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"As machine learning becomes more powerful, the field's researchers increasingly find themselves unable to account for what their algorithms know - or how they know it."

"Augmented reality might not be able to cure cancer (yet), but when combined with a machine learning algorithm, it can help doctors diagnose the disease."

Growing concerns about how artificial intelligence (AI) makes decisions has inspired U.S. researchers to make computers explain their "thinking."

Researchers at the MIT Media Lab, think that facial recognition software has problems recognizing black faces because its algorithms are usually written by white engineers who dominate the technology sector. These engineers build on pre-existing code libraries, typically written by other white engineers.

A study into online forums and the 'conversation' found within them. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master of Arts in Information Design"

IBM's Atlas uses SNA and social media mapping techniques to enable expertise location

"Gamification has emerged as a significant trend in recent years. Gamification uses game mechanics and game design techniques in non-gaming context - it's a powerful tool to engage employees, customers and the public to change behaviors, develop skills and drive innovation. Our Special Report evaluates the trends, how gamification is being applied in various industries and explores its future opportunities."

"How easy is it to deceive people with visualization?"

" Rob Cross, KIN Associate for the Social Network Analysis SIG is co-author of this presentation. It is relevant for organisations who are considering the transition elements of knowledge retentio"

" backstage.bbc.co.uk is the BBC's developer network to encourage innovation and support new talent. Content feeds are available for people to build with on a non-commercial basis."

" Report of recent US survey of HR Managers reveals lack of preparation for demographic changes and lack of knowledge strategies to address them… "In the USA only 12% of HR Managers see Knowledge Retention as a priority despite the fact that 20% of the workforce will be eligible for retirement over the next few years…""

Also includes a link to his recent Newsnight interview on 'fingerprinting' wher he explains some of his reserach about the affect of 'context' on decision making (in relation to finger-print experts in this example")

"useful glossary giving an overview of the various different learning models and approaches."

Harnessing your Staff's informal networks by Richard McDermott and Douglas Archibald

" Summary of Richard McDermott and Douglas Archibald's KIN / IKON Phase l CoPs benchmarking study"

ounded in 2004 we're a not-for-profit organization promoting open knowledge: that's any kind of information - sonnets to statistics, genes to geodata - that can be freely used, reused, and redistributed.

"This book explains very important aspects of the relevance and representativeness of the state of investigation into the concept of CoPs and their degree of acceptance and the creation of  a theoretical reference frame in contemporary society and economy. This relevance becomes clear on examining the wide variety of subject areas in the contents of the twenty-five chapters in this study, organized into five sections, each with its own area of interest, used to explain the practical and theoretical reach of CoPs.

New McKinsey research shows that a payday could be arriving faster than expected. A new class of company is emerging-one that uses collaborative Web 2.0 technologies intensively to connect the internal efforts of employees and to extend the organization's reach to customers, partners, and suppliers. We call this new kind of company the networked enterprise. Results from our analysis of proprietary survey data show that the Web 2.0 use of these companies is significantly improving their reported performance.

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