Next Generation of AI
When most people hear the words “artificial intelligence,” they think of The Jetsons or Star Wars. As much fun as it is to imagine a future with the conveniences Hollywood dreams up, there are some similarities and stark contrasts to the business world’s use of this technology today. This interesting information came to us from Data…
Read MoreTechnology Saves Lives
Researchers at the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis have found that existing algorithms and open source machine learning tools are as good as, or better than, human reviewers in detecting cancer cases using data from free-text pathology reports. DATAVERSITY brought this news to us in their…
Read MoreSemantic Technology Used to See the Brain in a New Way
Digging into the human brain seems daunting and dangerous, but we know that, for all we already know about the human brain, there is likely even more to learn. For instance, what if a map of the brain could help us decode people’s inner thoughts? This very interesting information came to us from the Berkeley News in…
Read MoreLooking for Alternatives
Dell and EMC are united and will be called EMC Dell. With Dell’s focus on modernizing the data center, it seems appropriate that this new hybrid would focus on cloud storage. Forbes brought us this information in their article, “Dell Technologies Outlines Storage Priorities.” EMC introduced a new member of its all-flash portfolio with the EMC…
Read MoreCopyright Challenges Webinar
The New York Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) is offering an educational opportunity on June 7, 2016 at 12:00 noon EST. The “Copyright Compliance Challenges Webinar” will feature the basics of copyright law; what is and is not copyright protected; when copyright permission is needed; how to obtain copyright permission, and much more. If…
Read MoreFinding the Data
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has acquired GlobalSpec, a leading source of news, data and analytics for the global engineering and technical community, including the widely known brand name Engineering360. PR Newswire brought this news to our attention in their article, “IEEE Acquires GlobalSpec and the Engineering360 Platform from IHS to Create Powerful…
Read MoreSearching for Findability
The Enterprise Search and Findability Survey 2016 has been launched and your participation is invited. Findwise has been running this survey annually since 2012 to help those in the industry to understand how search is employed, managed and perceived in different organizations, big and small, global and local. The survey results provide unique insight into trends, who…
Read MoreFinding the Benefits
There are many aspects of data management that depend upon the utility of graph databases. Unfortunately, users are still unclear as to their full benefit. Graph databases first gained prominence with social media and facets of sentiment analysis and then gained street cred by provisioning ‘360 degree views’ of customer and product information in master…
Read MoreOne More Time With Feeling
In keeping with the music theme from last week’s post about naming music groups, and in light of recent events associated with Prince’s death, as well as the American Libraries Associations Preservation Week, let’s discuss what happens when archival and general search produces bad results.
Read MoreEBSCO and A New Open Source Project
A new initiative is underway to create open-source software for academic libraries. The project is in collaboration with Index Data and Kauli OLE, and its main goal is to allow libraries to pick and choose what functional software and patron-facing discovery services they need, rather than having to buy a fully bundled package. Although it’s still…
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