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The revolutionary role of AI in identifying and extracting evidence to be explored in a webinar featuring Chris Pashos and Matt Michelson – PR Web
Artificial intelligence and machine learning can effectively complement existing approaches to data synthesis and evidence generation. When used well, they can then enhance the efficiency of clinical development and commercialization programs, and help innovative therapies reach patients sooner.
Hoboken, New Jersey (PRWEB) July 12, 2021
International HEOR and RWE research organization Genesis Research is presenting an interactive webinar and Q&A at 11am ET on Thursday 15 July on How artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning can be incorporated across the product lifecycle to better identify and extract the evidence you need.
Vast volumes of medical literature are published each year and the process continues to accelerate. Whether scientists in the pharmaceutical industry need answers to specific questions or are undertaking a systematic literature review, identifying and extracting evidence accurate can be time-consuming and expensive.
This webinar discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) can alleviate the burden: allowing scientists to review the breadth of the literature while minimizing the effort required to secure results.
Chris Pashos Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer of Genesis Research and a former vice president at both Takeda and AbbVie, will be discussing the data needs intrinsic to developing a new medicine and describing how efficient evidence generation can yield positive decisions by regulators, health technology assessors, and the medical community that provide value and improve patient well-being.
Im very pleased to contribute to this webinar, says Chris. Artificial intelligence and machine learning can effectively complement existing approaches to data synthesis and evidence generation. When used well, they can then enhance the efficiency of clinical development and commercialization programs, and help innovative therapies reach patients sooner.
In the second part of the webinar, Matthew Michelson Ph.D., President, Genesis AI, will describe how artificial intelligence supports evidence development. He will also introduce EVID AI, Genesis Researchs in-house AI-powered database and machine learning platform, explaining how it can be incorporated into everyday processes to support evidence needs through a collaboration of human expertise and ground-breaking technological innovation.
A live video Q&A and discussion will follow, with the speakers answering questions submitted by the audience via live chat.
This free online event takes place at 11am ET / 4pm BST / 5pm CET on Thursday 15 July.
To find out more or to register, individuals should visit http://www.genesisrg.com/#/webinar
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Chris PashosChris Pashos Ph.D. is the Chief Scientific Officer at Genesis Research, focused on RWE generation, patient-centric research, and other aspects of Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) to support product evaluation, from drug discovery through development and commercialization. Chris has extensive experience in multiple therapeutic areas, including hematology/oncology, cardio-metabolic diseases, urology, rare diseases, neuroscience, immunology, and womens health. He has designed and implemented prospective observational studies (patient registries) involving hundreds of thousands of patients. His experience also includes numerous analyses of existing databases, interactive economic models, and surveys to obtain data on the use of health care services.
Matt Michelson Matt Michelson Ph.D. is the President of Genesis AI at Genesis Research. A computer scientist with an extensive background in information extraction, record linkage, machine learning and data mining, Matt and his team developed a unique platform called EVID which generates evidence by ingesting the entire primary literature of peer-reviewed articles, pulling out the salient data points and blending these results across innumerable combinations to generalize customized summaries in seconds. Matt and his team are building the largest database of therapy evidence in the world and continue to explore ways in which different data sources can be absorbed to answer complex research questions.
About Genesis Research:Genesis Research is an international HEOR and RWE research organization that supports the life sciences industry. As a leader in evidence strategy, development and communication, the company also supports life sciences clients with meta research, economic modelling, data analytics, scientific writings, outcomes simulation, strategic and tactical HEOR, market access strategy and evidence life cycle management.
Genesis Research have unique level of expertise in creating technological solutions:
A Rallyday Partners portfolio company (Rallydaypartners.com), Genesis Research has offices in Hoboken, USA and Newcastle, UK.
For more information, please visit http://www.genesisrg.com or http://www.linkedin.com/company/genesisresearch
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Job Alert: Top Data Science Jobs to Apply For this Weekend – Analytics Insight
Data science deals with the structuration, of scattered data and analyses them by using several types of tools and make data analysis models. Almost every organization is appointing data scientists at present to get better business value. The following are the latest data science jobs one can apply for this weekend.
