Posts by Melody Smith
Managing Sustainable Taxonomies
Sustainability or green taxonomies developed by governments, international bodies and non-governmental organizations can help improve the consistency in identifying what, exactly, makes an investment sustainable. This interesting information came to us from Eye on ESG in their article, “Leveraging Taxonomies: How Asset Managers Are Using New Sustainability Classification Systems – Part I.” Investors have increasingly…
Read MoreEmerging Technologies Shows Value in Healthcare
How can emerging technology and disease immunotherapy possibly have anything in common? While both are among the most transformational areas of modern science, 30 years ago, these fields were all but ridiculed by the scientific community. This interesting information came to us from TechCrunch in their article, “The convergence of deep neural networks and immunotherapy.”…
Read MoreDigital Everywhere
Every industry utilizes technology in varying degrees. Even with the digital transformation being realized everywhere, there are still some areas that need to reprioritize their technological approaches. Digital Insurance brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Commercial insurers are shifting their transformational tech priorities.” Due to the pandemic, businesses across industries accelerated…
Read MoreComprehensive Search Needs Solid Foundation
Enterprise search can retrieve data, both structured and unstructured, within a company. It is beneficial because it enables users to easily access organized information. An organization’s data architecture should be able to offer a method to share and reuse existing data. It should also suppress data duplication for efficient data management and high data quality. This…
Read MoreNavigating the Implications of AI
The National Humanities Center is partnering with faculty from 15 colleges and universities to create and implement curricula for developing responsible artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Campus Technology brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Google-Supported Effort to Help Develop Courses in Responsible AI.” Understanding AI is hard because it is not one thing, and the…
Read MoreMachine Learning is Not Just For Hardware
New machine learning architectures continue to attract attention as the race continues to provide the most effective acceleration architectures for the cloud and the edge. The focus isn’t just on hardware, but also the software tools. Semiconductor Engineering brought this topic to us in their article, “ML Focus Shifting Toward Software.” Will software abstraction eventually…
Read MoreVisualizing the Information Practices
Franz Inc. recently released Gruff 8.1, a knowledge graph visualization software tool that can be embedded in any web page or web application. This has loads of potential for users who want to visually build queries and visualize the connections between enterprise data directly. This interesting news came to us from The Gilbane Advisor in…
Read MoreIs Blockchain Maturing?
Early adopters of enterprise blockchain technology have benefited from the efficiencies generated by novel technologies. It sets us on the right course to feel optimistic about the future of the blockchain industry, particularly within the financial services and healthcare markets. This interesting information came to our attention from Ledger Insights in their article, “The evolution of…
Read MoreAI and Search
Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the front lines of so much these days. From helping in the global fight against COVID-19 to improving manufacturing, AI is rapidly changing the world as we know it. This interesting topic came to us from Coda in their article, “From mythology to machine learning, a history of artificial intelligence.” Not everyone…
Read MoreFinding the Story in the Data
A recent study shows that companies offering data and analytics to their customers have a competitive advantage and in turn, reap the benefits of increased revenue and loyalty. This interesting information came to us from AI News in their article, “92% of product decision-makers say data and analytics is critical to success.” This doesn’t really surprise…
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