Posts Tagged ‘Digital’
Cyber Security Benefit for Employees
Stress is a part of all our occupations. For those climbing high-rise buildings and building dams over deep river canyons, maybe a little more than the average. However, if you are part of an organization that has been victim to a data breach, your stress could qualify you for some employee assistance program (EAP) benefits.…
Read MoreNewly Released Project Highlights Semantic Technologies
Collaboration pays off between industry, academia and EUR4 million of funding from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program. The ALIGNED project rolled out five trial platforms showcasing its success in applying the latest big data research findings to solving the problems of industry. This interesting information came to us from PR.com in the release, “ALIGNED: Successfully…
Read MoreIndexing History
In the information science world, “indexing” denotes various methods for organizing data so that it is easily searchable. To a student, however, the word might evoke images of 3×5 lined cards with every bit of potentially useful information crammed into the available space. The Atlantic brought this interesting topic to us in the article, “How…
Read MoreInternet of Things Vulnerable for Cyberattacks
The Internet of Things (IoT) has garnered much attention, including those in charge of cybersecurity. Federal News Radio brought this information to our attention in their article, “NIST lays out roadmap for Internet of Things security.” The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently gave federal agencies and private industry a better roadmap to future IoT…
Read MoreAI in HR
The job market is as competitive as it has ever been. This is exacerbated by long-term low unemployment and a service economy that places a premium on talent and performance. Finding candidates who aren’t simply qualified for open positions but are motivated, can be very challenging. Benefit News brought this interesting information to our attention in…
Read MoreIntelligent Language
Natural language processing (NLP) is the ability of a computer program to understand human language as it is spoken. As a component of artificial intelligence (AI), it also falls into the linguistics field. A cousin to NLP is neural machine translation (MT) and the differences between the two can get a little fuzzy. This information came to our…
Read MoreArt, Social Protest and Archives
When you think of art and archives, protest signs don’t often come to mind. Fortunately, many of the signs from Boston’s first Women’s March in 2017 have been saved and now available to the public not in poster form but as a searchable digital archive. The Northeastern professors serve as the primary reason. This interesting information came…
Read MoreIs Digital a Fad?
There is such a thing as a technology life-cycle (TLC). It refers to time and cost of developing a product through the expense of research and development phase, and the financial return during its life. There is also the product life-cycle (PLC) that deals with the life of a product in the marketplace with respect to timing…
Read MorePreserving History From Your Barca Lounger
Small town history, big city archives. The love and passion for preserving historical information never fades. Home News Here out of Massachusetts brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Citizen archivist program.” The National Archives in Washington, D.C. is offering a unique opportunity to contribute to preserving our history and our legacy. Citizens…
Read MoreSecurity and Privacy
What are the boundaries between the access to digital metadata and access to data content or communications? It is an important fact within the scope of cybersecurity. This interesting information came to us from Macau Business in their article, “Cybersecurity bill should strive for separating digital metadata access from access to content – local journalists’ association.”…
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