Let’s Talk Semantics
In software, semantic technology encodes meanings separately from data and content files, and separately from application code. This enables machines as well as people to understand, share and reason with them at execution time. When it comes to humans, semantic memory is one of the two types of declarative or explicit memory. Semantic memory refers to general world knowledge that we have accumulated…
Read MoreTaxonomist Opportunity
We are always excited to share with our readers career opportunities in the world of taxonomy, metadata, and semantic technology. Even if you aren’t in the market for a career move, it is good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are changing. EnviroScience is currently looking for a Diatom-Algal Taxonomist…
Read MoreOpening the Technology
Open has many meanings. Open source is software with the source code included. The software developers who support the open source concept believe that by allowing anyone who’s interested to modify the source code, the application will be more useful and error-free over the long term. Open access is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles…
Read MoreIoT and Big Data
Despite the fact that the term big data has been around since 2005, there is still uncertainty about what it actually means. Exactly how big is big? Predictive Analytics Times brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Data Lakes: The Future of Data Warehousing?“ We are creating data every second. It’s generated across all industries…
Read MoreRansomware Ups the Game
Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to deny access to a computer system or data until a ransom is paid. Ransomware typically spreads through phishing emails or by unknowingly visiting an infected website. Ransomware can be devastating to an individual or an organization. But now, there is a new threat involved with ransomware. This interesting news came…
Read MoreTaxonomy of Communication
If you are a frequent reader, you know I like discovering unique and quirky taxonomies. They are more than just interesting, they are a perfect example that you can and should classify any topic. This latest one came to us from The Week in their article, “The taxonomy of whining.” Children communicate at every age,…
Read MoreCybersecurity Taxonomy
Recently, the Joint Research Center issued a Proposal for a European Cybersecurity Taxonomy. Noting the absence of a globally accepted and standardized definition of cybersecurity and a clear identification of its domains of development and application, the proposal introduces a taxonomy for cybersecurity. This interesting news came to us from Mondaq in their article, “European Union: A…
Read MoreDeeper Learning
Deep learning is fairly new and is defined as a subset of machine learning that achieves great power and flexibility by learning to represent the world as nested hierarchy of concepts, with each concept defined in relation to simpler concepts, and more abstract representations computed in terms of less abstract ones. Clear as mud? This interesting topic…
Read MoreOpen Source and Community
Did you know that much of the software that powers the world’s largest companies, protects our personal data and/or encrypts national security information is open to the public? This topic came to us from CNBC in their article, “How open-source software took over the world.” Just about anyone with the right skill set can download the…
Read MoreApplying Machine Learning
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have quite the reputation. Despite the science fiction association, many believe that every organization from the largest to the most local are turning over processes and decisions to AI. ZDNet brought this information to our attention in their article, “‘Learning’ is still the operative word in machine learning initiatives.” This…
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