News tagged with semantic
What's his name again? How celebrity monikers can help us remember
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Famous mugs do more than prompt us into buying magazines, according to new Université de Montréal research. In the December issue of the Canadian Journal on Aging, a team of scientists explain how the abilit ...
Semantic research sets world standards
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created new tools for semantic technology development which are helping to set the next generation of official standards. The tools also unblock some key bottlenecks ...
The search -- computers dig deeper for meaning (w/ Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Search engine technology is in a state of flux as it digs ever deeper for new meaning. Europe is poised to reap the benefits of the new age of semantic search thanks to the work of European researchers.
Listen, watch, read -- computers search for meaning
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created the first integrated semantic search platform that integrates text, video and audio. The system can 'watch' films, 'listen' to audio and 'read' text to find relevant responses ...
The eScience revolution: Creating semantic Web platforms for massive scientific collaboration
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Web scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will use the World Wide Web to compile and share scientific data on an unprecedented scale. Their goal is to hasten scientific discovery ...
Impaired kidney function linked to cognitive decline in elderly
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 28, 2009 |
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A new study published in the medical journal Neurology suggests that impaired kidney function is a risk factor for cognitive decline in old age.
Digital Democracy: The World Wide Web Consortium weighs in on government transparency
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On May 21, the day the White House unveiled its Open Government Initiative, it also launched the website data.gov, which put information like Medicare cost reports, residential energy consumption ...
'Triple Space' offers web for web services
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- What the World Wide Web is to humans, the Triple Space could become for machines, say European researchers who have helped lay the foundations for this innovative integration of web services, semantic web ...
It's semantic -- easier solution to annotate and search images
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Innovative software developed in Europe that makes it easier to organise, search and navigate collections of digital images will soon be available to media agencies, photographers and, potentially, ...
What's the semantic organization of human language?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 11, 2009 |
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A Chinese semantic network with semantic (argument structure) annotation was built and investigated for finding its global statistical properties. The results show that semantic network is also small-world and scale-free ...
Semantics-based software boosts company performance
Aug 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New semantics-based software tools that accelerate the speed companies can develop or adjust their processes - while slashing costs - have resulted from a major European research project.
Jinni: Semantic Search for Movies
Jul 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most interesting things I have come across over the Internet is the movie search engine Jinni. Can't think of anything to watch tonight? Type in a phrase, and dozens of moves app ...
New test could help diagnose early dementia
Jun 10, 2009 |
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A new cognitive test for detecting Alzheimer's disease is quicker and more accurate than many current tests, and could help diagnose early dementia.
Grid browser finds the meaning of life
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A web browser that can understand technical terms in life sciences and automatically find additional resources and services has been developed by European researchers. It could lead to a new generation of ...
Early brain activity sheds new light on the neural basis of reading
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Most people are expert readers, but it is something of an enigma that our brain can achieve expertise in such a recent cultural invention, which lies at the interface between vision and language. Given that the first alphabetic ...
