Posts by Melody Smith
Discovery for Data Junkies
Users are excited that the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset is now available via EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). EBSCO Discovery Service users are now able to search millions of Harvard Library catalog records in the Base Index of EBSCO Discovery Service. These additional resources from Harvard Library adds to the rapidly growing content available to EDS users.
Read MoreWorkshop on Cloud Computing
The Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop V will be hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on June 5-7, 2012 in Washington, DC. This news was shared by Cloud Times in their article, “NIST Hosts Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop V.” The National Institute of Standards and Technology aids in accelerating the effective…
Read MoreContribution Recognition and Authorship
Our world is information changing. Big data needs big teams to create and then communicate the results. In the olden days someone would do an experiment, find some interesting results to share, write it up, send to a journal and two years later after peer review copy editing, typesetting (later photo composition), printing, binding, and mailing it would arrive at their colleagues desk. But today the team writes up a big proposal get funding, finds 3000 staff members to work on the experiments, gather the data and publish or otherwise communicate the results. In the first example it was easy to say who the author was, they may have acknowledged others and thanked them for their support. Now there are many roles in research and attribution is complex. I am sure you have noticed how long the credits in the movie theater are now. Will we be moving to a similar model?
Read MoreYour New Best Friend
Since Siri has fast become a household word in the four months “she” has been around, this personal assistant is permeating sitcoms, stand-up routines and commercials. Apple’s speech-recognition is the kind of technology that both excites and incites fans and foes.
Read MoreSemantic Web Creator Honored
Two members of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute science faculty have been selected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Read MoreNew Kid on the Block
There are many competitors in the world of enterprise search. Add one more. Q-Sensei has an upgraded search platform tailored to cash in on big data and a new office in New York.
Read MoreReplacing Data Warehouses
Pneuron Corporation has released the Pneuron Platform. This new software suite distributes key applications, analysis, models, rules or functions directly to source systems where data resides.
Read MoreOptimizing Semantic Search
If you haven’t applied for a job in the past few years, things have changed – significantly. Almost everyone requires that you apply online, which is fine by me. I am all about online. However, I recently learned that this reliance on computers extends to scan resumes for key words using “proprietary algorithms”, “advanced semantic search”, “computational linguistics”, and “statistical inference.”
Read MoreNew Proposed Deadline for ICD-10 Transition
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finally announced a proposed rule to postpone the compliance date for ICD-10 by one year to Oct. 1, 2014.
Read MoreDoes Email Have an Expiration Date?
As technology advances and social media becomes even more prevalent in our day-to-day lives, where does that leave email? There are many people I know who say they don’t use stand alone email for anything. They rely completely on Facebook to communicate with friends, family and business associates. Personally, I do find myself having more conversations on the social media guru’s site than using my personal email account. The relationships are different and therefore the communication is different. So in the battle of social vs. email, who will win? And what will be the results of that win?
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