Educational Opportunity in Philly

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is offering an educational opportunity at their regional event on May 2, 2018. The title of the workshop is “The Publishing Ecosystem: An Open Conversation with Researchers and Editors.” It will be held at the American College of Physicians in Philadelphia. The feature will be a panel of STEM,…

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New Moniker for Data Information Leader

The term CDO has long referred to Chief Data Officer, but there are some industry professionals would like to see this changed to Chief Digital Officer. This interesting information came to us from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Dawn of the Chief Digital Officer.” Lobbying for the change, Langley Eide, Chief Strategy Officer at Data Science and…

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Semantic Enrichment Manager Position Available

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, semantic technology, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving.…

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IBM’s Latest Release Comes with Many Promises

IBM has unveiled a new data science and machine learning platform with the promise from one executive stating it was “the most significant announcement we’ve made about data in years.” Silicon ANGLE brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “IBM calls its new machine learning platform ‘the reinvention of the database’.” Featuring an in-memory…

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Educational Focus on Data Analysis

Data analytics are becoming more important and significant to the decision-making process of most organizations. With the increased emphasis, there should be no surprise that more attention is being given to the training and education around data analysis. Hendrix College out of Arkansas recently announced their foray into data analytics in their press release titled,…

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New Platform for Academic Publishing

Cambridge University Press recently announced the expansion of Author Hub into a new, integrated online platform for book authors. This news came to us from STM Publishing in their article, “Cambridge University Press Announces New Home for Authors.” Author Hub originally launched in 2013 and offers services for current and prospective authors spanning all three of the…

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Keynotes for SSP Annual Meeting Named

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has released the names of the keynote speakers for their 40th annual meeting to be held May 30-June 1, in Chicago. This came to us from KnowledgeSpeak in their article, “Society for Scholarly Publishing announces keynote speakers for SSP 40th Annual Meeting.” Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble and Steve Mirsky…

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