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Towards the AI Data Center
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Towards the AI Data Center

GPU's may soon rule, but the models still need to be built correctly.Nvidia Steps Up AI Data Center PushBy Jon Markman ,   Contributor in ForbesAnalyzing tech stocks...

Personality Type for  Entrepreneur
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Personality Type for Entrepreneur

We used the Myers-Briggs  personality classification frequently in the enterprise to adjust writing and interaction.  But were carefully warned that it was NOTMyers...

Future of Watson and AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of Watson and AI

In Chief Marketer.IBM's Iwata on the Future of Watson and AI by Beth Negus ViveirosSure, chatbots are great, but AI and machine learning hold much greater potential...

Evaluating Cognitive Systems
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Evaluating Cognitive Systems

Dear Professors, Students, IBMers and others, This a reminder about our Cognitive Systems Institute Speaker Series, on Thursday, June 8, 2016 at 10:30 am ET USJose...

Microsoft Announces ML Library for Spark
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Microsoft Announces ML Library for Spark

More Open Source releases for data science, here via Microsoft.Cortana Intelligence and Machine Learning BlogAnnouncing Microsoft Machine Learning Library for Apache...

Apple HomePod as an Innovation
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Apple HomePod as an Innovation

Interesting NYTimes piece which makes an odd suggestion in its title.  The Apple HomePod, still untested in consumer context, is not really an innovation, but a...

Building Dashboards with Story and Flow
From The Eponymous Pickle

Building Dashboards with Story and Flow

Nicely done 12 page pdf from Tableau on building Dashboards. ... Making Flow Happen:How to Build Dashboards ThatPersuade, Inform and EngageIn data visualization...

Retail Shakeout of 2017
From The Eponymous Pickle

Retail Shakeout of 2017

In Knowledge@WhartonWho Will Survive the Retail Reckoning of 2017?Legacy retailers’ ongoing struggle to stay relevant in a landscape increasingly dominated by Amazon...

GE Examines the Future of Work
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GE Examines the Future of Work

In Quartz:   via O'Reilly.GE has no idea what the future of work will look like, and it appointed a finance executive to figure it outGE recently appointed an executive...

Wal-Mart Tries Grocery Kiosk
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Wal-Mart Tries Grocery Kiosk

Not a new idea, but new implementation.Walmart launches automated grocery kioskby Deena M. Amato-MCcoy  In Chainstore AgeWalmart is once again raising the stakes...

Polite Software
From The Eponymous Pickle

Polite Software

This piece mentions Byron Reeves research in UXMatters: The 14 Characteristics of Polite Software, Part 1  By Awais ImranWith a list of 'polite' (human?) aspects...

Cyborg Insect Drones
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Cyborg Insect Drones

 Had heard this proposed years ago, now it is happening, in IEEE Spectrum:Draper's Genetically Modified Cyborg Dragonfly Takes FlightBy Evan Ackerman A live dragonfly...

Smart Way to Build a Smart City
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Smart Way to Build a Smart City

Good overall look from Govtech.  Its understanding required architecture too.The Smart Way to Build a Smart City (Industry Perspective)City and digital government...

Training Robots to do Our Jobs
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Training Robots to do Our Jobs

 Meet the People Who Train the Robots (to Do Their Own Jobs)By The New York Times       What if part of your job became teaching a computer everything you know...

Machine Learning Engineers
From The Eponymous Pickle

Machine Learning Engineers

Good to see the practical and operational aspect of this.  Usually assumed in other roles.Would hope this includes getting closer to business process and risk analysis...

On Indoor Positioning Systems
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Indoor Positioning Systems

We did considerable research in how indoor location systems could be used and their influence on retail behavior.  In Retailwire: Indoor positioning systems are...

Machine Learning is Wrong
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Machine Learning is Wrong

An important point.  Like I said in teaching forecasting classes, the forecast is always wrong, and that error should be considered in risk analysis.  It does not...

Apple Announces Home Assistant and Speaker: HomePod
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Apple Announces Home Assistant and Speaker: HomePod

Reportedly available in December at an expensive $349.    Featuring Siri for intelligence.Apple's making an Amazon Echo competitor called 'HomePod'   by Ben Gilbert...

GE Digital Introduces Foundry Startups
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GE Digital Introduces Foundry Startups

Recently presented with GE Digital, so this approach is of interest.   See my previous posts on GE Digital and in particular Digital Twins and Predix.GE digital...

Busting the Bridge
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Busting the Bridge

In my early days I was much Physics oriented.  A classic phenomena of real world dynamic physics is resonance, and the best example given was always the collapse...
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