Improved machine learning method for analysis of gas phase chemistry of peptides Dec 3, 2008
We employed a robust data mining strategy using new feature annotation functions of MAE software, which revealed under-prediction of the frequency of occurrence in fragmentation of the second peptide bond. We applied methods of exploratory data analysis to pre-process the information in the MS/MS spectra, including data normalization and attribute selection, to reduce the attributes to a smaller, less correlated set for machine learning studies. (BioMed Central)
Bradley joins D2Hawkeye Dec 2, 2008
D2Hawkeye specializes in data mining, risk and cost analysis services to health care providers. For more personnel news see. (Boston Business Journal, MA)
Marketing Analytics Key To Growth During Economic Slowdown Nov 29, 2008
That was the clear message from a two-day international user conference staged by data mining vendor KXEN, sponsored by Teradata, Neolane and Kognitio and attended by more than 100 delegates from banks, insurers, utilities, telcos and other firms. Citing results that included a 250% improvement in profits, an almost $1M saving in just three months, a 108% increase in ROI and an 80% boost in regular customers, users of KXEN's software underscored the role of analytics in remaining competitive... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
How to make a BI-G difference in performance Nov 24, 2008
IDCs Asia Pacific Semi-annual Business Intelligence Tracker, 1H08, states that Malaysias BI user base was maturing, indicating that organisations were moving beyond ad hoc query reporting to more intelligent data mining. The study revealed that the collective revenue of BI vendors in Malaysia grew 18. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
When Everyone Can Mine Your Data Nov 22, 2008
Maltego's open-source software brings data mining to the masses ... He has created a tool he calls Maltego that lets just about anybody do the kind of data mining that in the past only fraud investors, government specialists and hackers typically could do. (Forbes -- Technology)
Special Report: Identity Nov 22, 2008
By Taylor Buley Maltego's open-source software brings data mining to the masses By Taylor Buley Travelers beware: Poorly secured airport Wi-Fi networks are catnip for snoops. Video. (Forbes)
1st Circuit Upholds Law Barring Marketers From Using Data on Doctors' Prescriptions Nov 20, 2008
The Maine law would allow doctors to opt out of participation in data mining and prevent a prescription drug information company from licensing or selling a doctor's prescribing information. . (Law.com)
Software firm VuBotics seeks Chapter 11 Nov 20, 2008
VuBotics is the developer of VuIT Textcasting and VuIT Mine data mining software. In a 2007 article in Atlanta Business Chronicle, company officials said their products help wireless device users read text such as e-mails and documents up to five times faster than they would normally. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
The ties that bind Nov 18, 2008
This is a really interesting piece of work and clearly demonstrates the power of data mining. Its potential usefulness is not limited to health matters. (BBC News -- Technology)
Pa. grand jury investigating GOP use of database Nov 17, 2008
The $9 million database in question, developed under a contract signed in 2002 by then-Majority Leader John Perzel, creates detailed profiles of individuals using a technique called data mining, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Sunday. The state attorney generals office is investigating the use of the database as part of its ongoing bonusgate probe into whether legislative employees were improperly paid from state coffers for political campaign work. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
MedcomSoft Inc. Reports First Quarter Financial Results Nov 15, 2008
MedcomSoft's award-winning software applications include Electronic Medical Records, physician order entry systems with e-prescribing, document management, practice management and clinical data search, data mining, and disease surveillance systems. MedcomSoft is the recipient of the "Best of KLAS" award in 2007 year-end report in the Ambulatory EMR 1-5 Physicians category. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
VoIP tools, attacks could increase threat Nov 14, 2008
Eavesdropping techniques, call pattern tracking, data mining and data alteration are among the more sophisticated threats to voice and video used in the workplace ... Eavesdropping techniques, call pattern tracking, data mining and data alteration are among the more sophisticated threats to voice and video used in the workplace. (Search Security, MA)
Bruce Schneier: Securing Your PC and Your Privacy Nov 12, 2008
