NFAIS™ is a global membership organization serving all those that create or provide ease-of-access to credible, authoritative, high quality information. #NFAIS
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Closing keynote, Aaron Halfaker @halfak of @Wikimedia, shares that Wikipedia, at its core, is a socio-technical system, with inputs and outputs. #NFAISAI
Lunch keynote, Michael Puscar @OigaSME, warns that AI will not only give you a competitive advantage, it has the ability to make or break companies. In the next 2 years, everyone will be touched by AI. #NFAISAI
In a 2017 survey on the perception of libraries, 44% felt AI has no impact on the library. Karim Boughida @kboughida believes we won't be able to avoid it at #NFAISAI
Are colleges preparing their students for automated work that, in the future, will become even more prevalent across all industries? James J. Vileta @UofMNOnline offers some suggestions.
Hey, Alexa. Find me articles on quantum physics. ArixvML now integrates with Amazon's Alexa, which reads the article title, followed by the abstract. @McGillLib presentation at #NFAISAI
Will Siri and other virtual assistants--which has the potential to provide research as an inquiry-- threaten the library or become a viable partner? Amanda Wheatley and Sandy Hervieux @McGillLib share the research. #NFAISAI
Bert Carelli @TrendMD explains how its app uses AI and predictive analysis in providing recommended articles across multiple publisher platforms. #NFAISAI
Ann Gabriel discusses how Elsevier @ElsevierNews is moving toward AI as a service, from organizing data scientists across the organization, to making content more discoverable, to data mining. #NFAISAI
Using AI for automated literature review helps identify citations for researchers, but also flags redundant work and makes a case for project funding says Rosina O. Weber @DrexelCCI at #NFAISAI
Donald Samulack @samulack@Editage shares the technology behind ADA, which uses self-calibrating algorithms to automate manuscript assessment and facilitate the editorial decision-making process at #NFAISAI
Greg Kloiber @clarivate and Scholar One partnered with @unsiloproduct to develop AI widgets for journal editors. What were the most popular? Key statements and keywords that aided with rejection decisions.
#NFAISAI AI can assist publishers with discovery of not only their own content but also of public archives and data sets providing a richer user experience.
Sam Herbert @67Bricks reflects that AI is disrupting our industry and many others. While computers are better at predicting cancer than doctors, for the information services community, the challenge is converting those images into useable, discoverable data.
US and China lead in AI research articles but EU is also a large contributor. China research mostly focused on topics of computer vision, so research in China is focused on utilization. #NFAISAI