Posts by Melody Smith
Taxonomy of Horrors
One of the biggest questions floating around every year in October is this: “What movies will you watch this month?”—or some derivative of that. All the major networks play their own hand-picked list of 25-50 “horror” movies all month long. Farms open their doors to a public that can roam around haunted barns and mazes; even the malls host their very own haunted houses (generally not advised for children). Many of these attractions are partly or fully inspired by horror films that over the generations have become staples every October.
Read MorePLOS Launches Channels
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) supports scientific communities wanting to broadly distribute research in open and accessible ways with their latest innovation, PLOS Channels. STM Publishing News brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “PLOS Channels Provide A Scholarly Home for Research Communities.” Channels are resources for research communities. Each is a single…
Read MoreLearn More About Machine Learning
DATAVERSITY brought this unique learning opportunity to our attention and we wanted to share it with you. Smart Data Webinar: Machine Learning – From Discovery to Understanding will present an overview of machine learning (ML) fundamentals and then show examples and a framework to identify opportunities for ML-enabled understanding. Science and engineering are complementary disciplines, and in…
Read MoreProtecting Data Sources
As data sources continue to grow in number and diversity, there will continue to be challenges in getting the most from data. There will also be significant opportunities for organizations if they master how to acquire it and use it for the best consumption for new business insight. DATAVERSITY brought this information to us in their…
Read MoreA Virus By Another Name
A new year, the holidays are over and by now most resolutions that have been made, have been forgotten. Routines are picked up and you’re getting back into the swing of things. Dreams of spring and warmer weather are in the air, despite what that Groundhog predicted. Also in the air? The flu. Just when…
Read MoreFighting Back against Fake News
After months of people pointing fingers and declaring what is and what isn’t “fake news“, Facebook has a starting place for identifying less-than-accurate news articles shared on the social media site. Fortune magazine brought this news to our attention in their article, “Facebook ‘Disputed News’ Tag Goes Live.” Facebook’s new ‘Disputed’ tag will appear beneath…
Read MoreCapturing Emotions with Technology
Lightspeed has announced a strategic partnership with Affectiva to capture emotional coding within its surveys. Benzinga brought this news to us in their article, “Lightspeed Introduces Emotion Analytics.” Emotion Analytics was initially launched in 2016 to offer researchers the ability to quantify emotion from more than 5.5 million Lightspeed panelists in real time through Affectiva’s emotion…
Read MoreWord Lovers Unite
I like words. I like how they make me feel. I like how they roll off my tongue. Words like filipendulous are phonetically fun to enunciate, as is intractable, which has an empowering definition as well. Then there are words like smellfungus, which make you giggle like a 12-year old boy. This interesting information came from NewsMiner…
Read MoreInformation Industry Giant Dies
Eugene Garfield, founder of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and who launched the field of citation analysis, passed away on February 26, 2017. The Scientist brought us this sobering news in their release, “Scientometrics Pioneer Eugene Garfield Dies.” Garfield made a lasting impact on scientific, medical and scholarly research. In addition to the ISI’s Science…
Read MoreMaintaining Consistency in a World of Change
Standards are key to successful records management programs. The consistency that comes with compliance creates an environment of success. Federal News Radio brought this news to our attention in their article, “Records management should create ‘data environment to facilitate collaboration’.” Data management and records management are almost the same thing. Records are preserved for the usefulness of the data…
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