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The Evolution of the Judiciary in the Age of Technology | Artificial Intelligence and the Delivery of Justice – Lexology
Judges are human. It is only natural that, like others in society, judges may have and are indeed entitled to their own personal views and beliefs. However, a judge must decide cases objectively and professionally, independent of his own personal views or beliefs, political or otherwise
- The Honourable Chief Justice Andrew Cheung
Introduction
The use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in Courts to render justice has been theorized in science fiction since the dawn of the digital age. In an age where impartiality of judges is often challenged, it is easy to understand why humanity might opt to surrender difficult decisions over to A.I. which are devoid of emotion.
As with any application of technology to a specific task, there are of course advantages and disadvantages.
What is A.I.?
According to John McCarthy, the famed computer and cognitive scientist whom had been credited with coining the term artificial intelligence, A.I. is defined as:
allowing a machine to behave in such a way that it would be called intelligent if a human being behaved in such a way
- John McCarthy
Integral to operation of A.I. is therefore the availability of big data (e.g. collated judgments, etc.) and the ability to process such raw big data into actionable knowledge. In short, A.I. is:
Collection of Big Data Processed into Knowledge-Action through Logic Engine
As we enter into the new decade, access to big data is very much a reality. Quantum computing that will enable actionability of knowledge gleaned from such collected big data is also very much a reality.
Application of A.I., Big Data & Knowledge in Computer-Assisted Courts
It is trite that the administration of justice means the delivery of justice on a case by case basis. Each matter brought before a Judge must be decided on its individual facts and merits. Regardless of the subject matter in question, the work of a presiding justice is to process the information that the parties bring before a Court.
It is noteworthy that not all decisions which require the exercise of judicial powers are complex. Default judgments requiring the declaration of the Court (e.g. Order 19 rule 7 applications) and summary judgment and summary judgments are all matters which can be dealt with without the need of an actual hearing. Where the matter is overly complex, such applications will have deemed inappropriate and dismissed in any event (a process which can of course be undertaken by logic engine).
Conversely, A.I.s application in simple criminal cases (e.g. traffic violation, etc.) where fixed penalty are the norm can similarly be handled by A.I. (subject to human review if the situation so warrants).
It cannot be stressed enough that technology have much potential to ease the backlog of cases in our judiciary as well as achieving judicial economy with cases.
Existing Technology
It should be noted that the application of A.I. in judicial practice has already taken shape in various parts of the world. For example, in a recent research done in the European Union, A.I. prediction of verdicts of cases heard at the European Court of Human Rights had been able to achieve an accuracy range of 79%. The technology therefore already exists!
Hong Kongs Lag in Legal Technology Adaptation
As mentioned above, in order for A.I. to work properly, big data is a condition precedent. One of the hurdles that Hong Kong will undoubtedly encounter is the fact that much of our legal professional are still paper based. The digitization of our judicial process is therefore essential if we are to have an environment that will be accommodating to A.I. adaptation.
The Need of a Human Heart
Worlds governed by artificial intelligence often learned a hard lesson: Logic Doesnt care. Yin-Man Wi
- Quote from the Sic-Fi Series Andromeda
Whilst an A.I. assisted judiciary will undoubtedly have much value to assist in the way justice is rendered, it should be noted that the beauty of Common Law lies in the emphasis on equity and conscionability.
Whilst the outsourcing of justice to A.I. may have its attractiveness on hind sight, overly stringent application of the law is also known to have caused injustice. The acquittal of O.J. Simpsons for example have often times been criticized that whilst procedural justice was achieved, the same cannot be so certain in respect to moral justice. The fact remains, the human heart will always remain as the last bulwark for justice. Many judges will often agree:
sentencing is the most difficult part of the job
Further, given the fact that A.I. is still, as of this moment of writing at least, a novel technology which remains to be proven, caution dictates that it is better to have an A.I. assisted judiciary (which we should be encouraged to do everything to strive for) rather than a A.I. presided judiciary.
