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This Blog Gets more Security
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This Blog Gets more Security

This is useful for better security.  I have verified its operation. Google informs me:" .. Your HTTPS settings have changed. All visitors are now able to view your...

Gamification as Tactic
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Gamification as Tactic

Has started to come up more often as a tactic to deliver results.    A long followed approach.  Make sure you have the values and the culture of the participants...

Information Extraction
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Information Extraction

Dear Professors, Students, IBMers and others, This a reminder about our Cognitive Systems Institute Group Speaker Series tomorrow, Thursday, November 17, 2016 at...

Its Not Always About Quick Wins
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Its Not Always About Quick Wins

It used to be an old saying that you should look for quick wins, so that the analytics team could establish itself. Yes, not a bad idea, but better yet look for...

Business Process for Analytics Modeling
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Business Process for Analytics Modeling

I Posted in the Wiki for my Columbia Class:Business Process Modeling ... Franz DillI have often mentioned business process modeling (BPM) in my case study comments...

What AI can and Cannot Do Today
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What AI can and Cannot Do Today

Useful thoughts by a practitioner.  Which gets you back to the term AI again.  It is still a considerable overreach.    Augmenting, improving, extending, replacing...

Alexa Gives birth to Yumi?
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Alexa Gives birth to Yumi?

At Indiegogo: Unclear how much different this is than the Echo, or Google Home  Except that it includes embedded screen and camera and video calling.  This allows...

A Learning Analytical Organization
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A Learning Analytical Organization

I wrote for my Columbia Course:A Learning organization is one of the fundamental lessons of this course. Our world is changing quickly, so our methods and implementations...

AI Based Search for Research
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AI Based Search for Research

Making search better with semantics ...New AI-Based Search Engines Are a 'Game Changer' for Science ResearchScientific American (11/12/16) Nicola Jones Artificial...

Cancer Research with Deep Learning
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Cancer Research with Deep Learning

In the CACM:" .... Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) researchers are applying deep-learning techniques to automate how information is collected from cancer pathology...

Learning Lessons from Building Bots
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Learning Lessons from Building Bots

Thoughtful video from recent conference.   I am continuing to look at bot style solutions.  Still not very impressed with solutions I have seen.Lessons learnedAndy...

On the Ethics of AI
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On the Ethics of AI

In O'Reilly.  Well put.  Its not required right away, but we need to think about it because it is moving into some areas where compliance and ethics are important...

Robots Working Together
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Robots Working Together

A topic of interest that addresses applications like cooperation and teamwork in robots.   Working with each other or with people.From GaTech:Team of Robots Learns...

IBM Plans for Watson's Future
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IBM Plans for Watson's Future

Watching this closely.  That they are continuing to plan for hardware is interesting.As Watson matures, IBM plans more AI hardware and softwareIBM releases faster...

Standards for Body Area Networks
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Standards for Body Area Networks

Examined for possible wearable applications, and medical sensors and effectors.  IEEE releases new standard for body area networkAfter five years of work, the IEEE...

Even Physicists Fear Mathematics
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Even Physicists Fear Mathematics

 Well yes,  Because math is a deeper abstraction.   Not always connected to the see-able or tangible.  But also a very useful tool.   But a tool that needs to be...

Global Technology
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Global Technology

50 notable global technology companies.The New Game of Global TechAs distinctions dissolve among the hardware, software, services, and telecom sectors, companies...

Non Technical View of Machine Learning
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Non Technical View of Machine Learning

Good pieceMachine Learning: An In-Depth, Non-Technical Guide - Part 1By Alex Castrounis • Jan 27, 2016Chapters: Overview, goals, learning types, and algorithmsData...

Sports Analytics not Always a Slam Dunk
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Sports Analytics not Always a Slam Dunk

In our Columbia course we have been using sports analytics as a disruptive example of the analytics technology.  Movies like 'Moneyball' imply it is fail safe,This...

Future of Data Warehousing
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Future of Data Warehousing

This came up in a recent course I gave.  What are the implications of better and more intelligent data availability?   Better process decisions based on data.  ...
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