Posts by Melody Smith
Academia Graded on a Curve
Academia has long been known for cut-throat competition and high stakes maneuvers…well, maybe not. But seriously, how do you know a good researcher from a bad? Are there measures you can reference? This interesting information came from Geek Wire in their article, “Who’s hot in academia? Semantic Scholar dives more deeply into the data.” The classic…
Read MoreNew Partnership Increases Access
A new partnership was recently announced between 1science and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO). Together they will provide academic libraries access to a vast number of openly accessible scholarly articles when performing a search in EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Library Technology Guides brought this interesting information to us in their article, “1science and EBSCO Information Services announce…
Read MoreUtilizing Different Technologies in the Cloud
Most organizations see the cloud and Platform as a Service (PaaS) as obvious ways to standardize infrastructure, ease deployment and operations, and make developers more productive. This interesting information came from Thought Works in their article, “Parsing the PaaS Puzzle.” PaaS provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run and manage applications without the complexity of building…
Read MoreMachine Learning Can Change Population Health
The power of machine learning and the benefits from that technology continue to be discovered. Recently, machine learning’s ability to produce actionable results from unstructured data is literally saving lives. Forbes brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Machine Learning Breaks Bottleneck In Gathering Valuable Information About Cancer.” A study published in the April 2016…
Read MoreNext Generation of AI
When most people hear the words “artificial intelligence,” they think of The Jetsons or Star Wars. As much fun as it is to imagine a future with the conveniences Hollywood dreams up, there are some similarities and stark contrasts to the business world’s use of this technology today. This interesting information came to us from Data…
Read MoreTechnology Saves Lives
Researchers at the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis have found that existing algorithms and open source machine learning tools are as good as, or better than, human reviewers in detecting cancer cases using data from free-text pathology reports. DATAVERSITY brought this news to us in their…
Read MoreSemantic Technology Used to See the Brain in a New Way
Digging into the human brain seems daunting and dangerous, but we know that, for all we already know about the human brain, there is likely even more to learn. For instance, what if a map of the brain could help us decode people’s inner thoughts? This very interesting information came to us from the Berkeley News in…
Read MoreLooking for Alternatives
Dell and EMC are united and will be called EMC Dell. With Dell’s focus on modernizing the data center, it seems appropriate that this new hybrid would focus on cloud storage. Forbes brought us this information in their article, “Dell Technologies Outlines Storage Priorities.” EMC introduced a new member of its all-flash portfolio with the EMC…
Read MoreCopyright Challenges Webinar
The New York Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) is offering an educational opportunity on June 7, 2016 at 12:00 noon EST. The “Copyright Compliance Challenges Webinar” will feature the basics of copyright law; what is and is not copyright protected; when copyright permission is needed; how to obtain copyright permission, and much more. If…
Read MoreFinding the Data
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has acquired GlobalSpec, a leading source of news, data and analytics for the global engineering and technical community, including the widely known brand name Engineering360. PR Newswire brought this news to our attention in their article, “IEEE Acquires GlobalSpec and the Engineering360 Platform from IHS to Create Powerful…
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