His recently released book, , dissects issues like data mining, the industry power struggle over controlling PC security, and why some risks are overestimated while others are underestimated ... It seems as if there's a national passion for data mining, largely in hopes that it will detect terrorists before they act ... Do you agree with our apparent enthusiasm for data mining. (Datamation)
Neuroimaging Of Brain Shows Who Spoke To A Person And What Was Said Nov 11, 2008
With the help of neuroimaging and data mining techniques the researchers mapped the brain activity associated with the recognition of speech sounds and voices ... With the help of data mining methods the researchers developed an algorithm to translate this brain activity into unique patterns that determine the identity of a speech sound or a voice ... The data mining methods were developed during the PhD research of Federico De Martino (doctoral thesis defended at Maastricht University on 24... (Science Daily)
President Obama, the Military, and National Security Nov 8, 2008
" Richard Danzig, a national security advisor to Obama, said he did not see defense spending declining in the first years of an Obama administration and before the election the Obama campaign said Franks plan was not Obamas. But Senator John Warner, a former Secretary of the Navy said Obama would be in a constant arm wrestling contest with Democrats like Barney Frank. Obama has expressed an attitude toward the military that has been troubling at times. Believing the war in Iraq... (Townhall.com)
Jingwei International to Report Third Quarter Financial Results and to Schedule Conference Call Nov 7, 2008
SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 6 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jingwei International Limited (OTC Bulletin Board: JNGW) ("Jingwei"), one of the leading providers of data mining and customer relationship marketing services in China, today announced that it intends to report its third quarter and first nine months financial results on Monday, November 10, 2008, before the market opens ... ABOUT JINGWEI: Jingwei International Limited has evolved into a diversified marketing services provider, powered by... (PR Newswire)
Jingwei to Present at Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference 2008 Nov 6, 2008
Regis Kwong, CEO, is Scheduled to Present Monday November 10th at 03:40PM EST SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 5 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jingwei International Limited (OTC Bulletin Board: JNGW; "Jingwei", the "Company"), one of the leading providers of data mining and customer relationship marketing services, today announced that Regis Kwong, CEO, will be presenting at the Rodman aw Annual Global Investment Conference in New York on Monday, November 10, 2008 at 03:40PM EST. The conference is being... (PR Newswire)
Essay: Obama's transcendence is beyond race Nov 6, 2008
Founded by Clinton and perfected by Bush, micro-politics relies on the dark arts of data mining, voter segmentation and polling. Micro-politicians divide the country into like-minded groups, then peel off their rivals' votes a few from here, a few more from there to cobble together narrow victories. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Data mining firm digs roots in pharmaceutical industry Nov 5, 2008
is one of the few New Mexico-based informatics firms that has succeeded in the volatile world of data mining ... During the dot-com bubble of the 1990s, some three dozen data mining companies operated in Santa Fe, but the crash shriveled the number of local firms to about six, Franklin says. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Retail's Not-So-Super Market Nov 2, 2008
Data mining software allows grocers to sort through reams of data, such as customers' buying history, and use that information to finely tune discounts and ad offers. "The ability to have targeted promotions and deliver appropriate coupons to households not only can increase revenue, but it can cut costs as well," Summers said. (Investors Business Daily)
MicroStrategy falls on declining sales Nov 1, 2008
The Vienna-based maker of data mining software for businesses reported third-quarter net income of $11. 1 million, or 90 cents per share, down 42 percent from the same quarter a year earlier. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Tools for improving social commerce Oct 27, 2008
Pentland calls his gleaning and processing of conversational and other data "reality mining - using data mining algorithms to parse the real life, analog world of social interactions.". Today in Technology & Media. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
As the economy worsens, more people are taking on additional jobs Oct 26, 2008
