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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Why Free NYC Wifi?
In the Washpo. Really far beyond just providing easy and free communications between people and services. I am reminded of the early case of free Wifi in airports...
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How Smart are Smart Machines?
In MIT Sloan: Well put, we need to link cognitive abilities to the specifics of business need.The number of sophisticated cognitive technologies that might beSmart...
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ISSIP Talk: On Services Research
(Later today ... I will update this by tomorrow)" ... This week’s presenter for the ISSIP Service Innovation Weekly Speaker Series is Niels Feldmann from Karlsruhe...
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Imprecision in Computing
In the CACM: Decrease precision. For Saving energy apparently. How is this making anything better? The amount of energy involved seems minimal. Yet understanding...
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Ford and the Smart Home
Somewhat unexpected, but car makers linking to the Smart Home. The further integration between car and home. Major automakers are driving full speed into the smart...
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Building a Reco Engine with a Graph Database
Building a recommendation Engine ... Powering recommendations with a Graph Database. I like the idea of decision process starting with a visualization. "...
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Neglecting Business Process Models
In CIO: Agree, based on my observations, there is less business process modeling (BPM) being done today. Fewer people even know what it is. This is based on the...
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Watson, Big Data and Genomics
More emphasis on health applications. " ... IBM Watson takes analytics prowess overseas: Supercomputer to work on big data and genomics in Italy .... Computing...
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3D Printing and the Supply Chain
In Gartner: Obviously very dependent on form and assembly needs of the products involved. But will become increasingly in play as the technologies evolve.
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Changing Employee Behavior and Attitude
In McKinsey: Leaders must consider new ways to change the attitudes and behavior of employees." ... The psychological contract that traditionally bound employees...
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Rulex: Modeling for Rule Based Decision Making
Had spent some time looking at rule based approaches to doing predictive decisions. Brought to my attention: Rulex: " ... Understand, Forecast, Decide.New generation...
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Economics of Disruption
Digital strategy: Understanding the economics of disruptionResponding to digital disruption isn’t about creating a list of digitization priorities; it’s about identifying...
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A Building Sends a Friend Request
Way back when, during my early days of innovation, I worked at the Pentagon, a remarkable place. So this article seemed so striking I had to copy the link and...
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Asking the Right Questions of Big Data
Good thoughts here. Though having observed enterprise examples, it can be as little as asking any relevant questions of big data. Align questions with key decision...
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On Linear Regression
Good, non technical discussion. Probably the most important method to really understand well. Since it is most used.
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Light Show Driven by Pattern Recognition AI
An example of using sensors to drive performance light position. In the BBC. Ultimately a good example. The sensors gather data. Patterns can be matched to...
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New Data in Multimedia Research
In CACM:Bart Thomee of Yahoo Labs discusses "YFCC100M: The New Data in Multimedia Research" (cacm.acm.org/magazines/2016/2/197425), Contributed Article in the February...
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What Problem are you Solving?
Good thoughts in Inc. I add: Most of us have a list of things that we know are problems for our industry ingrained in our head. So it becomes a matter of prioritizing...
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Existing Technology to Assist Disabled.
In CACM: A good overview of the topic. We exist in a world where common, but still remarkable technologies are being broadly applied. I was reminded too, that...
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