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Classifying the Un-classifiable
Traditional classifications of animals, medicine, diseases, and other vastly dense topics can feel like reciting pi – infinite data with infinite possibilities. While there may be limits in a particular software, like SharePoint, to how many terms and levels can be in a taxonomy, the reality is there are subjects that are quite possibly endless.…
Read MoreData Scientists and Machine Learning Roles
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are the golden children in technology for the coming years. What role are data scientists playing in this? This interesting topic came to our attention from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Data Scientists and Machine Learning Algorithms for the Data-Driven World.” Are data scientists using their skills to develop better machine learning…
Read MoreThe Semantic Family
Artificial intelligence gets a lot of press these days. However, it is easy to overlook a key component to it and other applications. Semantic technology helps users understand text, speech and relationships between data elements. Without it, other big data applications cannot be the success they seek. Tech Target brought this interesting topic to our attention in…
Read MoreScholarly Search Gets New Platform
Digital Science launched a new platform – Dimensions – intended to transform scholarly search. Digital Science brought this news to us in their article, “Digital Science Launches Dimensions: a Next-generation Research and Discovery Platform Linking 124 Million Documents, Providing Free Search and Citation Data Across 86 Million Articles.” This is a collaboration between six Digital…
Read MoreData Protection
One of the largest data breach of over 143 million personal records by Equifax has many wondering when and how it will ever end. Forbes brought this topic to our attention in their article, “The Equifax Breach And The Case For Digital Identity.” With the volume of cyber crimes and data breaches, it makes you…
Read MoreGrey Literature Conference Call for Papers
This may feel really far away, but the GreyNet International 2018 conference or GL20 has been scheduled for December 3-4, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. They have sent out a “call for papers” along with the save the date announcement. The theme for this year’s conference is “Research Data Fuels and Sustains Grey Literature”. The definition of…
Read MoreTechnology Ad Nauseum
Data from the Internet of Things (IoT) is quickly becoming important for the field of product development. The data collected from a device can help better understand consumer requirements and allow for more solid decision-making. DATAVERSITY brought this information to our attention in their article, “How IoT Data Improves Product Development.” This is taking place…
Read MoreGathering Business Intelligence in a New Era
Business analytics has changed not only the world we live in but the way business intelligence is gathered and used across industries. DATAVERSITY brought this information to our attention in their article, “Advanced Data Discovery and Augmented Analytics: Simple, Sophisticated Tools for Business Users.” Reporting, dashboards, advanced data visualization and end-user self-service are given the highest…
Read MoreBad Data to Good Data
In today’s digital world, business users need easier ways to explore data, uncover new insights and make informed decisions instantly from any device. However, achieving this can be difficult for many organizations even with the best of IT infrastructures. What if the data is just bad? DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to our attention in…
Read MoreDigital Health Records In Singapore’s Future
There are plans in Singapore to enable patient’s medical records to be kept up-to-date digitally across the entire health sector in the country. These plans have been outlined in proposed new legislation. This interesting news came to us from Out-Law in their article, “New laws in Singapore to promote digital management of medical records.” Even…
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