I was in southern California for essentially a big chunk of August. I had a day visit to the Information Sciences Institute (slides here), a some nice discussions with friends and also a chance to hang out at the ocean. So here are 10 observations:
- I still think hooking up Abstract Meaning Representation to linked data semantics is something worth trying out.
- What is data? I Christine Borgman’s definition “Data refers to entities used as evidence of phenomena for the purposes of research or scholarship”. p.29
- Silicon Beach is like a thing. Overhead in Venice, literally, “Tech dude: We need to iterate and test our mvp. Product dude: Steve Jobs didn’t ask what the marked wanted. We need vision!”.
- “a future incarnation of Siri, Cortana or other digital companions will be more like a knowledgeable colleague than a personal assistant.”
- JSON-LD + PROV + Elastic Search + lots of other stuff is awesome. I DIG it. Looking forward to hearing more at ISWC.
- Something to check out for altmetrics fans: Media Impact Project
- UCSB has a sweet campus….
- A nice ontology for software metadata: OntoSoft.
- AirBnB is great but this is the first trip where I encountered negative responses from neighbors / neighborhood.
- You can predict transformative scientific research
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