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NFAIS 2018 Webinar Series Kicks Off
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering webinar-based educational opportunities for 2018. The first one is titled, “Content Integration: Bridging Knowledge through Technology and Partnerships” and is scheduled for Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. (EST). Working across multiple databases, rather than within just one, is the desired approach these days. To meet…
Read MoreScience Journal Increases Access
A new authoritative journal has joined the family of open access titles. Launched in 1884 and 1912, respectively, University of Hamburg’s journal Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut and Entomologische Mitteilungen are now resurrected under the name of Evolutionary Systematics. KnowledgeSpeak brought this news to our attention in their article, “Evolutionary Systematics joins Pensoft’s OA portfolio.” Evolutionary Systematics is…
Read MoreOpen Access to Powerful Tools
Data sets are key for artificial intelligence (AI). This point was driven home at the recent Global AI 2017 award ceremony by Kai-Fu Lee, founder and CEO of venture capital firm Sinovation Ventures. This interesting information came to us from CCTV in their article, “Open access to datasets crucial for nurturing AI talents.” The Global AI…
Read MoreHuman Technology in 2018
Being the first of the year, there are many professionals sharing their views and opinions on what 2018 has in store for the world of technology. This particular one is looking at the relationship between tech and human touch and how it has changed the nature of marketing and what the next steps are likely…
Read MoreDigging Around in the Data of the Past
Data mining is the process of finding anomalies, patterns and correlations within large data sets to predict outcomes. Using a broad range of techniques, this information can be used in a variety of processes. Applying data mining techniques to history often uncovers interesting data and trends in the archives. IT Technology Review brought this very…
Read MoreStandards in Reporting
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a pilot program to determine the government’s potential to untangle the bureaucracy of federal grant reporting. Talk about facing down a mountain. Fed Scoop brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “HHS pilot could change the way government reports on grants spending.” A report was…
Read MoreMachine Learning Used in Drone Functions
Machine learning is being utilized in more and more projects. It is the science of getting computers to act without being explicitly programmed. Over the past decade, machine learning has given us self-driving cars, practical speech recognition, effective web search, and a vastly improved understanding of the human genome. This interesting news came from Commercial UAV News…
Read MoreData Governance Might Be 2018’s Golden Child
2017 brought us new data management technologies, increased focus on artificial intelligence, and many data trends that affected strategic efforts for businesses. What will impact businesses moving into 2018? Tech Republic brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “8 game-changing data trends that will impact businesses in 2018.” Many information management professionals believe an…
Read MoreData Scientists and Business Analysts
Artificial intelligence (AI) and its “cousin” technology, machine learning, find themselves being utilized in a variety of circumstances and organizations. Though they cannot completely replace the human brain, scientists are still working to train them to think and feel like humans in more and more lifelike ways. Machine learning has especially become the “teacher’s pet”…
Read MoreiPaaS Brings it Together
Data management and artificial Intelligence become unwitting partners in a new release of the Integration-Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) from Informatica. eWeek brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Informatica Updates iPaaS With AI Data Management Recommendations.” The cloud data management service is designed to help companies make the transition to cloud platforms or expand their…
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