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Technology and the Pandemic
Since the pandemic arrived on the scene, researchers in the United States have been prioritizing projects to focus on COVID-19. This crisis has highlighted the critical need for machine learning and imaging analysis tools to support big data initiatives. Becker’s Health IT brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Why data storage,…
Read MoreIs Thought Recognition the Next Emerging Technology?
Imagine a technology that can take your imagined speech and translate your brain signals into synthesized speech of that same word or sentence. This is beyond speech recognition, this is more like thought recognition. Is this is the next emerging technology? Digital Trends brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Amazing new…
Read MoreThe Worthiness of Taxonomies
The primary benefit of a taxonomy is providing consistency in terms and categories to enable findability in content. This is true regardless of the business or discipline. This interesting topic came to us from Financial News in their article, “Why the fintech sector needs a common taxonomy.” In the financial world, classification can seem fairly…
Read MoreMagic 8 Ball
Predictive analytics is the use of data, statistical algorithms and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes based on historical data. As you can imagine, predictive analytics is heavily used in elections. AdWeek brought us this interesting and very relative information in their article, “An Election Lesson: How to Eliminate Emotional Factors From…
Read MoreInvesting in Data Science
Data science and the professionals that further that field are getting some love these days. This interesting story came to us from the Sentinel-Record out of Arkansas in their article, “UAMS to aid $20 million statewide effort to build on data science strengths.” The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received $1.9 million from…
Read MoreTechnology in Education
Education is experiencing a lot of changes these days. Doors closing, online learning getting all the attention and resulting in systems and people being overwhelmed. This interesting topic came to our attention from Dice in their article, “How Machine Learning, A.I. Might Change Education.” Maybe this is the right time to make some larger changes? Artificial…
Read MoreUsing Data to Improve Diversity
Diversity has never been more important. Representation in every board, organization, group, leadership, etc., only serves to make the processes and outcomes comprehensively successful for all. This interesting topic came to our attention from Silicon Republic in their article, “Is data analytics the answer to improving diversity at work?“ There are many ways companies are…
Read MoreFighting an Familiar Foe
Malware feels like a flashback from decades ago. Unfortunately, it is still prolific and dangerous. The term “malware” is a contraction of “malicious software.” Put simply, it is any piece of software that was written with the intent of damaging devices, stealing data and generally causing a mess. This topic came to our attention from the…
Read MoreData Quality is Still #1
Artificial intelligence (AI) is key to progress on screening, identifying and researching promising vaccine candidates against COVID-19. The usefulness of AI tools, not surprisingly, hinges on the quality of data. University World News brought this topic to our attention in their article, “AI acceleration of vaccine research hinges on data quality.” Data quality is a…
Read MoreTechnology and Comedy
The general assumption is that technology, even artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies, are boring and dry. So would it surprise you to learn that AI can learn humor? This interesting and funny topic is brought to us by Gizmodo in their article, “Can AI-Generated Text Be Funny?“ The big issue with AI when…
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