Data and Pandemics

In less than a year, the coronavirus has managed to take the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and create a level of anxiety that matched the post 9/11 days. With the population focused on the virus, cyber criminals are taking advantage of your distraction. Smart Brief brought this concern to our attention in their…

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The Power of Data Governance

Done correctly, data governance can transform the way an organization manages and capitalizes on its data. However, because it spans a variety of people, processes, policies, and technologies data governance can be a daunting effort. The term data governance can have a variety of definitions. But once you start exploring, every explanation of the term…

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AI in War

This may very well resurrect every science fiction film and fear people have experienced. Axios brought this news to our attention in their article, “The military is calling in AI for support.” When people think of artificial intelligence (AI) they think robots and with little effort they also think of robots taking control. This is…

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Technology and the Pandemic

Since the pandemic arrived on the scene, researchers in the United States have been prioritizing projects to focus on COVID-19. This crisis has highlighted the critical need for machine learning and imaging analysis tools to support big data initiatives. Becker’s Health IT brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Why data storage,…

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Is Thought Recognition the Next Emerging Technology?

Imagine a technology that can take your imagined speech and translate your brain signals into synthesized speech of that same word or sentence. This is beyond speech recognition, this is more like thought recognition. Is this is the next emerging technology? Digital Trends brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Amazing new…

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The Worthiness of Taxonomies

The primary benefit of a taxonomy is providing consistency in terms and categories to enable findability in content. This is true regardless of the business or discipline. This interesting topic came to us from Financial News in their article, “Why the fintech sector needs a common taxonomy.” In the financial world, classification can seem fairly…

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Magic 8 Ball

Predictive analytics is the use of data, statistical algorithms and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes based on historical data. As you can imagine, predictive analytics is heavily used in elections. AdWeek brought us this interesting and very relative information in their article, “An Election Lesson: How to Eliminate Emotional Factors From…

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Investing in Data Science

Data science and the professionals that further that field are getting some love these days. This interesting story came to us from the Sentinel-Record out of Arkansas in their article, “UAMS to aid $20 million statewide effort to build on data science strengths.” The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received $1.9 million from…

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Technology in Education

Education is experiencing a lot of changes these days. Doors closing, online learning getting all the attention and resulting in systems and people being overwhelmed. This interesting topic came to our attention from Dice in their article, “How Machine Learning, A.I. Might Change Education.” Maybe this is the right time to make some larger changes? Artificial…

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Using Data to Improve Diversity

Diversity has never been more important. Representation in every board, organization, group, leadership, etc., only serves to make the processes and outcomes comprehensively successful for all. This interesting topic came to our attention from Silicon Republic in their article, “Is data analytics the answer to improving diversity at work?“ There are many ways companies are…

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