Digital History Provides Insight
Digital archives provide more than just ease of access and preservation of history. In some instances, they provide opportunities for reconciliation. This interesting news came to us from ABC 13 out of Virginia in their article, “UNC Greensboro to digitize slave deed records from across the state.” The history of slavery in the United States…
Read MoreWebinar on Open Access
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) is offering a learning opportunity in the form of a free webinar titled, “The Economics and Sustainability of Open Access.” Scheduled on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. (EST), this webinar is free and open to the public. Open access creates many concerns and questions in the world…
Read MoreSemantic Interoperability in Healthcare
Healthcare organizations are seeking semantic interoperability and find themselves challenged by Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) that prevent them smoothly exchanging information. This interesting news came to us from HIT Infrastructure in their article, “FHIR May Not Help Healthcare Orgs Achieve Semantic Interoperability.” Healthcare organizations that are participating in the value-based care environment are looking…
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence and Customer Service
Syndeo recently released their product, Arcanine, which combines Syndeo’s proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) technology with an intuitive user interface enabling businesses to create customer service interactions via social messaging apps. This obscure information came to us from Ottawa Citizen in their article, “Syndeo Unveils “Arcanine Release” Delivering Artificial Intelligence for Customer Engagement.” The company’s proprietary algorithm is…
Read MoreData Governance Provides Consistency
Data governance is the overall management of the availability, integrity, and security of data used in an enterprise. At its core, data governance is corporate data policy compliance. This interesting information came to us from Tech Target in their article, “How data lineage tools boost data governance policies.” Data policies can span an array of intents, including directives…
Read MoreMachine Learning and Data Management
Artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies are taking Wall Street by storm. Just recently, Octopai, a player in metadata management automation for business intelligence was recognized in Gartner’s September 2018 “Cool Vendors in Data Science and Machine Learning”. Markets Insider brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Octopai Named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Data Science…
Read MoreNew and Trendy Words Added to Scrabble Game
For those hard core Scrabble players or bibliophiles, the maker of the iconic word game, Hasbro Inc., has added 300 new words to boost your score. This interesting news came to us from VOA in their article, “Score! Scrabble Dictionary Adds ‘OK,’ ‘ew’ to Official Play.” Merriam-Webster released the sixth edition of “The Official Scrabble…
Read MoreThe Relationship of the Internet of Things and Big Data
The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way we interact with things, i.e. objects, appliances, etc. As a result, there is massive amounts of data being produced and that will impact the way big data is handled. DATAVERSITY brought this news to us in their article, “How Will the Internet of Things (IoT) Impact…
Read MoreAI Being Utilized for New Japanese Defense Ministry Records Management Project
The Japanese Defense Ministry is planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) for the management of public records. This comes on the heels of the mishandling of daily Self-Defense Forces activity logs. The interesting information came to us from The Japan Times in their article, “Japan’s defense officials to use AI for record management.” Currently, the ministry…
Read MoreWhat Doesn’t Fit
Machine learning image classifiers use context clues to help understand the contents of a photo, room, or any type of space. For example, if they manage to identify a dining-room table with a high degree of confidence, that can help resolve ambiguity about other objects nearby, identifying them as chairs. Kind of a “where there…
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