Last week, four months after he retired, Leano returned to his old job as a computer data mining consultant for Indianapolis-based health benefits provider WellPoint Inc. Anxieties about the economy and boredom with retirement inspired him to apply for the vacancy he'd left behind. "It was a godsend," says Leano, who is based in Louisville, Ky. (Boston Globe)
You May Soon Know if You're Hogging the Discussion Oct 26, 2008
Dr. Pentland, known as Sandy, calls his gleaning and processing of conversational and other data reality mining using data mining algorithms to parse the real life, analog world of social interactions. The tools he has developed might help people change their communication tactics, including those that lead to unproductive workplace dynamics, said David Lazer, an associate professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Pioneers Better Infection Control in Canada: Adopts Infection Surveillance and Monitoring System Oct 24, 2008
"By automating infection surveillance and providing simple data mining capabilities, IMPro will help CKHA eliminate much of the non value-add administrative tasks that an ICP is forced to do. This will allow CKHA to better focus organizational resources on infection prevention and control." This week marks Infection Control Week in hospitals across Ontario. In addition to its ongoing efforts, CKHA will be implementing further multi-faceted hand hygiene programs in the coming months. (Canada Newswire)
Stocks head for sharp decline on recession fears Oct 24, 2008
Find wall street jobs through D.W. Simpson on our data mining, financial engineering, derivatives and quants employment page. Our leads provide detailed contact information for Wall Street Professionals. (Yahoo News)
U.S. Expects Better Passenger Screening Oct 23, 2008
Later versions of this program became controversial because of data mining elements that had aroused privacy concerns. Secure Flight does not include data mining, which is the computerized searching of large databanks of information for clues to the identities of terrorists or criminals. (CBS News)
Aetna to offer records in Microsoft HealthVault Oct 22, 2008
"This is simply a place for you, like a safe deposit box, to store your data that is yours and yours alone to decide how you want to use it," he said, noting that it won't be used for data mining. The information also will be protected under the new "Connecting for Health" guidelines devised earlier this year by Microsoft, Google and others that wanted to set ground rules for keeping sensitive information private. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
'Backscatter spam' gums up many e-mail inboxes Oct 22, 2008
Computer-security administrators also are adopting a free technology standard called BATV (Bounce Address Tag Validation) to mark outgoing e-mail with a special tag to eliminate bounce-back spam e-mail messages, says Sven Krasser, director of data mining research at Secure Computing. Posted. (USA Today -- Tech)
Letters to the editor: (10/21/08) Oct 21, 2008
Could it be the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, or WMDs and preemptive war, or data mining and warrantless wiretap, or extraordinary rendition, secret prisons and torture, or Kyoto and Katrina, or American imperialism and our military-industrial complex, or deregulation and financial collapse, or the religious right and the Republican Party, or Diebold voting machines and stolen elections, or signing statements and the subversion of our Constitution. This country has been heading in the wrong... (Anchorage Daily News)
Social Networking Spices Up Election Oct 19, 2008
And as the campaigns enter the final weeks, both are ramping up their outreach in what political observers call an unprecedented political activation - overlaying an already powerful data mining machine. The Internet has enabled the two campaigns to combine a top-down and bottom-up form of organization unlike any ever seen in the history of American politics, said Micah Sifry, co-founder of TechPresident. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
President Bush signs into law new "Pro-IP" bill Oct 15, 2008
National Research Council on data mining for terrorists ... The NRC report validates the ACLU's longstanding claim that data mining for anti-terror and law enforcement work is worse than junk science, it is pseudo-science and in the same league as alchemy and astrology ... Government agencies that are spending billions on data mining to fight terror would spend their money more effectively trying to discover a magical formula to turn lead into gold. (Salon)
Nanoscopic Screening Process To Speed Drug Discovery Oct 15, 2008
The new "data mining" method pinpoints chemical. (June 24, 2002) Using what might be described as a biological machine, University of Florida and Finnish researchers have demonstrated an experimental process for drug purification that one day could speed the. (Science Daily)
Spy chief's disclosures stun Congress Oct 11, 2008
