semantic

Image morphing is a special effect where one image is gradually changed into a second image. You have seen it on graduation or retirement presentations, in a simple form. Maybe a more advanced version on missing children programs where they attempt to demonstrate what the child may look like a later time. It has been around since the 1980’s and continues to grow in popularity.

It was reported recently that Google has received a patent for a technology that essentially can identity objects – any objects – by scanning and searching all tagged and untagged data.

Teradata has announced that Analytic Architecture Services has been added to accelerate deployment of the Teradata Unified Data Architecture. This will enhance the capturing and analyzing of both structured and multi-structured data.

The Fourth Canadian Semantic Web Symposium 2013 is scheduled for July 10, 2013. The deadline for papers in all topics related to semantic web technologies and their applications is March 1, 2013. The topics cover a variety of areas, such as foundations and technology; semantic software engineering; linked data, data analytics, and big data on the semantic web; applications to science, engineering, and health; and applications to education, government, business, and society.

TEMIS recently announced that Luxid Content Enrichment Platform was named a winner for the 2013 SIIA CODiE Awards for “Best Semantic Technology Solution”. Included in the winners are the information industry’s best products, technologies, and services.

While Watson, IBM’s semantic wonder, impressed us all last year, computers are still a long way from being the robotic brains that Hollywood likes to present. Computers can do almost anything, but they still just do what they are told. However, the Semantic Pointer Architecture Unified Network, or Spaun, is quickly moving into the next category of thinking for itself.