May 2011

IEEE Seeking Findability

By |May 13th, 2011

We reported on IEEE’s collaboration with Access Innovations awhile back, but couldn’t help pointing out an interview they did explaining their project that actually began in 2006.

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That’s What She Said?

By |May 12th, 2011

Did you ever think a computer could tell a joke? Or even have a sense of humor? Semantic technology continues to progress as two University of Washington researchers put their coding skills to the test. They developed a computer program that can identify whether a seemingly benign sentence might turn risqué if you add on "that's what she said."

Two Powerful Resources Join Together

By |May 11th, 2011

Combining massive resources, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry.com have joined forces to help people research the lives of Holocaust victims and survivors. The millions of records from WWII victims will be combined into a specially designed software program by Ancestry, dubbed the World Memory Project.

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The Standards of Watson

By |May 11th, 2011

By now, IBM’s Jeopardy! champion Watson is old news. But the computer technology triumph, capable of understanding human language and broad knowledge topics, may have more to teach us.

BizSphere Joins IBM Global Entrepreneur Initiative

By |May 10th, 2011

BizSphere is now the latest member of the IBM Global Entrepreneur initiative. This initiative was created to help the 'next generation of entrepreneurs' who develop software based innovations to capture emerging business opportunities.

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