December 2017

Analyzing Relationships

By |December 18th, 2017

Latent semantic indexing (LSI) is a natural language processing technique that analyzes relationships between a set of documents and the terms they contain. The result? […]

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Net Neutrality and Its Importance to Academia

By |December 18th, 2017

The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has voted to repeal net neutrality rules enacted in 2015 to stop Internet service providers (ISPs) from blocking and tightening control on […]

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Classifications of Those Rejected

By |December 15th, 2017

You already know my fascination with odd taxonomies and classifications. Remember the deeper dive into Tom Cruise movies? Or how about the post identifying […]

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What Technology Are You Wearing?

By |December 14th, 2017

Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to make strides in technological advances designed to improve our lives. Speaking of design, one of the latest uses involves a […]

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A Semantic Analysis of Constitutions

By |December 13th, 2017

Using big data analytics techniques, researchers at Dartmouth College have created a taxonomy of the world’s constitutions. This analysis is discussed in the EurekAlert! article “Big data creates family tree […]

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AI Everywhere

By |December 13th, 2017

The typical pattern we see in technological advancement is an increase in performance, cost reduction, and increased public access after a new technology hits […]

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Los Alamos Looking for Librarian

By |December 12th, 2017

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, information sciences, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our […]

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Making It Easier to Share

By |December 12th, 2017

Scholarly sharing is the foundation upon which a collective body of knowledge grows. Technology has definitely improved the speed and ease of sharing, but […]

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