Cognitive Computing and Humans

The technical world uses the terms machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) like every day vernacular. But for some they are still new concepts. However, there is an even newer term in play – cognitive computing. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “How is Cognitive Computing Set to Reshape What We…

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Cognitive Technology Continues to Grow

Terms like machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) have become commonplace. However, there is a new term trend being thrown around – cognitive computing. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “How is Cognitive Computing Set to Reshape What We Call Computing?” AI is an umbrella term for the technologies that provide…

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Big and Big

“Big data” describes massive amounts of data, both unstructured and structured, that is collected by organizations on a daily basis. Big data can then be filtered and turned into smart data before being analyzed for insights. This leads to more efficient decision-making. Smart data can be described as big data that has been laundered – and…

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AI, Taxonomies and Search – oh my!

Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to realize more potential and benefits in varying sectors of business. Thomson Reuters brought us this interesting news in their release, “Thomson Reuters Harnesses Artificial Intelligence to Filter Media Content in Fight Against Financial Crime.” Thomson Reuters has enhanced its World-Check One platform with the launch of Media Check, a media screening…

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Webinar Addresses AI in the Global Educational Industry

Artificial intelligence (AI) is enabling a new data-driven approach to the design and delivery of instruction. Cloud-based AI tools automatically collect and analyze data from learners, making them analytics tools as much as learning tools. In education, machine-learning algorithms applied to learner data accelerate improvements in system performance. Teachers and administrators can use the resulting…

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London Seminar Focuses on Collaboration

A new educational opportunity is available from the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) titled, “The Power of Partnership and Collaboration in the Publishing Industry.” It is being held in London, UK on July 12, 2018. This all day seminar will explore real examples of the strategic partnerships and innovative collaborations being forged…

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Webinar Addresses Data Technologies and Knowledge Lakes

An interesting learning opportunity from Gigaom in their webinar, “Combining Data Technologies to Create Knowledge Lakes, scheduled for July 10, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. (CDT). The number of innovative products and technologies in the analytics world is massive and continues to grow. Unfortunately, so is the effort and expertise required to use them together effectively. There is…

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Machine and Deep Learning Increase Adoption

Recently Google released its next generation of on-device computer vision networks – MobileNewtV2. Google is claiming a substantially faster process for the same accuracy across the entire latency spectrum. HPC Wire brought this news to our attention in their article, “Google Releases Improved Neural Networks for Vision Recognition.” Various Google-developed machine learning and deep learning tools…

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Using the Data

Organizations are always looking for ways to use data to gain an understanding of customers as individuals and use those insights to build long-term retail relationships. This starts with semantically enriching the data. This interesting topic came to our attention from CMS Wire in their article, “Enhance Your Customer Experiences With Semantic Data Enrichment.” But first, what is…

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