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The Future of Cognitive Computing
Cognitive computing has been the focus for the past few years and the entire data industry is focused on what the future holds for this technology. DATAVERSITY brought this news to us in their article, “How We Will Harvest Cognition in 2017.” Cognitive computing’s impact in and on our lives will continue over the coming years,…
Read MoreCopyright Process Review
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) voiced their approval of the House Judiciary Committee’s first policy proposal regarding the review of the Copyright Act. The Association of American Publishers (AAP) brought this news to our attention in their article, “AAP Welcomes House Judiciary Committee’s First Policy Proposal on Copyright Review.” AAP and its members believe that modernizing…
Read MoreNew Science Journal Focuses on Robotics
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently debuted a new journal. Science Robotics has been launched to cover the most important advances in robots and their applications. As the newest journal to join the Science family of journals and it is now open to accept submissions. The journal’s goals have been identified as to select the most groundbreaking…
Read MoreSemantic Intelligence
We talk a lot of about semantic technology and machine learning here. But what do they mean exactly? In linguistics, meaning has two distinct branches or categories: semantic meaning and pragmatic meaning. Semantics belongs to the first category and helps us understand the meaning of words by their relationship to other words. Quora brought this interesting information to our…
Read MoreManaging the Metadata
New open metadata management capabilities are being added to the DMX-h data integration software from Synscort. This information came to us from Database Trends and Applications in their article, “Syncsort Adds Metadata Management Capabilities to its Platform.” This new feature along with its seamless integration with Cloudera Navigator will make big data governance easier. “We want to…
Read MoreBig Data Challenges
Big data and analytics are being used to find patterns and trends, and to predict the results of certain activities. This interesting information came to us from DATAVERSITY in their article, “The Future of Big Data: Smart Data Innovations and Challenges.” Data analytics and data science techniques are becoming a common approach to processing big data.…
Read MoreNew Webinar Series Address Analytics
DATAVERSITY will be hosting a monthly webinar series in 2017 called Data Insights & Analytics. The free webinars will be facilitated by Kelle O’Neal and John Ladley and held on the first Thursday of every month at 2:00 p.m. (EST) beginning January 5, 2017. Each of the webinars will provide educational resources and insights into the strategy,…
Read MorePortable Peer Review
The process of peer review is a cornerstone of scientific integrity. It guarantees the quality in a scientific research paper. When a researcher accomplishes something, the concluding step is to publish the results in the scientific literature. To get there, the paper must undergo peer review. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this information to us in their…
Read MoreDigital Data Changes Things
As more and more organizations are shifting to digital publications, Yahoo recently announced they will close four of their digital magazines. Information Today brought this information to our attention in their article, “Yahoo to close digital magazines.” The decision to close publications including Yahoo Food, Health, Autos and Parenting came just after the news content…
Read MoreSemantics in the Canine World
Semantic technology is “meaning centered.” Semantic memory refers to a portion of long-term memory that processes ideas and concepts that are not drawn from personal experience. Semantic memory includes things that are common knowledge, such as the names of colors, the sounds of letters, the capitals of countries and other basic facts acquired over a lifetime.…
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