Latest Attempt in Cyber Warfare

Many major firms, airports and government departments in Ukraine have been struck by a massive cyber attack which spread across Europe this week. This interesting news came to us from The Telegraph in their article, “Petya cyber attack: Ransomware spreads across Europe with firms in Ukraine, Britain and Spain shut down.” Ukrainian government departments, the central…

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Accountability in Open Access Publishing

A recent United States court ruling awarded publisher Elsevier $15m in damages for copyright infringements by Sci-Hub, the Library of Genesis (LibGen) project and related sites. This interesting news came to us from The Bookseller in their article, “Elsevier awarded $15m from Sci-Hub in copyright case.” The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the International Publishers…

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There is No Hiding

Are all journals vulnerable to harm from piracy? Are open access (OA) journals immune to the threat? The Scholarly Kitchen brought this news to us in their article, “Are Open Access Journals Immune from Piracy?” Authors choose to pay to publish in OA journals because of the increased visibility/citations and fund requirements. It is normal for an…

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Analytics Provide Insight

Predictive analytics has opened up new possibilities for predicting future events by studying past performance. Predictive analytics is the use of data, statistical algorithms and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes based on historical data. The goal is to go beyond knowing what has happened to providing a best assessment of what…

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Digging Through Data

The volume of papers emerging from the world’s universities is increasing on a daily basis. Estimates are as high as 10,000 new papers being published every day. This information came to us from the DZone in their article, “How Automation Can Help Us Deal With the Data Deluge.” A number of tools have been developed to help…

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First Time Conference Offers Unique Educational Opportunities

Mark your calendars and make plans now to attend the first annual Data Architecture Summit in Chicago, Illinois on November 13-16, 2017. This will be a unique opportunity for in-depth education from leading experts in the world of data architecture. A few of the workshop titles include: Introduction to Graph Data Management, Designing Data Governance, Metadata and Quality…

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Collaboration Brings Results

Semantic Research and knf Technologies have forged a strategic partnership that significantly accelerates time to value creating data fusion. Yahoo! Finance brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Semantic Research and knf Technologies Team Up to Deliver Universal Context Across all Your Data.” The new partnership will provide customers with more options in the public…

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Faith in the Internet of Things

Europe’s biggest software maker SAP is planning to invest heavily in products that help companies to connect everything from washing machines to cars to the Internet. Reuters brought this news to us in their article, “SAP to invest 2 billion euros in Internet of Things by end 2020.” The German company estimates there is a 250…

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Artificial Intelligence Plays Well

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made friends with graphic design. This interesting information came to us from Extreme Tech in their article, “This new application of layered neural nets is about to make Photoshop amazing.” A group of researchers from Cornell University and Adobe have layered neural nets atop an image style transfer AI that results…

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