Conclusion
To take things to the next step, we must therefore be mindful of what A.I. can do for us in the decade of 2021:
This article is co-authored by Anna Lau of Ravenscroft & Schmierer
This article was first published in the Hong Kong Lawyer
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State-of-the-art SAP Connector Brings Transparency to Business Processes Running in SAP – GlobeNewswire
MELBOURNE, Australia and BOCHUM, Germany, July 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apromore and GBTEC join forces with SAP integration specialist Arvato Systems to develop a state-of-the-art process mining solution to increase transparency of business processes running on SAP systems. The connector enables the automatic execution of prebuilt data pipelines to extract, transform and load transactional data from SAP S/4HANA and its predecessor SAP ERP ECC 6.0 into Apromore Enterprise Edition and GBTECs BIC Process Mining by Apromore. Enterprises now have an easier way to discover, analyze and optimize key business processes running on SAP.
Gregor Greinke, CEO of GBTEC, said, "More and more customers focus on the digitalization of their processes, structures and services. ERP systems such as SAP in particular benefit from a data-driven management of their processes. With many years of SAP excellence and over 400 SAP experts around the world, Arvato Systems is the right partner to intelligently link process mining and SAP."
SAP interface offers standard transfers for important end-to-end processes as well as highest IT and data security The connector supports end-to-end processes such as order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and record-to-report. The modules are easy-to-use, highly configurable and meet the highest security standards. They can be flexibly deployed on-premises or on the cloud, and support a range of SAP client customizations, significantly reducing the time-to-value for process mining initiatives on top of SAP. These modules are complemented by custom performance dashboards built on top of Apromore/BIC Process Mining to enable managers to keep track of all relevant performance indicators for their key processes.
Prof. Marcello La Rosa, CEO and Founder of Apromore, said, To date, many businesses using SAP are still struggling to truly understand the nature of their own processes. Without this intimate understanding, any digital transformation, SAP S/4HANA migration or operational excellence initiative, is destined to fail. Enterprises needed a new secure connector for SAP that could cope with all sorts of SAP customizations without getting mired in lengthy integration projects. Now customers can combine the power of SAP with Apromores unique process mining algorithms to identify concrete improvement opportunities in their current processes and simulate interventions before jumping into implementation.
Arvato Systems VP Becker sees great added value for SAP users around the worldGBTEC and Arvato Systems have been working together for many years in the area of process management. Over the past ten years, the partners have successfully implemented more than 100 projects.
Oliver Becker, Ph.D., Vice President at Arvato Systems said, "We have valued GBTEC as a partner for process-based digitalization for many years. Enterprises that want to better understand their SAP processes, design them efficiently and make them fit for the future will benefit from this new integration capability. With intelligent process recognition and analysis, complete processes can now be created almost completely from automation, saving companies time and money at every step of the process."
For more information about the connector, to book a demo or conversation, please see https://apromore.org/sap.
About GBTEC Software AGGBTEC Software AG is a specialist for business process management, digital transformation, business intelligence and integrated risk management. The company successfully combines consulting and software development under one roof. With BIC Platform, a suite for the digitalization in companies, GBTEC offers an innovative, holistic, powerful software for process and IT-system optimization. Its customers include organizations from different sectors, such as companies listed on the DAX, larger medium-sized enterprises as well as public authorities. Further information: https://www.gbtec.com.
About Arvato SystemsGlobal IT specialist Arvato Systems supports major companies through digital transformation. More than 3,000 staff in over 25 locations epitomize in-depth technology expertise, industry knowledge and focus on customerrequirements. Working as a team, we develop innovative IT solutions, transition our clients into the Cloud, integrate digital processes and take on IT systems operation and support. As a part of the Bertelsmann-owned Arvato network, we have the unique capability to work across the entire value chain. Our business relationships are personal; we work with our clients as partners, so that together we can achieve long-term success.arvato-systems.com
About Apromore By providing the finest and most accessible process mining experience, Apromore enables business leaders to quickly visualize and analyze their business processes for transformation or optimization. The result of over a decade of extensive research and innovation from leading universities, Apromore is the only organization offering both an open-source community edition as well as a fully maintained enterprise-grade processing mining solution. For more information, visit: http://www.apromore.com
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Retail inflation marginally eases to 6.26% in June; IIP grows 29.3% in May: Govt data – The Indian Express
India CPI Inflation, IIP Growth Rate: The countrys retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), eased marginally to 6.26 per cent in the month of June. Separately, Indias factory output, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), witnessed a year-on-year growth of 29.3 per cent in May, two separate data released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) showed on Monday.
