Chronicle in their article, “How AI and humans can work together.” AI of the past represented robots and monsters with nefarious intentions or systems gone rogue. Today’s…

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Safeguarding the Data

The upsurge of digital transformation is creating a greater cyber threat for India. To safeguard its critical assets from perilous cyber attacks, India needs to robustly upgrade its cyber architecture. This interesting topic came to us from DNA India in their article, “Make allocation for cybersecurity.” 2017 brought a plethora of cyber attacks and data breaches. With…

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Digital or Retail: Selecting Books Have Changed

Bookstores’ footprints, business concepts and strategies have morphed over the past few decades in very drastic ways. Founder Jeff Bezos first launched Amazon as an online bookstore in 1995. The impact of an online bookstore providing not just discounts on the books, but speed and ease in having them show up at your door –…

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