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Trends in Digital Transformation
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Trends in Digital Transformation

Four Trends in Digital TransformationIn  CustomerThink by Jacob MorganIf one of the main goals of the future of work is to increase productivity and collaboration...

Course about AI in the Enterprise
From The Eponymous Pickle

Course about AI in the Enterprise

Ajit Jaokar of Futuretext has an upcoming enterprise AI course.I like the idea of aiming this at the enterprise, which is rarely done,  but needs to be done more...

Simulation Against Real World Data for Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Simulation Against Real World Data for Learning

Points to how games can act as simulations of the world, and emulate their operation against real world data.    Experimented with this in the supply chain space...

Service Science Readings
From The Eponymous Pickle

Service Science Readings

Service Science Innovation:  Wanted to remind people of this resource, it has recently been updated.   I have contributed with some of the work we did in enterprise...

Complex Systems Similarity through Fractal Folding
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Complex Systems Similarity through Fractal Folding

In Quanta Magazine: 3-D Fractals Offer Clues to Complex SystemsBy folding fractals into 3-D objects, a mathematical duo hopes to gain new insight into simple equations...

Benefits of RFID Data in Retail
From The Eponymous Pickle

Benefits of RFID Data in Retail

Recently received, quite interesting. 75 pages based on Macy's data. From the Platt Research Institute.The new PRI Working Paper, Quantifiable Benefits and Analytical...

Humans are Still at Work
From The Eponymous Pickle

Humans are Still at Work

In the HBR.    For now the humans are clearly still in the loop. we can learn from some areas, like autopilots or process control here.    Helping them effectively...

Another Face and Voice for the Alexa Engine
From The Eponymous Pickle

Another Face and Voice for the Alexa Engine

A new kind of speaker, Jam Voice,  it's based on the Alexa engine, but it won't listen.    Another cheaper solution in the space.   How different than that, don't...

EU to Give Robots Personhood?
From The Eponymous Pickle

EU to Give Robots Personhood?

Considerably premature.Give Robots 'Personhood' Status, EU Committee Argues   by The Guardian  in the CACM.The European parliament has urged the drafting of a set...

McKinsey on Automation
From The Eponymous Pickle

McKinsey on Automation

The broader issues of how we automate is important.  As methods like AI start to be inserted into the business process, clear choices will have to be explored,in...

Forty Techniques for Data Science Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Forty Techniques for Data Science Analytics

An excellent list and pointers to introductory articles on over forty data science techniques.  Have mentioned these before, worth the repeat.  By Vincent Granville...

Alexa Becoming the Voice of the IOT?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alexa Becoming the Voice of the IOT?

 Maybe it won't be the 'brain', but will it be the voice of the IOT,  and through the IOT to many kinds of goods and services?   I would still bet on Google or"...

Self Organizing Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Self Organizing Robotics

Had not realized that Harvard was working on this.  Potential medical applications at least.   In the CACM:   " ... Harvard University's Self-Organizing Systems...

Electric Cars Going Mainstream
From The Eponymous Pickle

Electric Cars Going Mainstream

A question many of us have been thinking about.    In Knowledge@Wharton, a good economic oriented view of the direction.    Innovation: When Will Electric Cars...

January-February 2017 Analytics Magazine
From The Eponymous Pickle

January-February 2017 Analytics Magazine

Informs January-February 2017 Analytics MagazineAn issue with emphasis on the IoT and its evolution.  Such as on related business opportunities.

Sensors in the Internet of Things
From The Eponymous Pickle

Sensors in the Internet of Things

Good early introductory and pictorial piece on the interaction of sensors and sensing for the Internet of things.  Pointers to more resources.

Pinterist uses Deep Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Pinterist uses Deep Learning

Nice example of a use of deep learning. Pinterest uses deep learning AI for better pin recommendations By Eric DavidPinterest Inc. revealed today that its Related...

Autonomous Collaborating Micro-Drone Swarms
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Autonomous Collaborating Micro-Drone Swarms

The autonomy of such drones and drone swarms indicates an unprecedented depth of decision making driven by AI.  Implications are very broad.Pentagon successfully...

Jill Watson at Ga Tech
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Jill Watson at Ga Tech

Have worked with many TA's myself, so this is interesting.  It also relates to chatbots too, lessons to are to be learned here.   As in all tests of this type I...

ACM Statement on Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability
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ACM Statement on Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability

The well known ACM professional society issued a statement about algorithmic transparency and accountability today.  I have been a member and participant for many...
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