Artificial Intelligence Then and Now

Artificial intelligence (AI) always brings to mind science fiction movies and human-like robots. But the AI of today is far from the creations of Hollywood. MediaPost brought this news to our attention in their article, “Can Artificial Intelligence Make The Online Experience More Natural?” Today, AI gives publishers the tools they need to create a more…

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New Partnership Utilizes Semantic Technology for Customer Relationship Management

Atento Digital was recently launched as a global business unit integrating all of the company’s digital assets to generate additional value for clients and drive growth across verticals and geographies. Market Watch brought this news to us in their article, “Atento Launches Digital Business Unit to Drive Customer Experience in the Digital Age.” In their first…

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Taxonomist Position Available

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, digital archiving, etc., we are sharing with our readers any career opportunities that we find. 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…

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Watson Technology in Big Demand

In February of this year, IBM announced it would take core Watson machine learning technology to mainframe clients. Now, they are going all-in by opening another machine learning hub in Böblingen, Germany. Silicon Angle brought this information to our attention in their article, “IBM claims high demand for machine learning hubs.” IBM’s Watson was a good example…

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Taxonomies Assisting in Crime Solving

Researchers have created a taxonomy to assist forensic research on data stored in cloud apps on Android-based mobile devices. This interesting information came to us from The Stack in their article, “Data forensics for cloud storage applications.” The importance of data retrieval from phones and tablets is become increasing relevant to law enforcement officials, who must follow…

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Collaboration Among Analytics and Big Data

Project Spark was launched by TransUnion Chief Information and Technology Officer Mohit Kapoor. It is an IT program designed to revolutionize the way the global risk and information solutions provider used big data. The Enterprisers Project brought this subject to us in their article, “TransUnion CIO: Rethinking the business around analytics.” Speaking about TransUnion’s transformation into a…

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Natural Language Processing Learning Opportunity

Natural language processing (NLP) is rapidly becoming a requirement for mainstream consumer, enterprise, and public sector applications. A system can be built that allows natural language text or speech input without knowing much more than a few API specs. Smart Data is offering a free webinar titled, “Advances in Natural Language Processing I – Understanding”…

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What Do You Think About Taxonomies?

At the recent 2017 Information Architecture Summit in Chicago, Illinois, our own Bob Kasenchak shared his presentation titled Taxonomic Irony Or: What I Think About When I Think About Taxonomies (Including A Meta-Taxonomy).” Bob discussed different types of taxonomies and how information professionals go about tackling organizing data. It turns out that organizing pages on a website for…

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