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Watson Assistant Produces a Chatbot
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Watson Assistant Produces a Chatbot

IBM has announced a means of chatbot development, via their Watson Assistant infrastructure.  Recall I beta-tested the Dev under Watson Assistant.  The offer here...

Bringing in Information Theory
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Bringing in Information Theory

Nice idea.   Its really all about the knowledge we have now, and what we can add to that by learning.  And ways we can usefully measure that.  Now how can we leverage...

L'Oreal Launches AR for Make Up
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L'Oreal Launches AR for Make Up

Again an area we experimented with for years, its seems to now be expanding.  Impressive and interesting details.  Makes a point that no App is required. This topic...

Decisions and Technology
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Decisions and Technology

Ultimately its about the how technological results translate into decisions.  So that makes this interesting.   Does tech enhance decisions, and how can you make...

Risk:Challenging Probability
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Risk:Challenging Probability

Kaiser Fung on the Book  ... Risk,    by John Adams  Which has some interesting thoughts about probabilities describing risk.  He begins:I have been reading the...

Players in Supply Chain BlockChains
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Players in Supply Chain BlockChains

From an excellent presentation I participated in today by Dr. George Polak of Wright State on Blockchain in the Supply chain." ... Blockchain in Trucking Alliance...

Neural Network for Snippets
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Neural Network for Snippets

A favorite topic, how do we make sense and value of written knowledge?A Neural Network to Extract Knowledgeable Snippets and Documents Tech Xplore   By Ingrid Fadelli...

Microsoft Acquires Lobe:Deep learning without Code
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Microsoft Acquires Lobe:Deep learning without Code

Makes sense, this should now have progressed to custom no code solutions, with perhaps some minor tailoring to process needs.  Not the suggested breadth of communications...

Medical IoT
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Medical IoT

Lab makes data sharing easier so medical IoT devices can be smarterMedical PnP laboratory researchers are looking to save lives through smarter, more interoperable...

AI Question Answering: Slides for Talk Today
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AI Question Answering: Slides for Talk Today

Slides for talk today.  Recording will follow.Sept. 13 10:30 AM ET Engineered AI Still Matters for Question Answering, By J. William Murdock, IBMZoom meeting Link...

IBM Talks Data Platforms for AI
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IBM Talks Data Platforms for AI

An IBM blog post.   Agree with the issues, is this the solution?  Its about the data and the process being improved.   Choosing a Platform is a big deal.   By IBM...

New Apple Watch can do an ECG in 30 Seconds
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New Apple Watch can do an ECG in 30 Seconds

Watched the detailed Apple presentation of this yesterday.  Amazing the whole thing can now be put into  a Watch and they claim the (one lead) ECG can be requested...

Design Optimization, Simplification
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Design Optimization, Simplification

Note these are optimization models with multiple objective goals, a very classic case.  We used this to look at various design contexts, like package design.   ...

Short Summary of Smoothing Algorithms
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Short Summary of Smoothing Algorithms

In OpenDataScience.   A technical piece, but the descriptions are worthwhile to understand the why  as well.  Via O'Reilly.

Implementing and Sustaining Organizational Change
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Implementing and Sustaining Organizational Change

Back to a topic I have been following.  Its process that sustains business, but also the organization and resources that support the process ...How to implement...

Value of Simulation
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Value of Simulation

Am a long time proponent and practitioner of simulation methods, here how it is planned to use them for changes in mobility, car use and safety.Making Self-Driving...

Oracle Whitepaper on AI
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Oracle Whitepaper on AI

Interesting White paper offer by Oracle, requires a detailed sign up ...Gartner research estimates that artificial intelligence (AI) bots will power 85% of customer...

SAP and Supply Chain
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SAP and Supply Chain

Earlier we worked with SAP for optimizing the manufacturing supply chain.  Some elements of automatic augmentation based on predictions.SAP introduces intelligent...

HBR on Understanding Digital Strategy
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HBR on Understanding Digital Strategy

Very true, its not the flashy technical thing that is the focus, its the business process that is essential.  Not only knowing that is the case, but its also knowing...

AI Searches for Alien Megastructure
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AI Searches for Alien Megastructure

Its all about the patterns.Earth’s most powerful alien-hunting telescope turns its gaze to mysterious star   By Dyllan Furness in DigitalTrends — The Most Important...
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