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Machine Learning Used in the Negotiation Process
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being utilized for strategic sourcing and procurement. LevaData has announced the debut of Leva, which uniquely combines multiple AI technologies with intelligent assistance to drive savings throughout the supply chain. Business Wire brought this information to us from their release, “LevaData Launches Leva, the World’s First AI Advisor for Strategic Sourcing…
Read MoreMetadata Management Growth
The enterprise metadata management market is undergoing a significant growth spurt and according to a recent report, that will like continue. Information Age brought this news to us in their article, “The growing enterprise metadata management market.” Some key factors in driving this enterprise management growth are identified as centralized management, increasing business data volume, operational…
Read MoreTechnology and Health
A new web-based, searchable directory of health applications is being released to the 800+ general practitioners in Tasmania that will allow them to prescribe digital health solutions for patients electronically. This interesting information came to us from Pulse +IT in their article, “Prescription for digital health: guide to health apps for general practices.” Digital health solutions…
Read MoreCollaboration Seeks to Improve Research
A group of not-for-profit scientific membership societies have announced the launch of the Scientific Society Publisher Alliance (SSPA). This is an initiative focused on building awareness of and support for publication of scientific research by scientist-run scientific societies. The American Society for Microbiology brought this exciting news to our attention in their article, “Scholarly Publishers Join…
Read MoreLast Day to Register Online
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering a unique learning opportunity on November 15th at the U.S. National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Managing Digital Research Objects in an Expanding Science Ecosystem will share information about digital research objects (DROs) – digital representations of data, publications, software, authors, etc. These include semantic approaches to assign and map…
Read MoreWebinar Addresses the Current Media Landscape
It is back to school season and that applies to professionals as well. The Society for Scholarly Publishing is offering a webinar on November 14, 2017 titled, The Future of Quality, Accuracy and Science Communication. The webinar will address how scholars and the general public navigate the current media landscape to validate what they think…
Read MoreCollaborating on AI
A new collaboration between Microsoft and Amazon Web Service (AWS) is looking at deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI). Gluon is the result of the joint effort and it is intended to make developing solutions using machine learning more efficient. InfoQ brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Microsoft and AWS Collaborate on Machine Learning.” The…
Read MoreMoving Forward with Data
Business intelligence in the digital culture takes some interesting turns to achieve success. It is even more peculiar for a foodie-based website. This interesting information came to us from Diginomica in their article, “How Allrecipes is building a data-driven culture, one dashboard at a time.” Allrecipes’ has long been one of this foodies’ preferred online…
Read MoreDigital Culture and Community
A new Executive Director for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has been announced. John S. Bracken will begin on December 4, 2017. Bracken is a demonstrated leader in the field of digital innovation with nearly two decades of experience at philanthropic foundations. Most recently, Bracken comes from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation,…
Read MoreLearning More About Data Governance
The Enterprise Data Governance Online (EDGO) conference is scheduled for January 24, 2018 beginning at 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (PST). This free online event will feature a full day of live sessions presented by industry experts brought to you wherever you are. This educational program is designed to teach anyone working with data to execute…
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