The retail inflation during the month of May was at 6.30 per cent.
This is the second successive time that the CPI data has come over the Reserve Bank of Indias (RBI) upper margin of 6 per cent. Prior to this, the CPI came below the 6 per cent mark for five consecutive months. The government has asked the central bank to maintain retail inflation at 4 per cent with a margin of 2 per cent on either side for a five-year period ending March 2026.
CPI data is primarily factored in by the RBI while making its bi-monthly monetary policy. Last month, the central banks Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) had kept the repo rate unchanged for the sixth time in a row at 4 per cent while maintaining an accommodative stance as long as necessary to mitigate the impact of the second wave of the COVID-19pandemic.
The RBI, in its last MPC meeting, had projected the CPI inflation at 5.1 per centduring the ongoing financial year 2021-22. It sees CPI inflation at 5.2 per cent in Q1, 5.4 per cent in Q2, 4.7 per cent in Q3, 5.3 per cent in Q4 with risks broadly balanced.
The Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) or the inflation in the food basket, however, inched slightly higher on-month during June to 5.15 per cent, from 5.01 per cent in May, the data revealed.
The hike in the food basket was mainly due to a sharp rise in prices of oils and fats which surged 34.78 per cent on year in June. Apart from this, the egg prices segment saw a rise of 19.35 per cent while that of fruits gained 11.82 per cent and pulses and products rose 10.01 per cent. Non-alcoholic beverages climbed 14.71 per cent. On the other hand, the vegetables segment slipped (-)0.70 per cent and cereals and products declined (-)1.94 per cent.
Apart from food and beverages, the fuel and light segment rose 12.68 per cent in June, while clothing and footwear gained 6.21 per cent and the housing segment inched up 3.75 per cent.
In a separate data released by MoSPI, the countrys factory output witnessed a growth of 29.3 per cent on-year to 116.6 during the month of May.
The IIP had crashed (-)33.4 per cent on-year to 90.2 in May 2020, the data showed. This was mainly due to the nationwide lockdown which was imposed last year to curb the first wave of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
So far in the fiscal year 2021-22 (April-May), the industrial sector has seen a rise of 68.8 per cent, compared to a (-)45.0 per cent contraction in the corresponding period a year ago, the data showed.
The growth in IIP during May is on account of the manufacturing, electricity and mining sectors. The manufacturing sector saw a growth of 34.5 per cent on-year to 113.5 in May, while the mining sector saw a rise of 23.3 per cent to 108.0. The electricity sector too rose 7.5 per cent to 161.9, the MoSPI data showed.
The growth rates over corresponding period of previous year are to be interpreted considering the unusual circumstances on account of COVID 19 pandemic since March 2020, the press release noted.
In the corresponding month year ago, the manufacturing sector had contracted (-)37.8 per cent, the mining sector had witnessed a fall of (-)20.4 per cent and the electricity sector had declined (-)14.9 per cent.
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Energy Harbor Partners with Standard Power to Provide Carbon-Free Nuclear Power to New Ohio Bitcoin Blockchain Mining Center – PRNewswire
Energy Harbor President and Chief Executive Officer, John Judge said, "We are grateful that Standard Power has granted us the opportunity to serve them. We are happy to partner with customers who are focused on minimizing their impact on the environment while driving a new clean energy future in our local Ohio economy. This is another example of the value we provide to our customers and communities as we continue our growth strategy across all sales channels within our retail business."
"Bitcoin blockchain mining centers are energy intensive, and we recognize our responsibility to build a more environmentally sustainable future. We selected Ohio because of its low electricity costs with availability of carbon-free sources of energy. By partnering with Energy Harbor, we have proactively structured our hosting capabilities to ensure that 100% of the power associated with this facility is carbon-free," said Maxim Serezhin, Standard Power's Chief Executive Officer.