There s a sense that we re doing massive data mining, McConnell said, according to a transcript released by the El Paso newspaper. In fact, what we re doing is surgical. (Yahoo News -- Espionage & Intelligence)
JINGWEI: Management Ends Acquisition Discussions With Outdoor Advertiser Henan Red Flag Oct 10, 2008
The Company specializes in data mining and customer relationship marketing services in China. Powered by advanced data mining technology and a proprietary database of over 300 million Chinese consumers, Jingwei enables leading Chinese companies as well as international brands to reach their target audiences. (PR Newswire)
Palin’s e-mail hacker indicted, to be kept offline Oct 10, 2008
National Research Council on data mining for terrorists ... The NRC report validates the ACLU s longstanding claim that data mining for anti-terror and law enforcement work is worse than junk science, it is pseudo-science and in the same league as alchemy and astrology ... Government agencies that are spending billions on data mining to fight terror would spend their money more effectively trying to discover a magical formula to turn lead into gold. (Salon)
NSA might have heard private calls Oct 10, 2008
The allegations follow the release Tuesday of a study by a government advisory group that questions how useful the intercepts and another technique known as data mining are at ferreting out terrorist plots. "The information sought by analysts must be filtered out of the huge quantity of data available (the needle in the haystack problem)," says a two-year, 352-page study by the National Research Council for the Department of Homeland Security. (The Augusta Chronicle)
All counterterrorism programs that collect and mine data should be evaluated for effectiveness Oct 8, 2008
Routine forms of data mining can provide important assistance in the fight against terrorism by expanding and speeding traditional investigative work, the report says. For example, investigators can quickly search multiple databases to learn who has transferred money to or communicated with a suspect. (EurekAlert!)
Vodafone Germany Uses KXEN -- Data Mining on the Fast Track Oct 7, 2008
Telecommunications provider Vodafone Germany relies on data mining for its marketing initiatives and customer loyalty programmes ... San Francisco/Paris/London (PRWEB) October 7, 2008 -- Telecommunications provider Vodafone Germany relies on data mining for its marketing initiatives and customer loyalty programmes ... Data mining technology - which uses statistical modelling to search for distinctive patterns and trends - is the key to unlocking this potential. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Bio-imaging Mass Spectrometry Techniques Reveal Molecular Details About Complex Systems Oct 6, 2008
The researchers then use data mining methodologies including principal component analysis, independent component analysis and multivariate analysis to identify and compare ions of interest present in different locations. As a cell biologist, Merrill sees potential in the ability of mass spectrometry imaging to detect all of the important molecules that control cell behavior instead of just a few. (Science Daily)
Zeta Interactive's RelevantNoise(TM) Technology Shows Both VP Candidates Gain Blogosphere Buzz from Debate; Posts on Palin and Biden Turn More Positive Oct 4, 2008
Using search technology, natural language processing and data mining techniques, Zeta Interactive's Relevant Noise technology is able to tap into more than 100 million active online blogs, message boards and online communities to identify, analyze and document public opinion. The resulting data is considered public opinion and should be viewed as such when presented by Zeta Interactive. (PR Newswire)
Taking Storage Risks Oct 3, 2008
That's why it eats up early-day marketing and data mining tools in its operations. "The only time we recommend 'bleeding edge' technology is when there is a solid requirement that cannot be met by more traditional technology," says Chip Nickolett, a consultant at systems integrator Comprehensive Solutions of Brookfield, Wisc. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Copyright and Trademark Notice Oct 3, 2008
com, not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of Service, not to take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the IBD infrastructure, and not to use any data mining, robot, spider, crawler, cancelbots, Trojan horse, or any data gathering or extraction method or manual process to facilitate the misuse of Investors. com. (Investors Business Daily)
Making real-time information a contact center reality Oct 3, 2008
