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Personal Data Under Attack
There is much discussion in the news about the safety of your personal data. Do you know how safe your data might be? Do you know all the locations that hold your data? Don’t worry, few people do. Protecting your personal data has never been more important. In a post-Cambridge Analytica world, the followup question is whether…
Read MoreMachine Learning Careers
We talk a lot about machine learning and share career opportunities when we come across them, but what does a career in machine learning look like? This interesting information came to us from CMS Wire in their article, “What Do Machine Learning Engineers Do Anyway?” Data professionals produce insights, usually in the form of charts…
Read MoreData Governance in the Pandemic
Data governance is important to any data management strategy. All organizations need to plan how they use data so that it’s handled consistently, to support business outcomes. This topic came to us from datanami in their article, “COVID-19 Has a Data Governance Problem.” It’s all about how you handle the data collected. Scientists and government officials…
Read MoreIoT and Emerging Tech
The emerging technologies continue to look attractive to current and next generations of techies. Among those is the Internet of Things (IoT), which has likely been embraced by as many people in their personal lives as in corporations. But at what risk? Smart Brief brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “IoT Security…
Read MoreFood Delivery Looks to Technology
Artificial intelligence (AI) is used in many industries, but when it comes to process development, it is hard to beat AI. Business Wire brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “What Makes Food Delivery Companies Bet Big on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | Learn More in Quantzig’s Recent Article.” AI and…
Read MoreClassifying Data
Developing a classification system organized into conceptually similar categories can help users gain a better understanding of any taxonomy subject area. How the content is classified impacts the findability of your data. Automated Buildings brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Establishing a Smart Building Industry Standard.” Today’s construction industry is colliding with the…
Read MoreSSP Webinar Addresses Diversity
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is offering a webinar titled, “The Workplace Needs Work.” A perfectly timed opportunity for education as more and more upsetting instances of scandalous or simply uncivil behavior take place in our workplaces. With each conversation with a struggling student or colleague, and every external review that finds there isn’t enough…
Read MoreDeeper Learning
Deep learning is one of the more recent emerging technologies making an impact on every imaginable industry. WhaTech brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Deep Learning Market is expected to hold a significant share by 2025.” Deep learning is an artificial intelligence (AI) function that imitates the workings of the human brain in processing data and…
Read MoreScientific Bias
Classifications have been around forever. In science, in information management, in the grocery store aisles and in society. This interesting topic came to us from The Guardian in their article, “How to fight racism using science.” Racism is a prejudice that has a longstanding relationship with science. Looking back, the invention of race occurred when men…
Read MoreBeyond Search
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…
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