Posts Tagged ‘Semantic’
Health Analytics Gain New Partner
IBM Watson Health has completed the acquisition of Truven Health Analytics. As the provider of cloud-based healthcare data, analytics and insights, Truven brings more than 8,500 clients to the Watson Health portfolio. In a recent announcement, “IBM Watson Health Closes Acquisition of Truven Health Analytics.” IBM and Truven data scientists will begin the process of using Watson Health’s…
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An extensive, searchable digital archive of the design magazine Architectural Digest is now available from EBSCO Information Services. This interesting news came to us from Market Wired in their article, “EBSCO Information Services Introduces the Architectural Digest Magazine Archive.” The Architectural Digest Magazine Archive includes cover-to-cover access to issues of the design magazine from the 1920s to…
Read MoreSemantic Differences
A Bangor University expert believes the constant battle for prominence between words is a good example of the brain’s natural algorithms and architectures. This very interesting information came to us from BBC News in their article, “How does your brain pick one word from 50,000 in 0.6 seconds?“ Dr Gary Oppenheim, of the university’s Language Production…
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We talk a lot about semantic technology and artificial intelligence, and even cognitive computing. Often those words are used interchangeably, but should they be? What is artificial intelligence, exactly? This interesting information came to us from DATAVERSITY in their article, “A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence.” Artificial intelligence can be traced back to the classical philosophers…
Read MoreSemantic Fingerprinting Changes Finance
Tagging documents with metadata to identify the author name, institution, subject matter, or any relevant piece of information at all brings all of those card catalogs into a single databank, accessible all at once. We like to call it Semantic Fingerprinting because, as it turns out, tagging a person’s electronic record actually does reveal the…
Read MoreSemantic Technology Outperforming Humans
Semantic technology still feels foreign, futuristic and unknown for many. Understanding within context for humans is tough enough, but to expect technology to follow suit is overwhelming for some. DATAVERSITY brought us this interesting information in their article, “Machine Learning Is Learning How to Read Lips.” A technology model for lip reading developed at the University of…
Read MoreCognitive Computing is Changing the Game
The power of cognitive computing is in its ability to illuminate what was previously invisible. This could be traits from the unstructured data of sound, pictures and movement that allow more-informed decisions. This interesting information came to us from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Making Your Business More Resilient with Cognitive Computing.” Cognitive computing represents progress in…
Read MoreUsing Semantic Technology to Identify Nature
Identifying any part of nature is not easy. The discipline of classification and taxonomy involves the grouping of organisms into categories based on different properties including size, shape and gene sequences. Classification can help to identify evolutionary relationships among organisms, but it takes time; a lot of time. This interesting information came from Wired in their…
Read MoreEnterprise Data World Conference Approaching
The 20th annual Enterprise Data World (EDW) Conference is recognized as the most comprehensive educational conference on data management in the world. The event is being held Sunday, April 17, 2016 – Friday, April 22, 2016 at the Sheraton Hotel & Marina in San Diego, California. The conference is jam packed with speakers, workshops and topics that cover management, analytics,…
Read MoreSemantic Technology in School
Barbara Kurshan, contributing writer to Forbes recently said, “Our world as we know it is running on artificial intelligence. Siri manages our calendars. Facebook suggests our friends. Computers trade our stocks. We have cars that park themselves, and air traffic control is almost fully automated. Virtually every field has benefited from advances in artificial intelligence, from the military…
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