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The Danger of Ordinary Taxonomies
Many standards and non-customized taxonomies are the result of one vendor becoming dominant in a market or sector. Diginomica brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Standardizing taxonomies can grease the wheels of the future’s Everything-as-a-Service.“ A standards-based custom taxonomy can help you provide clear order to your data, which enables comprehensive…
Read MoreIntegrated Data
Although nearly two-thirds of organizations agree that real-time data is needed for decision-making in business, companies often use data from different channels that don’t integrate with one another. This makes it incredibly difficult to translate information into action. This interesting information came to us from Entrepreneur in their article, “How to Use Real-Time Data to…
Read MoreDigital Technologies
Emerging technologies have proven that they have the potential to change the face of public opinion and marketing research. There are always new technologies coming into the marketing research arena and all too often we bore of them before they see their full potential. This interesting topic came to us from Tech Dot Minnesota in…
Read MoreSemantic Search Technology
Semantic technology is a frequent topic of conversation in the information science world. Machine learning or semantic technology is the basis for most commercial artificial intelligence (AI) systems. But where does semantic search fit in? Semantic search seeks to improve search accuracy by understanding searcher intent and the contextual meaning of terms as they appear…
Read MoreAccess to Academic Publication
Every role I have ever played in communications, whether it be in healthcare, human resources, information technology, faith-based reporting or even fiction – the challenge is to simplify the language so that it is accessible to all readers, regardless of their background or academic make-up. This interesting subject came to us from The Scholarly Kitchen…
Read MoreVisualizing the Search
Data visualization is the graphical representation of information and data. By using visual elements like charts, graphs and maps, data visualization tools can provide an accessible way to see and understand trends, outliers and patterns in data – whatever subject the data covers. This interesting information came to us from Daily Nous in their article, “New…
Read MorePay For Peer Review
Peer review has been a formal part of scientific communication since the first scientific journals appeared more than 300 years ago. The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society is thought to be the first journal to formalize the peer review process. However, many academic journals are finding it harder and harder to find willing reviewers,…
Read MoreBias in Algorithms
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems can unfairly penalize certain segments of the population—especially women and minorities. Researchers and tech companies are figuring out how to address this issue. This interesting topic came to us from Law.com in their article, “Implementing Artificial Intelligence Requires Diverse Sets of Data to Avoid Biases.” This bias has materialized as AI…
Read MoreThe Difference in Learnings
Deep learning isn’t new but there continues to be confusion around the difference between it and machine learning. We have discussed their similarities and individualities several times in the past, but let’s look at it again. This topic came to us from Analytics Insight in their article, “Understanding Deep Learning Vs. Machine Learning.” There are…
Read MoreNew Data, Same Challenge
Data and the need for storage is not a new challenge. Indexing it in a way findability is expedient is important and again, not new. This interesting topic came to us from ARS Technica in their article, “A DNA-based storage system with files and metadata.” One of the problems created by humanity’s ever-growing capacity to…
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