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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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Linkedin Buys Social Knowledge Company Refresh
Linkedin needs better under interfaces and user models as well. They are acquiring a social knowledge startup: " ... In a move that could yield even more automated...
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Elastic Systems and Smart Services
By Jim Spohrer: from the NSF Linkedin Group. The term Elastic Systems was unknown to me.Recently learned about "Elastic Systems" from Schahram Dustar (TU Vienna)...
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Industrial Internet Consortium Meeting
Notes, meetings and background from the IIC meeting, March, 25, 2015, by Shoumen DattaSee also the Industrial Internet Consortium.The Industrial Internet Consortium...
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Sensors for Amazon Dash Replenishment
And yet more. This points out that the idea goes beyond the push button for replenishment idea. It also includes sensor based product replenishment:" .. DashFor...
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SNCR Spring Newsletter
Had a long time fellow connection to SNCR. @SNCR The Society for New Communications Research. They also have interesting research going on. This latest newsletter...
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Opinions about the Amazon Echo
What Engadget readers think about the Amazon Echo. Have recently been looking at systems that engage the shopper in the home. Most recently Amazon Dash has...
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Dynamic Programming in Health Care
The OBAIS department at the Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati, invites you to attend the following research seminar.Date & Time: Friday, April...
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Frustration with Retail Loyalty Apps
Look at and statistics about how people are frustrated with Apps in retail. Examples obvious:While a slow checkout line, an awkward return process or a snarky...
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Future of Learning Assessment
From colleague in the knowledge management domain:Brian MoonChief Technology Office, Perigean Technologies LLCSero! is a learning assessment platform that uses...
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Planning for Your Cognitive Future
Am a longtime follower and practical pracitioner of what we used to call AI. Now it is called cognitive computing. A smarter, gentler, better integrated andIBM...
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Amazon Dash as the Future of Shopping
Have received a number of queries on the Amazon Dash buy button since mentioning it yesterday, Lots of interest in the dynamics and data involved. Are there too...
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Data Science Resource Cheat Sheets
Rstudio provides a number of templates for doing analytics, visualization and data science. These kinds of 'Cheat sheets', can be useful for the beginner and the...
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How do Digital Shoppers Shop?
In Retailwire: Has an obvious solution that we did lots of. Use it, watch people using it, test alternatives quantitatively. Do all that often, before you stop...
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A Struggle with Data Quality
Organizational struggle with data quality. I will add, the worst form of quality is the complete lack of required data and metadata needed for high leverage...
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CIOs and Digital Strategy
From Forrester: " ... In fact, CIOs with experience in marketing and/or business-unit leadership — especially eBusiness — are well equipped to lead the future...
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Amazon Dash Button
Amazon Dash. Automating Resupply. A Buy button. Connects to a smartphone App. Invitation for Prime Members. Clever idea. What will the uptake be " .... Place...
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Chromebit to Turn Display into Chomebook
Have experimented with the Chromecast idea, has somewhat limited usefulness, turning TVs into somewhat smarter devices. Now Engadget reports on the Chromebit,...
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RFID at Item Level Reaching Tipping Point
For years starting in 2000, we predicted the near approach of common item level RFID use in retail. It eventually became much more common at the pallet andIn...
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Watson Cognitive is Part of Cloud Service
Some of the functionality of IBM's Watson is available on their cloud. More on this in Computerworld. Have worked with this for a while now. The services are...
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