Energy Harbor is a financially secure independent power producer and fully integrated retail energy provider focused on safe and best-in-class operations and financial performance. With its fleet of reliable generating resources, including substantial carbon-free generation, Energy Harbor is well positioned for long-term value creation and competitiveness in a low-carbon future and is focused on enabling a growing customer and stakeholder base to meet their environmental, social and sustainability goals.
For more information on Energy Harbor visit http://www.energyharbor.com
About Standard Power
Standard Power is a leading hosting provider for blockchain mining companies providing services from early 2019 with a pipeline of over 1,000MW of power capacity in development. Standard Power leverages its infrastructure management expertise to develop modular data centers that lead the industry in efficiency. As part of its Tier III+ data center designs, Standard Power focuses on technologies that support high performance computing and is one of the first to adopt liquid 2-phase immersion cooling technology.Standard Power has developed robust designs and systems to provide large scale blockchain mining infrastructure to its institutional partners.
For more information on Standard Power visit http://www.standardpwr.com
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This press release contains "forward-looking statements." All statements, other than statements of historical facts, that are included in this press release that address activities, events, or developments that Energy Harbor Corp. (the "Company") expects or anticipates to occur in the future (often, but not always, through the use of words or phrases such as "intends," "plans," "will likely result," "are expected to," "could" and "will continue"), are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that in making any such forward-looking statement its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, any such forward-looking statement involves uncertainties and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the discussion of risk factors under "Risk Factors" contained in the Disclosure Statement of FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. filed with the Bankruptcy Court on May 30, 2019, which will be available on the Investor Website (as described below) and the following important factors, among others, that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements: the actions and decisions of regulatory authorities; economic conditions and power pricing within the Company's territories and markets; the Company's ability to accomplish or realize anticipated benefits from strategic and financial goals; the uncertainties associated with the deactivation of remaining commodity-based generating units, including the impact on vendor commitments, and as it relates to the reliability of the transmission grid, the timing thereof; the risks and uncertainties associated with litigation, arbitration, mediation and like proceedings, including with respect to the timing and amounts of the capital expenditures that may arise in connection with any such proceedings; changes in customers' demand for power; and weather conditions affecting future sales, margins and operations.
Any forward-looking statement included in this press release speaks only as of the date hereof, and except as may be required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to predict all of them; nor can the Company assess the impact of each such factor or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. As such, you should not unduly rely on such forward-looking statements.
Further information regarding the Company will be available at http://www.energyharbor.com under the heading http://www.energyharbor.com/ir (the "Investor Website"). The Company advises that holders of the Company's securities should review all available information before making any decisions whether to buy or sell any of the Company's securities. Any information in any materials posted on the Investor Website in the future will automatically update and, where applicable, modify or supersede the information contained in this press release and any other information previously posted on the Investor Website.
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Techno-Noir Opera Looking at You Mines Privacy in the Digital World – I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
If you have ever been the victim of credit card fraud or been lured into a dating app subscription, or if you remember Edward Snowdens global surveillance scare, youll agree theres a disquieting dark side to the ubiquity of cyberspace. This is the subject matter of Kamala Sankaram and Rob Handels synth-pop, minimalist cyberpunk musical Looking At You, the first recording of which becomes available digitally and on a limited supply of flash drives on July 16, 2021 on Bright Shiny Things.
Scored for six singers, saxophone trio, piano, and electronics, Looking At You is primarily a theater piece, whose 2019 premiere at Lower Manhattans HERE Arts Center was critically acclaimed. By necessity, much is lost without the immersive experience of the live show; in fact, what made the performances quite stirring was the live data-mining component that drove home the point of the piece. Sitting at Rix headquartersthe fictional tech company where much of the action takes placeaudience members were offered a free drink in exchange for their email address, which was then matched with ticket ordering details, faces, names, and social media profiles to serve up photos and status updates for all to see later in the performance.
