Open Source Expects Growth

Open source is a term used to describe computer programs with their source code available for everyone to study. The open source software development model allows others to not only study the code but also improve it by testing, bug reporting and submitting patches. This interesting topic came to us from EIN News in their…

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2021 and AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning were hot topics in 2020 as emerging technologies increasingly found their way into every part of our lives at home and at work. CRN brought this news to our attention in their article, “Five emerging AI and machine learning trends to watch in 2021.” Revenue generated by AI hardware,…

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Speech Technology Evolves

Speech technology has continued to develop and progress over the years. Its value and application has been highlighted during the pandemic in many applications. KM World brought this news to our attention in their article, “Using speech technology to make real-time decisions at KMWorld Connect 2020.” Jans Aasman CEO, Franz Inc., discussed some of the…

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Controlled Vocabularies and Taxonomies

When we talk, we speak in natural language. This language is raw, rich, sometimes messy, but real. When we organize our information and label it however, there is so much richness, variance, and confusion in terminology that we often need to impose some order to facilitate agreement between the concepts within the site and the…

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Data Science Career Pipeline

Data science continues to evolve as one of the most promising and in-demand career paths for skilled professionals. Machine Learning Times brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “How Can We Fix the Data Science Talent Shortage?.” Data science enables better decision making. It allows users to define goals and identify opportunities…

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Taxonomies in a DAM System

A solid digital asset management (DAM) system is designed to make finding your digital files easily. This happens with a taxonomy, built to organize and index content. This interesting topic came to us from MarTech in their article, “Getting off on the right foot with DAM.“ Taxonomy is the data structure on which a DAM…

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Debris or Not Debris

The keynote speaker for the final day of the Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) 2021 annual gathering was Dr. Moriba Jah, Astrodynamicist, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin and holder of the Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering. This is Dr. Jah’s second time speaking to…

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Learning More About Machine Learning

Machine learning is part of most everyone’s daily lives. At work or at home, which can be the same these days, there is a possibility that you are using it and you don’t even know about it. This interesting information came to us from CMS Wire in their article, “Using Machine Learning To Gain a Marketing…

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Cloud Computing in 2021

Cloud computing strategies for 2021 are already showing trends. This interesting topic came to our attention from CIO in their article, “7 enterprise cloud strategy trends for 2021.” 2020 and the pandemic changed many things in the world. Few things were left untouched, but healthcare, education and technology certainly got hit the hardest. Organizations began…

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Networking, Collaborating and Learning

The first day of the Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) ended with several case studies providing insight and inspiration for the variety of uses of a custom taxonomy developed by Access Innovations. One of those was Kristen Monahan from the Public Library of Science (PLOS) who shared how they use their taxonomy to drill down into…

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