A PhD position is open at the Royal Military College of Canada’s Semantic Technologies Lab. According to the description, “The positions include a Ph.D. research assistantship and support for conference travel and equipment. The ideal candidate would: have a background in knowledge extraction, data mining, NLP and/or machine learning; have some knowledge on the Semantic Web and ontologies; have (or soon receive) a Master’s degree in computer science/engineering, informatics, or related fields; be really excited about the project, persistent and hard-working; have a researcher’s attitude (to not be satisfied with the first explanation!); like to read, write and present; be ok investing 3+ years as a “research assistant” (aka PhD student).” Read more

Semantic Tech & Business Conference Returns to San Francisco

Semantic Tech & Business Conference returns to San Francisco in June! Join us from June 3-7 for complete coverage of Big Data, Linked Data, Extreme Information Management, and Semantic Web. From breakthrough approaches to solving business problems to the big data implications of fast–evolving technologies, SemTechBiz provides you with an unparalleled interactive experience and delivers tangible business value. We're offering a special early rate when you register by February 17. Sign up now!

Minneapolis, Minnesota – June 21, 2010 – US-based SoftLake Solutions and Belgium-based Collibra have partnered together to bring Collibra’s data governance product suite to North America. The relationship allows SoftLake Solutions to offer Collibra’s products and solutions to customers in the United States and Canada. SoftLake Solutions will leverage its domestic technical expertise to implement Collibra’s software solutions. Steven Pesklo, president of SoftLake Solutions, says “we’re excited to be partnering with Collibra for their data governance solutions. Businesses need to manage their business vocabularies and SoftLake Solutions will be using Collibra’s software in order to help companies put their businesses into context."

Collibra’s approach to governance uses their award-winning Business Semantics suite to better define definitions of business vocabularies and rules while allowing for improved data integration.

Minneapolis-based SoftLake Solutions is a natural partner for Collibra with its national footprint and decades of experience in bringing advanced data solutions. Indeed, the partnership will use SoftLake’s sales support organization as well as expert consulting and technical support to allow for maximum benefits from the Collibra solution.

SoftLake Solutions is a Minneapolis, MN based provider of business intelligence and data governance software and solutions. The company is a North American distributor for Collibra and InfoZoom, a powerful visual data intelligence product. For more information on SoftLake Solutions, visit www.softlakesolutions.com.

Collibra is a leading Data Governance software vendor for Master Data Management, Service Oriented Architecture and Business Intelligence. The Collibra solutions enable organizations to manage their business context and brings business and technical stakeholders together to govern business critical information. Collibra transforms data into trustworthy, useable and valuable information for both people and systems. The Data Governance solution reduces integration complexity,miscommunication overhead, and misinterpretation risks. For more information about Collibra, visit www.collibra.com.

MetaMoJi Announces Launch of MashIQ XBRL Analysis and Reporting Solution PR-CANADA.net (press release) … and published through the internet. MetaMoJi Corporation acquired the entire XBRL, advanced XML handing, and semantic technologies from JustSystems.

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10 technologies that could change the way we work and live ITBusiness.ca, Canada - John Brandon Some call it the Semantic Web; others call it the Smarter Web. The idea is to more easily share complex knowledge you get from the Internet. IBM Research has developed a Mozilla Firefox extension called coscripter that is essentially a macro-recorder …

Computers figuring out what words mean Canada.com, Canada - 8 hours ago "This is clearly a building block for Web 3.0, or what is known as the Semantic Web. It has taken 30 years; it is a labor of love," Jarus said. …

In my previous article, I proposed that the library catalogue could be used as a blueprint for the Semantic Web. Perhaps theoretical and conceptual, the arguments fleshed out the ideas, but not the practical applications. For this article, I will outline in greater detail how exactly, developments in library and information science are playing out, not only in the SemWeb, but also in knowledge management for business.

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