Verse 5: Data Curators - the Versatility of Verse.
Due to your feedback, we’ve added a ‘Data Curators’ section. That’s the Versatility of Verse (see what we did!).
This issue still comes complete with some of the latest happenings in the world of STEM data, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Interesting Reads
LinkedIn released annual data on worldwide trends in hiring, employment, and workplaces. Spoiler alert: Emerging-tech jobs are on the up-and-up—especially when it comes to AI.
Rise of the preprint: how rapid data sharing during COVID-19 has changed science forever.
Call Center AI Market: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021-2030, finds the value of the global call center artificial intelligence (AI) market in 2020 reached almost US$960 million and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 26% through 2030, reaching US$9.95 billion.
Leaders across Healthcare, Academia and Technology form new coalition to transform the healthcare journey through responsible AI adoption.
Terms and conditions suck. The TLDR Act would force tech companies to break legal jargon into understandable language, and be more transparent about data collection.
Company News
AI drug discovery startup BenchSci scores $63 million Series C round led by Inovia, TCV. BenchSci says its tech is used by 16 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies.
Evocalize raises US$12 million series A to democratize sophisticated digital marketing for local businesses.
SoftBank to raise over $250m to fund its work in high-altitude mobile services from the stratosphere.
Transpara AI Breast Care - Global Expansion Planned for 2022, it will see a larger global team and further research and development, resulting in an expansion of ScreenPoint's product portfolio.
AI-Driven Autonomous Testing Pioneer Appvance Raises US$13 million to Disrupt the US$120 billion Software Testing Market.
Movers and Shakers
REINZ Appointed Miles Fordyce as Chief Digital and Innovation Officer.
Salesforce Appoints Wendy Batchelder as SVP of Global Data Governance and Chief Data Officer of Trust.
Equideum Health Appoints Debbie Bucci as Chief Data Officer.
Data Curators
Elsevier’s ScienceDirect as Content Supercontinent?
Does the news of Wiley etc. syndicating to ScienceDirect mean Elsevier is developing a supercontinent to compete with ResearchGate and Google Scholar?
MIT Technology Review Insights: Building a high-performance data organization.
Check out this free report. Every organization today recognizes the strategic value of generating actionable insights from their enterprise data. That’s why data-driven companies are deploying increasingly advanced cloud-based technologies, including analytics tools with machine learning capabilities — but they’re still hamstrung by a lack of abundant, easily accessible, high-quality data.
Can Technology in the Post-cookie World be Designed to Respect User Privacy?
Minhaj Rais looks at possible solutions for beneficial data mining activities that don’t infringe on user privacy.
... and finally, this Space Beyond Our Solar System Quiz from quizly.co – How well can you do?