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New Features for Polinode Graph Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

New Features for Polinode Graph Analytics

Been following the Polinode graph analytics capabilities for some time.  Their blog reports a number of new network metrics have been added.  Based on a freemium...

Evolution of Cognitive Computing Services
From The Eponymous Pickle

Evolution of Cognitive Computing Services

Rama Akkiraju of IBM writes:Looking at the evolution of service composition, from SOA to cognitive servicesToday, developers can create a wide variety of service...

Thought Vectors for Common Sense
From The Eponymous Pickle

Thought Vectors for Common Sense

Note my recent post on solving the common sense problem,  and Hinton's work on deep learning.  quite an interesting direction, which if solved,  makes a big step...

Key Points about Big Data Assets
From The Eponymous Pickle

Key Points about Big Data Assets

Intel Corp talks about data.     Very obvious, hardly a secret, but still ignored point:   "This is the dirty little secret about big data: No one actually knows...

Digital Copies of 3D Spaces
From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Copies of 3D Spaces

In Wired:   Commercial methods like those of Google, have led the way.   Now new work in making highly accurate representations of cities.   Ways to implement structural...

Reproduceability of Pscyh Results
From The Eponymous Pickle

Reproduceability of Pscyh Results

In Mind Hacks: Always suspected that a number of social science results were hard to confirm. Interesting results here.

Superforecasting with Tournaments
From The Eponymous Pickle

Superforecasting with Tournaments

I m a student of unusual markets and frecasts,  and this forecasting approach with  tournaments is described in some detail in a recent Edge article.  Quite an"...

Telling a Brands Story with Graphics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Telling a Brands Story with Graphics

In MIT Sloan:  Experiments with graphic presentation of data are making it easier for sales people to see how they’re performing right in the field, according to...

Machines as Talent
From The Eponymous Pickle

Machines as Talent

(More comments to follow)Machines as Talent   via DeloitteCollaboration, not competitionThe impact of computing on work is not new, but it is accelerating. The...

Innovation Exploitation Lagging
From The Eponymous Pickle

Innovation Exploitation Lagging

Good piece, the situation has been the case for some time. Technology leads, innovation exploitation is lagging .... There is a growing, perhaps even an overwhelming...

Networks and the Nature of the Firm
From The Eponymous Pickle

Networks and the Nature of the Firm

 Note the use of graph analytics to address this problem, often mentioned here, see the tag below.   Do we need a way to quickly categorize a particular kind of...

Future of Product Design
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of Product Design

The Future of Product Design   (Free EBook via Autodesk with registration) How Emerging Technologies Are Disrupting the Product Lifecycle By Jonathan FollettDesign...

Viz Description of Machine Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Viz Description of Machine Learning

From R2D3:Very nicely designed scrolling and animated visual of specific machine learning methods.   An introductory, intuitive and clear look, with no need for...

Serious Games Institute
From The Eponymous Pickle

Serious Games Institute

Revisited the Serious Game Institute.   " ... An International Centre for Excellence in Serious Games Applied Research, Business Engagement and Study .... " .  ...

What Kinds of Questions Can We Answer?
From The Eponymous Pickle

What Kinds of Questions Can We Answer?

What kinds of questions can data science answer?  Fascinating piece by Microsoft Data Scientist. Very fundamental idea.   Good way to present the idea to management...

On Seeking Knowledge of Causes
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Seeking Knowledge of Causes

Excellent CSIG talk today on causal Bayesian modeling in healthcare reasoning and elsewhere. Linkedin Group discussion at link here.   Slides and talk willat the...

A CKO Pushing Change
From The Eponymous Pickle

A CKO Pushing Change

Always an interest, how do we promote valuable change and expertise, adapted to local context?How NASA’s Chief Knowledge Officer Drives ChangeBy Carla O'Dell on...

Technology Making Social Skills more Important
From The Eponymous Pickle

Technology Making Social Skills more Important

In the HBR:   Research: Technology Is Only Making Social Skills More Important  by Nicole Torres ... Automation anxiety reached new heights in 2013, when Carl Benedikt...

New Normal OS Privacy Policies
From The Eponymous Pickle

New Normal OS Privacy Policies

In ArsTechnica: Criticisms about the normal state of how operating systems are communicating back to their builders.  Under the guise of helping them improving"...

Mysteries, Experiences and Value of Unsupervised Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mysteries, Experiences and Value of Unsupervised Learning

I am reminded of  a conversation with a manager  early in my data analytics career when I mentioned using "unsupervised learning" ... .  He asked in essence:  How...
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