Kamala SankaramPhoto by Dario Acosta
With that caveat, the new recording of the full 86-minute pop opera still has its highlights, minus the stage action. The strength of the original sextet of singers carries the weight of the album: mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert in the lead as Dorothy, a new employee at Rix who develops the dating app CheckUOut with an algorithm that outgrows its original purpose to dig up more private data than it should; Paul An as Raj, a buffoonish top executive at Rix; Brandon Snook as Ethan, a Snowden stand-in; and Adrienne Danrich, Eric McKeever, and Mikki Sodergren as a charming trio of Rix geeks.
The bulk of the instrumental accompaniment, conducted by Samuel McCoy, consists of pulsating beats and robotic synth progressions without much room for subtlety of expression, though befitting the blend of EDM and motoric chamber music at its heart. Jazzy saxophone riffs (Jeff Hudgins, Edward Rosenberg, and Josh Sinton) support basic harmonies from the piano (Mila Henry) and electronics, and Sankarams vocal writing accomplishes much within that stripped-down foundation.
The opening number, This is Where the Winners End Up, has a catchy, arpeggiated electronic sequence; the chorus of geeks takes on a charming quaintness with an accented, uneven rhythm as they introduce the dicey, sometimes questionable goings-on of Silicon Valley tech giants like Rix. Later in the piece, that chorus returns as a hook for the narrative; in the closing Product Launch, it undergoes a minor-key transformation, with sinister washes of dissonance from the saxophones.
Eric McKeever, Mikki Sodergren, Paul An, and Adrienne Danrich in the 2019 premiere of Looking at You at HERE Arts CenterPhoto by Paula Court
The electronically voiced Tablettes, chattering indistinctly with snippets of personal information pilfered from users, impart an unsettling mood of ultra-vigilance, like an inescapable cyber-presence in the ether. The score takes a menacing turn in Ethans first appearance as the parallel Snowden story begins to unfold: Ethan, Dorothys former lover, blows up the news when it is announced he has leaked 1.7 million classified files.With soft piano musings and sax fluttering, the melancholic Scrolling Back evokes nostalgia as Dorothy rereads old text messages exchanged with Ethan. In Bike, the saxophones take the lead, while the piano adds a subtle chirping, as Ethan hacks Dorothys Fitbit to contact her.
There are also solos for the supporting singers that elevate a few somewhat monotonous passages: In Flashbacka trio for Dorothy, Ethan, and an intruding journalistSodergren, playing the journalist, outshines Gaissert with her OK Mister Mystery solo. Her voice aims for a soulful mix between cabaret and Broadway, breaking the back-and-forth between Dorothy and Ethan. It is a great moment, with some of the composers best vocal writing.
Blythe Gaissert and Brandon Snook in the 2019 premiere of Looking at You at HERE Arts CenterPhoto by Paula Court
In Geek Trio (Nothing to Hide), Danrich, as the geek Annina, shakes up the tedious electronic sequence of the first half with a high-caliber operatic spotlight. She sings of how we can feel entitled to our rights and privacy, but the problem is because youre white, youre not accustomed to being surveilled, she saysone of Handels hasty lines that come across as more provocative and topical rather than thoughtfully fleshed out.And a problem with the libretto is that at times Looking At You tries to juggle a bit too much: Other than predatory data mining and runaway artificial intelligence, the libretto flirts less convincingly with gender roles in the workplace and race relations.
Yet, Looking At You develops an edgy narrative with a propulsive cyberpunk soundtrack, even if the plot details ultimately matter less than the general message: When weighing our privacy against the conveniences of the digital world, we soon realize that the comfort of our unexploited personal lives is non-negotiable, even when we feel we have nothing to hide.
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Which companies are leading the way for artificial intelligence in the mining sector? – Mining Technology
Teck Resources Ltd and Sibanye Stillwater Ltd are leading the way for artificial intelligence investment among top mining companies according to our analysis of a range of GlobalData data.
Artificial intelligence has become one of the key themes in the mining sector of late, with companies hiring for increasingly more roles, making more deals, registering more patents and mentioning it more often in company filings.
These themes, of which artificial intelligence is one, are best thought of as any issue that keeps a CEO awake at night, and by tracking and combining them, it becomes possible to ascertain which companies are leading the way on specific issues and which are dragging their heels.
