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MIT ConceptNet5 Stores Knowledge
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MIT ConceptNet5 Stores Knowledge

Via Jim Spohrer, some Notes from the recent AAAI meetings:" .. I ran into Henry Lieberman (MIT) at AAAI15 conference on Artificial Intelligence/Robotics/CognitiveScience...

SAP Complex Event Processing
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SAP Complex Event Processing

In Statupfocus: Brought to my attention by a colleague. who is working with SAP Hana.  This lays out the reasons for dealing with more and more complex events.

Sharing Data is Crucial
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Sharing Data is Crucial

Something we knew for a long time.  This often also requires the expertise available to make the case that sharing data is valuable for both parties.  That alone...

Bayesian Networks as Expert Systems
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Bayesian Networks as Expert Systems

Modeling causal reasoning is a favorite topic for me. Bayesia has posted another easy to understand demo of how a Bayesian network can be used to model a system...

Bill Gates on Dangers of AI
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Bill Gates on Dangers of AI

In the Wash Post.  He makes some good points about the need for concern. He points to work by MS on personal agents.  And warns: " ... I think we should be very...

Working Ontologist
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Working Ontologist

Had reason to go back and look at ontologies and semantic web solutions, first I had since 2008.  See the Working Ontologist site.  Thought not recently updated...

Driverless Cars and Traffic
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Driverless Cars and Traffic

Design and Efficiency.  Some simulation work seems to show that driverless cars would make traffic worse.  Early thought assumed that cars could travel closer together...

Unified Decision Processes Drive with Data
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Unified Decision Processes Drive with Data

At the Webinar today from Innovation Excellence by Julie Anixter on Big Data and New Product development,  Maor Gershoni and Tom Davenport highlighted the work...

Coke to Open Innovation Center at GA Tech
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Coke to Open Innovation Center at GA Tech

Coke and Ga Tech start Center in Atlanta. A favorite topic in these pages.  We established innovation centers starting in 2001.  As places to provide the infrastructure...

Crowdflower Crowdsourcing
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Crowdflower Crowdsourcing

I was asked to take a look at Crowdflower  in order to construct a database of HR data.  Previously we had used Mechanical Turk for a related need.   To provide...

Older Style Prolog AI Still in Use
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Older Style Prolog AI Still in Use

I just got a note from LPA. relating how their version of the declarative language Prolog is being used to power an Ebola trial in West Africa.  We used Prologvalidations...

Crowd Governance Using the Wikipedia
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Crowd Governance Using the Wikipedia

This upcoming talk is intriguing:OBAIS Seminar SeriesOBAIS Seminar SeriesCrowd Governance: The Monitoring Role of Wikipedia in the Financial Market.Ms Weifang Wu...

DashDB Announced as Sandbox Solution
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DashDB Announced as Sandbox Solution

In particular,  presenting the sandbox idea for connecting analytics to data warehouses.  Analytics often requires the ability to test multiple methods and data...

Computing Now Startup Channel
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Computing Now Startup Channel

A Channel, ok a blog, that includes posts and links about computing startups. Have followed the parent Computing Now magazine for years, always very well done. ...

Customization Nation with Services and Supply Chain
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Customization Nation with Services and Supply Chain

In Retailwire:   Thoughts about the meaning of services in retail.  Beyond the classic offering of a selection of products.  New changes in the relationship of"...

Metamind vs Watson
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Metamind vs Watson

Useful piece in KDNuggets:   In recent conversations with decision makers in the enterprise, see they are always emphasizing the need for more technology as a service...

Changing Role of the CIO
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Changing Role of the CIO

The changing role.  But consider the role too of formulating and directing technical  innovation strategy  as it applies to the needs of the company.

Reinventing Supply Chains
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Reinventing Supply Chains

From Bain:  Reinventing.  Something we did every few years, and quite successfully.   Most recently just a few years ago.   Here are two public examples:  A Data...

Brands Want Actionable Insight
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Brands Want Actionable Insight

In AdAge:  What we have said for a long time, and why we are still uncertain about the BigData term.  " ... Agencies: Does Your Data Pass the 'So-What' Test? .....

Data Science for the Masses
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Data Science for the Masses

Paper by a colleague. Kirk Borne.  This is not just about Astronomy science data, but broadly applicable to science and industryThe Revolution in Astronomy Education...
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