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AI Traffic Control
We have all been there. Driving down a main road and hitting every single red light. How frustrating! Poorly timed traffic lights don’t just waste precious time, they also impact the environment and public health. This interesting news came to us from Engadget in their article, “Google turns its AI on traffic lights to reduce…
Read MoreUnderstanding Intent
In natural language processing (NLP), human language is separated into fragments so that the grammatical structure of sentences and the meaning of words can be analyzed and understood in context. This helps computers read and understand spoken or written text in the same way as humans. Natural language understanding (NLU) is the part of cognitive science interested…
Read MoreClassifying and Indexing
A team of scientists in Austria has created a new artificial intelligence (AI) program to speed up their research. It automatizes the analysis of huge numbers of plant images. JStor Daily brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Botanists Use Machine Learning to Accelerate Research.” The study of plants involves identifying both…
Read MoreWorking with Semantics Webinar
Mark your calendars for an upcoming webinar — Working with Semantics: Technology and Tools (FREE for NISO members) – on November 10, 11:00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. (ET). Today’s sophisticated information resources are engineered in ways that emphasize relationships between related but disparate data elements. This webinar will focus on the emerging techniques and technologies that support…
Read MoreJoin Us For a Free Webinar
You are invited to a Zoom webinar on Nov. 3, 2021 11:00 a.m. (MDT). The topic will be Standardizing How We Talk About Standards: Developing SSOS, the Standards-Specific Ontology Standard. Register in advance for this webinar at https://us06web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_2xyL2PoiQ-eDXuZD9pSlbw. What it’s really about is breaking down a Tower of Babel and enabling discoverability and interoperability. You…
Read MoreTechnology Besties
Information architecture (IA) is a science of organizing and structuring information or content, including text, photos and videos within a digital product. IA and artificial intelligence (AI) work hand in hand. The challenge is getting both people and data together on the same path. ZDNet brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Artificial…
Read MoreMaking the Most Out of Machine Learning
Arthur Samuel coined the term machine learning in 1959 and defined it as a “Field of study that gives computers the capability to learn without being explicitly programmed”. That was the beginning of Machine Learning. Today, it is still that and so much more. The Machine Learning Times brought this topic to us in their article, “The First…
Read MoreFacial Recognition Challenges in the Pandemic
We all have joked about having pandemic haircuts and social distancing beards due remote working, closed businesses, etc. However, law enforcement and private businesses have used facial recognition – the software that maps, analyzes and then confirms the identity of a face in a photograph or video – for years for security purposes. Between the…
Read MoreCloud and Security
Cloud computing is a rapidly growing solution for issues related to data storage and collaboration. The cloud itself is simply a virtualization of resources — like data storage, applications, servers and networks all working in unison to allow access to information on-demand. IT Wire brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Confluence in the…
Read MoreReducing Staff Burnout with AI
Employee burnout is not limited to the healthcare field. After almost two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, workers are feeling the stress and anxiety of working and learning remotely, being separated from their families and taking safety measures to protect them and their loved ones from a global public health crisis. This interesting topic came…
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