Sentiment analysis is not entirely new. Businesses have been attempting to generate insights from various pieces of content for some time now. With automated data collection becoming more accessible, sentiment analysis can be done by nearly anyone. While it’s often used by research and development departments for product analysis or by finance institutions to drive […]
10 Key Data Mining Challenges in NLP and Their Solutions
Even as we grow in our ability to extract vital information from big data, the scientific community still faces roadblocks that pose major data mining challenges. In this article, we will discuss 10 key issues that we face in modern data mining and their possible solutions. 1. Heterogeneous Data Data can be of low quality, […]
Will They Blend? Twitter Meets Azure – Sentiment Analysis via API
Click to learn more about author Craig Cullum. In the “Will They Blend?” blog series, we experiment with the most interesting blends of data and tools. Whether it’s mixing traditional sources with modern data lakes, open-source DevOps on the cloud with protected internal legacy tools, SQL with NoSQL, web-wisdom-of-the-crowd with in-house handwritten notes, or IoT […]
Leveraging Social Media Analytics to Grow Small Business
Click to learn more about author Evelyn Johnson. The power of social media cannot be denied. It has become one of the most significant tools to promote small businesses. Within the past decade, social media has significantly evolved. It is no longer a group of platforms people use to interact with their friends. It has […]
Sentiment Analysis vs. Semantic Analysis: What Creates More Value?
Click to learn more about author Muthamilselvan K. Today’s business world features cut-throat competition. Organizations keep fighting each other to retain the relevance of their brand. Are you wondering how to accomplish this? There is no other option than to secure a comprehensive engagement with your customers. Businesses can win their target customers’ hearts only […]
Communications Networks: An Untapped Pool of Data to Optimize Business Performance
Click to learn more about author Rob Chen. We are operating in a data-driven world where leveraging the insights from a growing pool of data sources is driving improvements in business processes, costs and customer experiences. For many organizations, however, there is still a hidden, untapped stream of valuable business data from communication networks and […]
Benchmarking the Full AI Hardware/Software Stack
Click to learn more about author James Kobielus. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a resource hog. AI-powered programs will grind to a halt unless developers continue to seek out the fastest, most scalable, most power-efficient and lowest-cost hardware, software and Cloud platforms to run their workloads. As the AI arena shifts toward workload-optimized architectures, there’s a growing need […]
Getting Back to the Basics: What is Machine Learning?
Click to learn more about author Seth Deland. Machine Learning seems to be the engineering industry’s latest buzzword – a technology with astonishing potential, yet one that many businesses struggle to understand, let alone embrace. Just last year, fewer than one-third (23%) of businesses had adopted any level of Machine Learning automation, and only 5% reported […]
Lexalytics CEO Jeff Catlin On What 2017 Will Hold for AI, NLP
by Angela Guess Jeff Catlin, CEO of leading NLP and sentiment analytics provider Lexalytics, recently shared his predictions on what next year will bring to the machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), and natural language processing (NLP) markets. His predictions, in his own words, are as follows: 1) Big Brother will take over more control […]
Deep Learning 101: The What, Where, and How
Researchers have tried for decades to create computers capable of learning. Recently, using the human brain as a model, they have had some success. Complicated algorithms have been developed, allowing computers to learn on a limited scale. Deep Learning (DL) is the name used for the process of computers “learning” appropriate responses as they interact […]