Taxonomy in Human Traits
When you think of facial hair you don’t automatically think of a taxonomy, or at least I don’t. This interesting and slightly humorous topic came to us from Wired in their article, “Facial Hair Is Biologically Useless. So Why Do Humans Have It?“ Human traits can be categorized and classified just like any other topic.…
Read MoreLooking to the Future with Predictive Analytics
Using business analytics to identify trends and predict business outcomes is not new, but it is getting some new attention. This interesting topic came to us from Reseller News in their article, “The art of using data to predict business outcomes.” Business analytics are solutions used to build analysis models and simulations to create scenarios,…
Read MoreDigital in 2021
Many are pondering and studying how COVID-19 and the various shelter-in-place orders have impacted the United States economy as a whole, as well as certain parts of the economy, including the insurance industry. This interesting topic came to us from Digital Insurance in their article, “Optimism or pessimism for insurance tech post-COVID-19?“ The insurance industry as…
Read MoreImproving Machine Learning
Researchers have developed an optical convolutional neural network accelerator capable of processing large amounts of information. This interesting news came to us from EurekAlert! in their article, “Developing smarter, faster machine intelligence with light.” This is important news because when they say large, it is in the area of petabytes, per second. This innovation harnesses…
Read MoreLibraries and COVID-19
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has not left any industry unscathed. Some more than others, are struggling or flat out failing financially. As far as libraries, the impact on face-to-face instruction and academics in general have resulted in substantial challenges to the student experience. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting information to our attention in…
Read MoreEmerging Technologies: Good and Bad
Emerging technologies is all the talk these days. Though the term appears to be self-explanatory, there are many lists being created and shared that are selecting the technologies that should be getting attention by businesses. To keep up with the rapid innovation and disruption happening across all industries and stay ahead of their competition, CIOs…
Read MoreDHUG 2021 Registration is Still Open
The next Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) hosted by Access Innovations, Inc., provider of Data Harmony software solutions, will be held online using the Remo conference platform. Registration is open now for the event that will take place February 9 and 10, 2021 and the agenda is posted on the company’s website. DHUG Meetings are composed of a Features Update…
Read MoreBusiness Analyst Career Opportunity
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, semantic technology, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving…
Read MoreAccessing and Using Data
A data dashboard is an information management tool that visually tracks, analyzes, and displays performance metrics and data points to monitor the health of a business. Data dashboards are popular. People want a quick snapshot of everything driving their business. Will this trend continue? Silicon UK brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Visualizing Data: How…
Read MoreEmerging Technologies in the Fight Against COVID-19
These days it is all about COVID-19: diagnosing, finding vaccines, understanding transmission and necessary precautions. Technology is involved every step of the way. This interesting information was brought to us from The Star of Mysore in their article, “Machine Learning Approach To Detect COVID-19.” One physician and professor at the Science and Technology University in…
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