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Open Access Journal Publishers Under Scrutiny
In the last five years, open-access journals have appeared all over the Internet with websites that look familiar and trustworthy. Unfortunately sometimes looks can be deceiving. Wired brought this news to us in their article, “The FTC Is Cracking Down on Predatory Science Journals.” The looks of these publishers’ sites have deceived thousands of young and…
Read MoreUsing Cognitive Computing in Healthcare
A new population health management tool has been released by ODH and IBM Watson Health to help managed care groups. Healthcare DIVE brought this information to us in their article, “ODH, Watson Health add tool to growing digital behavioral health landscape.” The platform is called Mentrics and it targets three areas — behavioral health population management, provider…
Read MoreAn Offer Ye Can’t Refuse
Ahoy mateys! Monday September 19, 2016 is international Talk Like a Pirate Day! Pirates have fascinated people for centuries. They are notorious bad boys who don’t follow the laws of anyone. They are sensationalized in books and on film however, real life pirates are not to be idolized or messed with. While pirates are classically…
Read MoreFirst Gathering of the Data Harmony Users Group EAST
It’s Not Too Late! There is still time to register for the first Data Harmony Users Group meeting on the east coast. #DHUGEast Register today and plan to attend on Monday, September 26, 2016. DHUGEast will feature case studies from current clients who use Data Harmony software. Learn from their experiences and gain new insights into…
Read MoreNew Partnership Embraces Semantic Technology
EPAM Systems, Inc. and Sinequa have announced a new partnership to deliver search and analytics solutions for data-driven Global 2000 companies in the pharmaceutical industry. DATAVERSITY brought this news to us in their article, “EPAM and Sinequa Partner to Solve Cognitive Search Challenges in Pharma.” Combining EPAM’s big data solutions practice and Sinequa’s cognitive search and analytics platform…
Read MoreNew Librarian of Congress is First in Many Ways
The 14th Librarian of Congress was sworn in this week. As the first woman and first African-American to hold the post, Carla Hayden will lead the national library. This exciting information came from ABC News in their article, “Carla Hayden Breaks New Ground as 14th Librarian of Congress.” Hayden grew up in Chicago and has been the…
Read MoreWebinar on Predatory Open Access
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is once again offering educational opportunities through their “Lunch and Learn” webinar series. The next one is scheduled for September 27, 2016 and the topic will be: Beware! The Story of Predatory Open Access. Predatory open access publishers are those which exploit the author-pays model for their own profit. Typically,…
Read MorePartnership for the Better
The American Heart Association (AHA) is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in an effort to further cardiovascular medicine with AWS cloud technology. Healthcare IT News brought this information to us in their article, “American Heart Association collaborates with Amazon Web Services for precision medicine.” It’s a part of the AHA Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine’s…
Read MoreAlways Room for a Taxonomy
I have a confession of sorts to make. I do not care for car racing. I know you are wondering why that would matter, but you see, I live in the midwest, was raised just miles from the home of the Indianapolis 500, and am probably the only member of my family who doesn’t love…
Read MoreMachine Learning is Coming to the Party
Machine learning is embraced by the creators of PoolParty Semantic Suite. They are integrating improved machine learning capabilities to support the most critical knowledge engineering tasks. This interesting information came to us from KM World in their article, “PoolParty Introduces Machine Learning Capabilities to its Platform.” PoolParty is a semantic technology platform developed, owned and licensed by…
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