Taxonomy Specialist Job 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 MoreCloud Startups Grow in Pandemic
2020 paved the way for some unsuspecting stars of technology. In healthcare, telemedicine is the reigning underdog taking the crown. In business, the cloud has become the enterprise technology hero of 2020. Analytics Insight brought this to our attention in their article, “What is ‘DX on Steroids’ in Cloud Computing?“ Businesses were ready to adapt to…
Read MoreThe Value of Taxonomies
What is the true value of a custom taxonomy? Findability, consistency, discoverability, standardization? All of the above? The most common use case for a taxonomy is findability. In short, making it fast, simple, and intuitive for an end user to find what they’re looking for–either through search, browse or any combination thereof. Taxonomy plays a…
Read MoreListening on Facebook
Facebook has launched a new research dataset and open source module that enable the creation of embodied artificial intelligence (AI) models. Tech Gig brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Facebook launches new open-source tools for Embodied AI.” Embodied AI is a term that refers to machine learning models installed on robots. These neural…
Read MoreKeeping Your Data Fresh
Data privacy and integrity have become two important topics for marketers who are seeking brand safety. It is important to understand how toxic data can harm a brand. The Drum brought this interesting information to us in their article, “What is toxic data and why should marketers care?“ With many brands investing time and money…
Read MoreOntologies Powering New AI Application
Smartglasses are back and with more benefits than ever. This interesting information came to us from Open Access Government in their article, “AI smart glasses: Aiding maintenance work of highway equipment.” One Dutch startup has teamed up with Google Glass to create a set of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered spectacles that help blind and visually-impaired people…
Read MoreTaxonomy of Games
Taxonomies, categories, classifications – whatever you call them, they provide order and hierarchy. This interesting information came to us from Venture Beat in their article, “App Annie: Game IQ is a taxonomy to help publishers understand mobile game categories.” Biologists have created and continue to perfect a taxonomy of animals to help us understand the natural world…
Read MoreComputers vs. Humans in Reasoning
Humans throughout history have been the entity that had the ability to reason abstractly about events as they unfold. No matter how instinctive animals can be, human intelligence has always had the super powers of reasoning. This interesting information came to us from MIT News in their article, “Toward a machine learning model that can…
Read MoreThe Dark Side of Data
Dark data is defined as unquantified and untapped data, and up to two-thirds of IT and business managers say half their data is dark. CIO Dive brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Dark data threatens to drown companies as emerging tech adoption increases.” As the general volume of data increases, respondents…
Read MoreNLP and Structured Data
Natural language processing (NLP) is the technology used to allow computers to understand humans’ natural language. It’s not an easy task teaching machines to understand how we communicate, but the market seems to be embracing it. This interesting news came to us from The Scarlet in their article, “Natural Language Generation Market progressive growth during…
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