The Pressure is On Data Quality

Melissa is a provider of global contact data quality and identity verification solutions. Their informatics division, Melissa Informatics, is advancing on the expectations of big data using semantic technologies and machine reasoning. Global Newswire brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Melissa Informatics Advances Big Data Promise with Semantics and Machine Reasoning.” Together, these…

Read More

Emerging Technologies Today and Tomorrow

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now a reality in nearly every industry. With each passing year, more possibilities are realized for AI in businesses, homes and cities. This information came to us from Interesting Engineering in their article, “A Look at the Most Used Terminology Around Artificial Intelligence.“ AI is a broad field encompassing much more than…

Read More

Machine Technology Explained

Artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced by leaps and bounds and continues to do so. Even though machine learning is part of the same emerging technology family, it is starting to hit the wall of its abilities. But never fear, a new technology is waiting in the wings. Machine learning systems can learn by themselves from…

Read More

Webinar Focuses on Artificial Intelligence

The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is hosting a new educational webinar series in 2019 titled, “What is Hype and What Has Value? Technological buzzword or industry innovation?” This second webinar in the series is all about artificial intelligence (AI). AI, blockchain and open source are terms frequently used, especially in headlines. Are they merely buzzwords or…

Read More

Year of the Cloud

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services, whether that be servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, intelligence, etc., over the Internet or the cloud. This option is chosen for faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale. ZD Net brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “Cloud computing: Five key business trends to…

Read More

Data Breach for Christmas

In another frustrating headline, a hacker has stolen the personal details of over 500,000 San Diego Unified School District staff and students. Not exactly the kind of news you want to hear on Friday, before the Christmas holiday. This interesting news came from ZD Net in their article, “Hacker steals ten years worth of data…

Read More

In and Out of Context

Cognitive neuroscientists are using artificial intelligence (AI) networks to enhance the understanding of the human brain. This interesting information came to us from Xinhua Net in their article, “AI models can help unravel mystery of human brain.” Aude Oliva of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and her colleagues shared how they are learning about the role…

Read More

Data Extraction with AI

Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire eBrevia, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-based data extraction and contract analytics software solutions. This interesting news came to us from DFIN in their release, “DFIN Elevates Artificial Intelligence Platform with Acquisition of eBrevia.” We find this news interesting because…

Read More