Access Innovations to hold Third DHUG East 2019 at AAAS Headquarters
For the second year, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has invited Access Innovations to hold the third Data Harmony Users Group East (DHUGE) meeting at their Washington, DC headquarters. AAAS looks to continue highlighting the synergy between the two organizations while showcasing how this collaboration is furthering the mission of AAAS…
Read MoreAI in Fashion
It is easy to think that artificial intelligence (AI) is a business term and function, therefore it does not affect the average consumer or homeowner. It may be easy, but it is also naive. Forbes brought this topic to our attention in their article, “The Fascinating Ways Warby Parker Uses Artificial Intelligence And AR To…
Read MoreSenior Item Taxonomy Analyst 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 MorePredictive Analytics in Healthcare
Predictive analytics is becoming more common in the technological vernacular. Even so, not everyone understands just what it is. Predictive analytics is the use of data, statistical algorithms and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes based on historical data. CIO brought this news to us in their article, “7 projects primed for predictive analytics.”…
Read MoreSocial Transportation
Technology has enabled many things in our current reality few would have guessed. One of those are the ride sharing electric scooters that just seem to appear on the downtown corner, in a driveway or dumped in a park. Their sheer existence and the technology around renting one pushes the boundaries on social technology. Forbes brought…
Read MoreHuman and Artificial Intelligence is a Partnership
Both the internet and artificial intelligence (AI) are impacting our lives in expected and unexpected ways. Many are worried about how distracted with technology we have become or about whether robots will take our jobs. Those are valid concerns. But the impact of computing technology could bring even more impact than we could imagine. This…
Read MoreBlockchain Technology Used to Track Coffee Beans
In the latest from the world of Internet of Things (IoT), a new and interesting partnership with an emerging technology has drawn some attention. Computer World brought this to us in their article, “From coffee bean to cup: Starbucks brews a blockchain-based supply chain with Microsoft.” Starbucks is working with Microsoft to develop a blockchain-based…
Read MoreMalware Attack Leaves Some Concerned
The tax accounting software and cloud services company, Wolters Kluwer, was victim of a malware attack that begin shutting down access to vast databases of tax return information last week, with downtime stretching on for two days. This interesting information came to us from CNBC in their article, “A malware attack against accounting software giant…
Read MoreFinding Data
A digital asset management (DAM) system is used for organizing, storing, and retrieving rich media and managing digital rights and permissions. Findability is key for a comprehensive and productive DAM system. This can’t happen without metadata. CMS Wire brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Metadata Makes the DAM.” When it comes to content,…
Read MoreNames Are Important
In the 18th century, Carl Linnaeus published a system for classifying living things, which has been developed into the modern classification system. People have always given names to things that they see, but Linnaeus was the first scientist to develop a hierarchal naming structure that conveyed information both about what the species was and also its closest relatives. Today…
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