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From The Eponymous Pickle

Fewer Assistants in China

Attended a meeting this week at Columbia featuring proposed uses of virtual assistants, excellent ideas, many by Chinese students. Impressive. So I see some... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 30, 2017 at 09:10 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Knowing the Data

I like the idea of 'thinking with data', not just solving a particular problem but knowing important process data and manipulating it for ongoing value. Knowing... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 30, 2017 at 12:43 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Mobile Neural Networks

This kind of work is going on elsewhere, like at Google, to try to put the intelligence and learning on the 'edge' of a network.MIT Research Could Make Neural Networks... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 29, 2017 at 07:05 PM

From insideHPC

Job of the Week: Research Scientist at LLNL

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is seeking a Research Scientist in our Job of the Week. "For more than 60 years, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | July 29, 2017 at 11:49 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

AI is not Smart Enough Yet

Gets back to the definition of AI. Sets of algorithms, machine learning, rules are still not AI (Artificial Intelligence) , they are new kinds of data processing... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 29, 2017 at 09:42 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Towards an Intelligent Automation Continuum

I like the broad idea. We seem to be doing very well these days in picking off specific narrow problem domains, but less so in constructing general solutions to... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 29, 2017 at 01:48 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

New in Analytics, AI and Automation

Via McKinsey: What’s new and next in analytics, AI, and automationInnovations in digitization, analytics, artificial intelligence, and automation are creating performance... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 29, 2017 at 01:15 AM

From Putting People First

“Where the social sciences and business come together” – Alexandra Mack on ethnography

In this episode of the Change Management Review Podcast, Theresa Moulton interviews Alexandra Mack. Alexandra is a senior fellow at Pitney Bowes, the e-commerce... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 28, 2017 at 11:18 PM

From Putting People First

Data ethnographer: the most crucial design job of the future

Data inside of algorithms is incredibly symbiotic with the algorithm itself. In product design, the data fed to algorithms determines the characteristics of a product... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 28, 2017 at 10:57 PM

From Putting People First

Australian Government Digital Transformation Agency says no to surveys and focus groups

Leisa Reichelt, the Agency’s Service Design Lead, gives the four reasons, here summarised but we recommend you to read the entire post: You can’t get authentic,... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 28, 2017 at 10:45 PM

From Putting People First

Nesta as an innovation move for Turin, Italy

A few months back we wrote about the ongoing negotiations between Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, and the [Italian Foundation] Compagnia di San Paolo toNesta... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 28, 2017 at 10:26 PM

From insideHPC

DDN Announces Trade-Up Program for Seagate Customers

DataDirect Networks has announced a trade-up program designed to offer Seagate customers a smooth transition to industry-leading DDN solutions. “It is a sad day... staff
From insideHPC | July 28, 2017 at 05:25 PM

From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squids Have Small Brains

New research: In this study, the optic lobe of a giant squid (Architeuthis dux, male, mantle length 89 cm), which was caught by local fishermen off the northeastern... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | July 28, 2017 at 05:00 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Road ahead for Connected Vehicles

The Road Ahead for Connected Vehicles In Knowledge@WhartonMass-market driverless cars are farther off in the future than media hype would suggest, and big automakers... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 28, 2017 at 04:57 PM

From Schneier on Security

Me on Restaurant Surveillance Technology

I attended the National Restaurant Association exposition in Chicago earlier this year, and looked at all the ways modern restaurant IT is spying on people. But... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | July 28, 2017 at 03:20 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Prescriptive Business Models

Another great piece from O'Reilly. Have seen many business models done with simple spread sheets, and even complex analytics built on top of these spreadsheets... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 28, 2017 at 02:43 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Glass Based Augmedix

Google Glass based, brought to my attention. Good example of Glass usage.AugmedixRehumanizing Healthcare .... Augmedix gives providers more time to focus onRegardless... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 28, 2017 at 02:38 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Healthcare Tech

Amazon has skunkworks underway to look at healthcare technologies. In SiliconAngle:" ... The lab is said to be working on projects including pushing and pulling... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 28, 2017 at 02:20 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Intel has its Ginger Assistant

Somewhat belatedly brought up, but Intel reported buying Ginger in 2014. No reports of what has been done with it, but it was mentioned in a Intel sponsored Columbia... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 28, 2017 at 01:40 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

An Overview of State of Virtual Assistants

In PC Mag looking at what you can do with virtual assistants. A reasonable overview, for those who have not taken a deeper dive. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 28, 2017 at 12:16 PM