While, CRM vendors are adding real-time marketing data capabilities into their applications via development or acquisitions, there are other places to turn, such as predictive analytics and data mining services or for companies with sophisticated Web sites, web analytics ... While, CRM vendors are adding real-time marketing data capabilities into their applications via development or acquisitions, there are other places to turn, such as predictive analytics and data mining services or for... (SearchCRM.com)
3 Steps to Shifting Your Mindset, Marketing and Time Management Gears Sep 22, 2008
So discover the wonderful world of data mining; your watch and your wallet will thank you for it. Here are just a few examples. (RealtyTimes)
The Paulson Pop Sep 20, 2008
Data Mining Barclays reported that on Monday ETFs accounted for 40% of all equity dollar volume transactions, up from a typical 28% daily average. The company says that translated into $178 billion worth of ETFs trading hands, with $32 billion carrying the iShares brand. (SmartMoney)
MapReduce data architecture goes enterprise side Sep 18, 2008
g., graphs); and, Data mining and machine learning. "MapReduce is most useful when you have lots of data to analyze," Monash told SearchSOA. "A lot of the use cases are at the biggest Web companies. But anybody with large analytic data processing tasks, anybody with data warehouses in the hundreds of terabytes should take a look at it.". (Search Webservices)
A New License, for More Than Just Driving Sep 18, 2008
The problem is not surveillance, it is not data mining, it is not invasion of privacy the problem is the government s ability to apply character and intelligence to the collection, management, and use of information that is undeniably useful in government s efforts to protect society (that s you) from crime, from military threats, and, yes, from terrorism. Government can go the way of the government in Orwell s 1984 or it can be decent and humane. (New York Times)
The Echo Nest Corporation Secures First Venture Financing Round, Lead By Commonwealth Capital Ventures Sep 9, 2008
The Echo Nest powers intelligent music applications for online music services, using its patented "Musical Brain." The Musical Brain combines large-scale web crawling, data mining, language processing and audio analysis to. -- Read about music, constantly crawling the web and analyzing the text on millions of web pages to understand what the entire online world knows about every artist, album and song. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Custom SNP panel established for multiple myeloma Sep 9, 2008
A variety of analytical approaches, including machine learning tools for data mining and recursive partitioning analyses, demonstrated predictive value of the SNP panel in survival. While the entire SNP panel showed genotype predictive association with PFS, some SNP subsets were identified within drug response, cellular signaling and cell cycle genes. (BioMed Central)
South Korean government looks to rein in the Net Sep 8, 2008
China, meanwhile, continues to deny access to some foreign-based Web sites, and employs surveillance systems and data mining. An army of Internet police watch the content circulating within China, which has most Internet users in the world. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
25 Years Of Conventional Evaluation Of Data Analysis Proves Worthless In Practice Sep 5, 2008
7, 1998) The GeneticStorms project is a research effort aimed at using data analysis and data mining methods to investigate the Persian Gulf War Illness. (Feb. (Science Daily)
ACI Releases New Version of Fraud Detection Solution Optimized for IBM System z Sep 4, 2008
ACI's Proactive Risk Manager using the power of the IBM System z platform enables us to successfully handle this challenge and provides the ability to extensively carry out data mining to explore new fraud attacks. NAB is looking forward to being able to exploit new features becoming available as a result of the ACI and IBM collaboration. (Primezone Releases)
UTSA earns NSA stamp of approval for another five years Aug 30, 2008
UTSA s College of Business, which offers academic courses in biometrics, cyber forensics, data mining and intrusion detection, first earned its five-year designation in 2002. It is based on the curriculum in the College of Business. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Prevent corporate fraud electronically Aug 29, 2008
The proposed upgrading of MCA21a comprehensive e-governance programme that has already made the interaction between companies and regulators much more efficientwould make India the twelfth country in the world to put corporate financial information in the user-friendly XBRL. It will allow hassle-free data mining and effective utilisation of data for research. Also Read. (India Times)
New FBI rules: pro-active or just snooping? Aug 22, 2008
