Posts Tagged ‘Search’
Semantic Search Powers Robot
The clip of the robot serving food seemed to appear on every site I visited today. I guess our fascination of life as The Jetson’s has not diminished with our youth. Robotic technology continues to advance and the PR2 robot is a good example. Not only is it smart enough to be able to fetch food from the fridge, but with the little help of a technology known as semantic search, it is even clever enough to bring you a sandwich, despite not knowing where or exactly what it is.
Read MoreCIA is Investing in Semantic Search
The CIA is embracing semantic technology by investing an undisclosed, but apparently healthy, amount in semantic search technology and a technology that can turn a PC into a wireless network. In-Q-Tel is the CIA’s investment group and they are backing NetBase, developer of semantic search technology, and Connectify, developer of VPN software.
Read MoreIndexing Your Cookbooks
Though it may seem trivial in comparison to indexing millions of books in libraries, hundreds of thousands documents for publishers, and the endless financial data being indexed continuously, a new technology is indexing personal cookbook libraries for ease in searching for a specific recipe, ingredient or theme.
Read MoreProject Underway to Create Metadata Framework For Tagging Resources
The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) is a project to create a common vocabulary for describing learning resources on the Internet. The technical working group has been formed and includes representatives from experts in the fields of education, publishing, and metadata. Their goal is to create a metadata framework for tagging resources that is can be easily implemented, but rich enough to assign valuable attributes to educational content to make searching and filtering easier.
Read MoreNatural Language Processing Only Goes So Far
The sirens call of natural language processing has been issued again. In this study, the researchers compared the use for free text searches to administrative codes to see which would give better indication of safety based on 20 indicators. The authors rightly suggest that instead of relying only on the notoriously poor check boxes used with discharge orders that the hand written notes form the discharge nurse or physician might be much more instructive.
Read MoreApache Lucene 3.4.0 Released
No one will argue that search is a very important part of any enterprise content management system. Findability is key. What is the point of having quality content if no one can find it?
Read MoreNew White Paper on Metadata Released
Widen Enterprises has teamed with JohnHorodyski to produce a new white paper titled, “A guide to the lifeblood of DAM: Key concepts and best practices for using metadata in digital asset management systems.”
Read MoreNew Start-Up Using Semantic Search
Locu is a data-focused startup founded by MIT graduates and computer science researchers that plan to create the world’s largest real-time, structured repository of small business offerings data. Their goal is that this data source will increase the efficiency of local search.
Read MoreIs Semantic Search Trendy?
Semantic search and extraction of data from natural language and pictures are continuing to increase in popularity. As evidence of that trend, Hewlett-Packard recently confirmed rumors that it would acquire Autonomy, a semantic technology company. Media Post’s Search Blog brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Semantic Search And Raw Data On Rise.”…
Read MoreICD-10 Projects Increasing
IT management and healthcare professionals across the country are ramping up projects to create their ICD-10 plan as the December 13, 2013 deadline date nears. Everyone is facing common challenges of budget, bandwidth, staffing, training and of course, technical issues.
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