Semantic Functions of Brain Stimulated by Drug

LSD is known for dramatically altering people’s state of consciousness. New research suggests that the mind-expanding effects of LSD may also extend to language. The Huffington Post brought this interesting news to us in their article,”LSD Makes Your Brain More Like A Thesaurus.” Of course we aren’t suggesting you starting experimenting with psychedelics. It is, however, interesting…

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Graph Databases Answers the Why Question

Graph databases are certainly all the rage currently. They have outgrown every other type of database in popularity since 2013. Developers, data scientists, and IT pros are beginning to explore the potential of graph databases to solve new classes of big data analytic and transaction challenges. This interesting news came to us from datanami in their article,…

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Streamlining Analysis

The goal of semantic analysis is to decipher the intent or meaning behind a narrative. With the power of machine learning, this often involves analyzing millions of combinations of word stems and grammatical structures. The good news is sometimes a simpler approach is better. KM World brought this interesting information to us in their article, “The…

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Semantic Technology In Play

Expert System is partnering with MarkLogic Corporation so that their information management applications will be powered with cognitive capabilities. This interesting information came to us from Martech Advisor in their article, “Expert System and MarkLogic Partner to Enrich Information Management Applications with Cognitive Computing Abilities.” Expert System has created an intelligent semantic technology that can read and comprehend…

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Making Content Findable

Improving patient outcomes, minimizing medical errors and reducing costs are worthy goals. The key to accomplishing all of these is data. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting news to us in their article, “Improving Clinical Insights with Machine Learning.” Data is the catalyst for eliminating unwarranted clinical variation and is essential to care models based on value. However, the…

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Using Analytics for Big Data

Machine learning technology has changed the opinion that machines and computers are cold and calculating. They have personalities and assumptions – but with all the semantic technology advances involved, are they as biased as humans? DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Big Data Analytics: Do Machines Have Biases?“ They take a certain…

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Machine Learning is a Popular Commodity

Apple has recently purchased the machine-learning startup, Turi. Fortune magazine brought this interesting news to us in their article, “Apple Buys a Machine-Learning Startup For a Reported $200 Million.” Computers that can be trained to learn new things and make cognitive decisions and even predictions are attracting lots of attention. Turi’s tagline is “Create intelligence.” This makes sense…

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The Machine Learning Future

Machine learning is quickly becoming a common term in the enterprise software ecosystem. Its benefits include ease of adoption, deployment, and market maturity with strong business benefits. The other side of the coin includes the threat to some core elements of the human experience such as natural processes, human labor, or traditional workflows. DATAVERSITY brought this…

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Natural Language Processing Learning Opportunity

Natural language processing (NLP) was once on the frontier of artificial intelligence (AI) as a research topic with low accuracy. Now it is rapidly becoming a requirement for mainstream consumer and enterprise applications. Learn more about the basics of speech recognition, semantic analysis for text analysis, and recent advances in natural language generation in a free webinar…

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