One provision that worries civil liberties advocates would let the agents begin targeting individuals based on profiles created through data mining. That plan, the senators wrote, "might permit an innocent American to be subjected to such intrusive surveillance based in part of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, or on protected First Amendment activities.". (Scripps Howard News Wire)
U.S. Tracking Citizens' Border Crossings: Report Aug 21, 2008
A notice by Customs and Border Protection, a DHS agency, said it does not perform data mining on border crossings to search for patterns that could signal a terrorist or law enforcement threat, according to the Post. But it states that information may be shared with federal, state and local governments to test "new technology and systems designed to enhance border security or identify other violations of law," the Post reported. (Newsmax)
Angelina Jolie spam campaign signals network threats Aug 20, 2008
But companies should not be lulled by the decline, said Sven Krasser, the director of data mining for Secure Computing's Trusted Source labs, who pointed to trends that indicate spam's inexorable upward trajectory ... "The attacks blend email and Web threats, or email messages that contain links and lures to make you click on the link." Sven Krasser director of data mining, Secure Computing's Trusted Source labs ... But companies should not be lulled by the decline, said Sven Krasser, the... (SearchCIO.com)
States fight to shield docs from drug data mining Aug 20, 2008
And while no federal lawmakers are discussing a national ban on data mining, the issue has attracted scrutiny from some on Capitol Hill. Sen. (Concord Monitor)
Citizens' U.S. border crossings tracked to find terrorists Aug 20, 2008
A customs document issued last month stated that the agency does not perform data mining on border crossings to glean relationships and patterns that could signify a terrorist or law enforcement threat. But the Federal Register notice states that information may be shared with federal, state and local governments to test "new technology and systems designed to enhance border security or identify other violations of law." And the Homeland Security Act, which established the department, calls for... (AZCentral -- News)
ETH Zurich creates new lab with Walt Disney Aug 12, 2008
Working to strengthen its commitment to research and development, the labora-tory in Zurich will allow Disney to tap into ETH Zurich's extensive talent in sci-ence and technology, specifically in computer animation, computational cinema-tography, autonomous interactive characters, robotics, and data mining and user interfaces. The partners will each profit respectively from the other's ex-perience as an acknowledged leader in computer graphics and animation. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
The Great Debate: Business Intelligence - Seconding Speeches Aug 8, 2008
The Great Debate is brought to you in conjunction with accountsIQ, your first choice for Online Accounting and Business Intelligence. "This house believes that business intelligence technology is inappropriate for most UK small businesses.Second proposer:Nigel Rayner, research vice-president, .All of us taking part in this debate acknowledge that when it is implemented well, business intelligence technology can and does stimulate better management and innovation. I can point to numerous case... (Accounting Web, UK)
SPARQL shines as RDF's query language Aug 6, 2008
RDF documents are interesting by the mere fact that they expose the essence of a resource, without the need to use any sophisticated data mining algorithms ... Though RDF and SPARQL aren't mainstream compared to other markup and query languages, they both set an important precedent for organizations wanting to make their content Semantic Web friendly, and with it facilitate the creation of custom data mining applications ... Keyword data mining via search engines and their supplemental Web... (Search Webservices)
Data mining detects signs of Lou Gehrig's disease in gene carriers long before symptoms appear Aug 4, 2008
A report in the August issue of Behavioral Neuroscience, published by the American Psychological Association, describes how this novel use of data mining may enable investigators to test therapies to delay or even prevent disease, starting with hereditary forms ... Data mining to detect the subtle behavioral expression of mutations could conceivably allow investigators to test therapies aimed at preventing, slowing or stopping disease ... Methods such as data mining can be therapeutically useful... (EurekAlert!)
Putting 'cloud computing' to the test Jul 31, 2008
Along the way, he said, researchers also plan to develop new large-scale applications for data mining and other operations. The companies and the university expect to start using the network of computers and give researchers access to it later this year. (MSNBC -- Technology)
