Deep Learning Provides Insight
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become more prolific than anyone could have expected in such a short time. So it surprises us that the government hasn’t chimed in and attempted to put some controls around AI. Maybe that time is now. This interesting information came to us from Reuters in their article, “Trump administration will allow…
Read MoreManaging Data with Analytics
The increasing size of data sets for big data analytics makes analytics more possible yet less cost prohibitive. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Changing the Dynamics of Big Data Analytics.” “Most data sets now are well over 10 petabytes,” says Tom Phelan, Co-founder and Chief Architect at Big Data solutions vendor BlueData…
Read MoreData Quality in the Journey
The simplest definition of metadata is “data in context”; the who, what, why, where, and how of data. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Metadata is the Key to Data Management Success.” Now that more business users understand the role of good data in business success, metadata is commonplace. Without…
Read MoreWebinar Addresses Publishing Challenges
As the end of the year approaches, there are still educational opportunities to take advantage of for your professional growth. The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is hosting the webinar Being Author Friendly on October 16, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. (EST). Attracting authors is a competitive business for publishers, so what do they need to do…
Read MoreImproving Automation with AI
Robotic process automation (RPA) is an emerging form of business process automation technology based on the notion of software robots. When you bring artificial intelligence (AI) into the picture, you not only shift to intelligent process automation (IPA), you also might find a more comprehensive option for digital transformation. This interesting information came to us…
Read MoreFighting Fraud Everywhere
Australia is working against cyber fraud and organized digital crime. The Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity indicated that the government will continue to pursue new law-enforcement powers that would allow authorities access to encrypted digital data in the fight against terrorism, organised crime and online crime (such as cyber fraud and child exploitation.) This interesting…
Read MoreSocial Nomenclature in Music Monikers
“That would be a great band name” is almost as common of a response as “That’s what she said…” in our current culture. But seriously, we have all paused at one time or another to wondered where musical groups get the inspiration for their band names. One aspect of the music world that has always…
Read MoreMachine Learning Works on Predictions
A new machine-learning tool from an artificial intelligence (AI) startup used 30,000 Wikipedia entries to create a model that allowed it to identify the characteristics that make a scientist noteworthy enough for encyclopedic inclusion. It mined the academic search-engine Semantic Scholar to identify 200,000 scholars in a variety of fields. To complete the process, it…
Read MoreAccess Innovations at the Charleston Library Conference
The Charleston Library Conference is an annual event where hundreds of librarians, vendors, and publishers gather in Charleston, South Carolina to discuss issues of importance to them. It is designed to be a collegial gathering of individuals from different areas who discuss the same issues in a non-threatening, friendly, and highly informal environment. The 2018 Theme is Oh wind…
Read MoreMachine Learning and Ontologies
To better understand the complexities of life science data, one company is transforming unstructured text into rich, contextualized machine-readable content with ontologies. Bio-IT World brought this news to us in their article, “A New Machine Learning Approach To Document Classification – A Pfizer/SciBite Collaboration.” SciBite leverages ontologies to enable computers to understand millions of concepts relevant…
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