Machine Learning News Issue 25

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Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning Powers Staples Ordering System Staples Inc., facing tough competition in office supplies from online players, rolled out a new system Tuesday that taps natural language processing and machine learning. The intent is to fit purchasing into the typical way a company works, rather than require that customers return to their desks to access a special application for ordering, said Shira Goodman, president of North American operations.

Lucasfilm Alumnus Turned Epic Games CTO: Next Frontier for Virtual Reality Is Artificial Intelligence Getting virtual reality ( VR) to look great was the easy part. Now, it's up to researchers and developers to make it feel human, said Epic Games CTO Kim Libreri during an interview with Variety on the sidelines of the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, asking: "We can make a really good-looking digital human - but when do we give it a brain?"

Penn professors use machine-based process to predict domestic violence reoffenses Two Penn professors found that the use of machine-learning forecasts at domestic violence arraignments could substantially reduce repeat domestic violence arrests. Social policy professor Susan B. Sorenson of social policy and criminology and statistics professor Richard Berk looked at 28,646 domestic violence arraignments that led to charges and releases between January 2007 and October 2011.

How machine learning forecasts the future for careers at Bing - JobsBlog: Life at Microsoft At first, it sounded like a disaster. Walter Sun, whose job was to make sure Bing gave users the most up-to-the-minute information about current events, was seeing a big spike in the number of people searching for facts about some type of plane incident on the Hudson River.

Exotel launches Exotel Labs to research machine learning media_releases Cloud telephony company Exotel has announced the launch of Exotel Labs. Exotel Labs will have a team of researchers specializing in machine learning, data mining and signal processing. Editor's Pick Latest Videos FAST TRACK SLIDESHOWS Tech Chat FOLLOW CHANNELWORLD Signup for our newsletter and get regular updates.

Adobe Lightroom's new Search feature uses machine learning to ID your photos Lightroom users who sync their photos to the app's Web module can now test out a new and improved way to locate specific images: Search. As part of a new Lightroom Technology Preview series debuting today, Adobe is making the search feature available to Creative Cloud Photography Plan subscribers to test and offer feedback before finalizing it.

[Video] From Machine Learning Startup to Big Data Company The process of Machine Learning is dependent on algorithms that can learn from the data without relying on the rules of programming. The technology came into existence in the late 90's as the age of digitization began. As the big data gained volume, the process of machine learning got more advanced.

Of Broker Dealers, Machine Learning, Capital Utilization, and Profitability Front Office Trading Trends and Technologies... Over the past couple of years I have had the good fortune to discuss the need for improved understand of profitability and capital utilization in broker dealers. Frustrations abound. Discussions on the need to find the right clients to meet the balance sheet utilization mix meander with no clear end in sight.

Four Reasons Marketers Should Be Excited About Machine Learning Machine learning is generating a lot of chatter lately, making myriad marketers scramble to figure out to use it. Despite all the excitement surrounding machine learning, however, marketers still struggle with how to view it, what to expect from it, and how best to use this new technology.

April 6: Cybersecurity lecture 10:11 a.m., March 17, 2016--Cybersecurity expert James Nolan will deliver the third and final lecture in a series hosted by the University of Delaware Cybersecurity Initiative on Wednesday, April 6. The lecture, "Machine Learning Techniques and Applications for Text, Imagery, and Video Processing," will take place in Mitchell Hall from 2:30-3:30 p.m., with a reception to follow in the lobby of DuPont Hall.