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The Semantic Family
Artificial intelligence gets a lot of press these days. However, it is easy to overlook a key component to it and other applications. Semantic technology helps users understand text, speech and relationships between data elements. Without it, other big data applications cannot be the success they seek. Tech Target brought this interesting topic to our attention in…
Read MoreNavigating the Knowledge Management Process
Knowledge management is not new. It has been around since the early 1990s. The definition of knowledge management may feel a little ambiguous, but simply put, it is the process of capturing, distributing, and effectively using knowledge. The ability to manage knowledge is crucial in today’s economy. The creation and diffusion of knowledge have become…
Read MoreSearch and Find
Search has many parts, pieces and players in both the software and the technology. A search engine is different from search software. The terms are used interchangeably by people, but they are not the same. Search software is an application and a search engine is a collection of servers with large amounts of data on it…
Read MoreData Scientists and Business Analysts
Artificial intelligence (AI) and its “cousin” technology, machine learning, find themselves being utilized in a variety of circumstances and organizations. Though they cannot completely replace the human brain, scientists are still working to train them to think and feel like humans in more and more lifelike ways. Machine learning has especially become the “teacher’s pet”…
Read MoreGhost of Taxonomies Present
Much they saw, and far they went, and many homes they visited, but always with a happy end. The Spirit stood beside sick beds, and they were cheerful; on foreign lands, and they were close at home; by struggling men, and they were patient in their greater hope; by poverty, and it was rich. (From…
Read MoreAnalyzing Relationships
Latent semantic indexing (LSI) is a natural language processing technique that analyzes relationships between a set of documents and the terms they contain. The result? Search engines can identify related terms for keywords by researching through billions of pages and use these findings to evaluate whether a web page offers truly comprehensive content related to a…
Read MoreClassifications of Those Rejected
You already know my fascination with odd taxonomies and classifications. Remember the deeper dive into Tom Cruise movies? Or how about the post identifying traits of hipsters? And let’s not forget the one on coffee… mmm coffee. So when I see an article titled, “A taxonomy of the jilted“, you know I can’t just scroll…
Read MoreDonner, Blitzen and Who?
The festive legend says that Santa Claus’s reindeer pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children on Christmas Eve. The names of the eight reindeer are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen. The enduring popularity of the Christmas song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” has led to Rudolph joining the list, bringing the number of Santa Claus’s reindeer up to nine. But…
Read MoreBudget in 2017 for the 2018 DHUG
Are you nearing the end of the year and have money left in the budget for training, travel, etc.? Let those funds work for you and register today for the 2018 Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting on February 6-7, 2018 in Albuquerque. The agenda for the 13th annual Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting is posted and…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Earns Recognition as New Mexico Family-Friendly Workplace
Status will give Access Innovations an edge in competition to attract highest-quality applicants Access Innovations this week earned distinction for its workplace policies by Family Friendly New Mexico, a statewide project developed to recognize companies that have adopted policies that give New Mexico businesses an edge in recruiting and retaining the best employees. The Family…
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