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  • IARPA to Host Data Retrieval Tech Proposers Day - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA to Host Data Retrieval Tech Proposers Day

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will hold a proposers’ day conference on Sept. 27 in Washington to brief interested organizations on a multilingual data collection system development program. IARPA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Aug. 1 it will discuss the objectives of the agency’s Machine Translation for English Retrieval of Information in Any Language  initiative and field questions […] More

  • Booz Allen, Conversable Partner to Offer Automated Interactive Messaging For Customer Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen, Conversable Partner to Offer Automated Interactive Messaging For Customer Service

    Booz Allen Hamilton has partnered with Conversable to jointly test and deliver automated interactive messaging tools and services to support customer care. The team will explore messaging, natural language processing, machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies to address two areas of customer needs including integrated and tailored customer service as well as on-demand access to content, products and services, Booz […] More

  • IBM, Romanian Gov't Ink Agreement to Establish Cognitive Computing Hub - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, Romanian Gov’t Ink Agreement to Establish Cognitive Computing Hub

    IBM has signed a memorandum of understanding with Romania’s government to open an innovation center for cognitive computing in the country, Business Review reported Wednesday. Ovidiu Posirca writes the collaboration looks to establish a European and National Romanian Innovation Cognitive Hub that will conduct research on machine learning and natural language processing. “IBM is the first company that joins […] More

  • Leidos, USC Partner on Network Analysis, Computing Research Projects; Gulu Gambhir Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos, USC Partner on Network Analysis, Computing Research Projects; Gulu Gambhir Comments

    Leidos and the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering’s Information Sciences Institute have partnered for two research projects that seek to advance high-performance computing and network analysis. Leidos said Monday it will fund both projects through a five-year, $500,000 grant under the Strategic University Alliances Program. The program seeks to support science, technology, engineering and math education […] More

  • IBM, Thomson Reuters Ink Cognitive Tech Partnership Deal; Mike Rhodin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, Thomson Reuters Ink Cognitive Tech Partnership Deal; Mike Rhodin Comments

    IBM and Thomson Reuters have partnered to provide IBM’s Watson cognitive technology to Thomson Reuters’ customers. Thomson Reuters will apply Watson technology to content analytics, natural language processing and evidence-based learning areas in order to assist clients in gaining insights into large volumes of data, IBM said Thursday. Mike Rhodin, a senior vice president for […] More

  • Frost & Sullivan: Health Tech Vendors See Biz Opportunity in EHR Data Retrieval - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frost & Sullivan: Health Tech Vendors See Biz Opportunity in EHR Data Retrieval

    A new Frost & Sullivan study says investments from government and healthcare providers have facilitated increased usage of electronic health records and have placed EHR retrieval as an important service priority. Frost & Sullivan said Thursday the “EHR Usability—CIOs Weigh in On What’s Needed to Improve Information Retrieval” report notes hindrances in EHR usage, such as speed and accuracy of data retrieval […] More

  • Bob Picciano: IBM to Offer New Natural Language-Based Watson Analytics Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Picciano: IBM to Offer New Natural Language-Based Watson Analytics Service

    IBM has launched an interactive Watson Analytics service that is designed with cognitive functions that work to recognize natural languages for self-service visual and predictive data analytics. The company said Sept. 16 that the service will initially be available as a cloud-based tool that delivers automated services such as data refinement and data warehousing via desktop-based or mobile applications. “Watson Analytics is designed […] More