According to GlobalData analysis, Teck Resources Ltd is one of the artificial intelligence leaders in a list of high-revenue companies in the mining industry, having advertised for 55 positions in artificial intelligence, made zero deals related to the field, filed zero patents and mentioned artificial intelligence two times in company filings between January 2020 and June 2021.
Our analysis classified zero companies as Most Valuable Players or MVPs due to their high number of new jobs, deals, patents and company filings mentions in the field of artificial intelligence. An additional five companies are classified as Market Leaders and one are Average Players. Six more companies are classified as Late Movers due to their relatively lower levels of jobs, deals, patents and company filings in artificial intelligence.
For the purpose of this analysis, weve ranked top companies in the mining sector on each of the four metrics relating to artificial intelligence: jobs, deals, patents and company filings. The best-performing companies the ones ranked at the top across all or most metrics were categorised as MVPs while the worst performers companies ranked at the bottom of most indicators were classified as Late Movers.
Anglo American Plc is spearheading the artificial intelligence hiring race, advertising for 70 new jobs between January 2020 and June 2021. The company reached peak hiring in September 2020, when it listed 11 new job ads related to artificial intelligence.
Teck Resources Ltd followed Anglo American Plc as the second most proactive artificial intelligence employer, advertising for 55 new positions. Rio Tinto was third with 26 new job listings.
Finally, artificial intelligence was a commonly mentioned theme in mining company filings. Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd mentioned artificial intelligence five times in its corporate reports between January 2020 and June 2021.
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GlobalDatas unique Job analytics enables understanding of hiring trends, strategies, and predictive signals across sectors, themes, companies, and geographies. Intelligent web crawlers capture data from publicly available sources. Key parameters include active, posted and closed jobs, posting duration, experience, seniority level, educational qualifications and skills.
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After Backlash, Predictive Policing Adapts to a Changed World – The Wall Street Journal
The Future of Everything covers the innovation and technology transforming the way we live, work and play, with monthly issues on health, money, cities and more. This month is Artificial Intelligence, online starting July 2 and in the paper on July 9.
It was a seductive pitch to city governments and police departments: Use predictive software to deter crime before it is committed.
Artificial intelligence-powered algorithms, the software companies said, could chew up data on incident reports, weather, time and other variables, learn historical patterns, and spit out forecasts faster, cheaper and more accurately than human analysts. Using big data to put cops in the right place at the right time would help discourage crime.
Federal funding helped push such tools to police departments in Los Angeles, New York and elsewhere in the 2010s. More recently, however, those tools have faced pushback. Criminal-justice advocates warn that a disproportionate number of reported incidents involving low-income people or people of color could lead to outsize police footprints in their communities and unequal enforcement relative to total crime. Some academics question how effective the tools really are.
Santa Cruz, Calif.s police department stopped using software developed by PredPol, now known as Geolitica, in 2017. Weeks after the police killing of George Floyd ignited racial justice demonstrations around the U.S. last year, the city became the first in the nation to effectively ban such technology, with local officials warning it could contribute to racial profiling and strain police ties with the community. More recently, lawmakers in Oakland, Calif., and New Orleans voted to prohibit the tools.
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Brooklyn Area Events Calendar: Check Out Whats Happening This Weekend – Patch.com
BROOKLYN, NY Hoping to go on a family outing? Hoping to spend a night out with friends? Your Brooklyn Patch community calendar is a great way to stay up to date on what's happening near you and discover local events that fit your interests. Check out what's happening and what might interest you before you make plans.
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Here are all of this weekend's events in the Brooklyn area:
See more local events posted by your neighbors, or add your own, on the Brooklyn Patch community calendar.
Editor's note: This article was automatically generated based on event information mainly provided by community members. Patch has not independently verified most of this information, always check with organizers to confirm posted events are proceeding as planned. Click on any event in the list for more details. You can also reach out to content@patch.com with any questions or other feedback about this article.
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Brooklyn Area Events Calendar: Check Out Whats Happening This Weekend - Patch.com