A DIY Guide to Deep Learning Hardware
by Angela Guess In his blog, Tim Dettmers recently wrote, “Deep Learning is very computationally intensive, so you will need a fast CPU with many cores, right? Or is it maybe wasteful to buy a fast CPU? One of the worst things you can do when building a deep learning system is to waste money […]
Read More →The Growing Role of Machine Learning in Cyber Security
by Angela Guess Rachel King recently wrote for the Wall Street Journal blog, “Artificial intelligence and machine learning are playing a larger role in cybersecurity, which can in theory help companies identify risks and anticipate problems before they occur. The idea is to create software that can adapt and evolve to combat ever-changing attack strategies, […]
Read More →How to Keep Machine Learning From Becoming a Big Data Bottleneck
by Angela Guess Jack Vaughn of SearchDataManagement recently wrote, “The recent rush of machine learning technology and products is formidable, but machine learning techniques are far from new. What’s new is the number of parallelized data processing platforms becoming available for machine learning applications of big data. At the recent Strata + Hadoop World conference […]
Read More →fluidOps Launches New AppCenter with Platform as a Service Offerings
by Angela Guess According to a new release out of the company, “fluid Operations™ AG (fluidOps), a leader in semantic technologies, recently launched its AppCenter: appcenter.fluidops.net. About 100 apps from fluidOps, partners and the community are available via AppCenter. The apps cover various use cases in the data management and data center and cloud management […]
Read More →IBM Acquires AlchemyAPI, Bringing in Some New Smarts for Watson
by Angela Guess Doug Henschen recently reported for Information Week, “IBM on Wednesday announced it has acquired AlchemyAPI, a provider of natural-language processing and image-analysis services and technologies. IBM said the deal will expand the IBM Watson community and accelerate the development of new cognitive computing applications. AlchemyAPI provides application program interface (API) services that […]
Read More →Google’s Efforts to Aid Drug Discovery with Big Data & Machine Learning
by Angela Guess VentureBeat contributor Paul Sawers recently wrote, “From answering heath-related questions in its search results to a fitness data platform for developers, Google is becoming increasingly ingrained in the fabric of our daily health-and-wellbeing habits. But behind the scenes, the Internet giant is also working to expedite the discovery of drugs that could […]
Read More →Machine Learning Developments That Will Drive Innovation
by Angela Guess Mehrdad Fatourechi recently wrote for VentureBeat, “Machine learning is coming into a golden age, and with it we’re seeing an awakening of possibilities formerly reserved for science fiction. Machine learning (ML) is a computer’s way of learning from examples, and it’s one of the most useful tools we have for the construction […]
Read More →Attensity Launches Semantic Annotation Natural Language Processing
by Angela Guess A recent article out of the company reports, “Attensity, a leading provider of solutions to surface business intelligence through real-time discovery, today announced Attensity’s Semantic Annotation combined with its Software Development Kit (SDK). This sophisticated parsing engine is designed to integrate into existing enterprise systems to automatically and intelligently extract highly accurate […]
Read More →Machine Learning is Getting a Whole Lot Easier
by Angela Guess Derrick Harris recently wrote for GigaOM, “A few years ago, there was a shift in the world of machine learning. Companies, such as Skytree and Context Relevant, began popping up, promising to make it easier for companies outside of big banks and web giants to run machine learning algorithms and to do […]
Read More →IBM Adds 5 New Services to Watson Developer Cloud
by Angela Guess IBM has announced that it is adding five new services to the Watson Developer Cloud, enhancing opportunities for customers to expand their cognitive computing power. According to IBM, “Since its creation in October 2013, the Watson Developer Cloud has evolved into an innovative and vibrant community with over 5,000 partners who have […]
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