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Proposed Functional-Style Extensions for Semantic Web Service Composition

In a related paper the author sets out how various parts of a semantic web service-based architecture for Armadillo, a harvesting tool for semantic annotation, can be instantiated with information extraction and related language services. The paper has constructed this as a workflow, illustrated as a whole on the following...

Tags: University Of Sheffield, Semantic Web, Internet

White papers 2008-01-01

Ontology-Based Information Extraction for Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence BI requires the acquisition and aggregation of key pieces of knowledge from multiple sources in order to provide valuable information to customers or feed statistical BI models and tools. The massive amount of information available to business analysts makes information extraction and other natural language processing tools key...

Tags: Natural Language Processing, Natural Language, Extraction, Ontology, University Of Sheffield, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Enterprise Software, Databases, Strategy, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Investment, Finance

White papers 2007-08-24

Scaffolds for skin reconstruction

It's a well-known fact that our skin protecting us from diseases. And when it's damaged by severe burns or injuries, we need to replace it by healthy tissue, which is not always possible. But now, researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed a dissolvable scaffold for growing new areas...

Tags: scaffold, cell, University of Sheffield

Blog posts 2006-07-01

Human Resource Management and Performance in UK Call Centres

Using data from a sample of 145 U.K. call centres, the authors test the core propositions of the Strategic Human Resource Management SHRM approach that: there are coherent links through the SHRM chain from strategy, through operational requirements, to work design and human resource management, and the fit between the...

Tags: Human Resources, Performance, HRM, University Of Sheffield, Human Resource Practice, Human Resource Management (HRM)

White papers 2006-03-20

Developing a Service-Oriented Architecture to Harvest Information for the Semantic Web

Armadillo is a tool that provides automatic annotation for the Semantic Web using unannotated resources like the existing Web for information harvesting, that is: combining a crawling mechanism with an extensible architecture for ontology population. The latter is achieved via largely unsupervised machine learning, boot-strapped from oracles, such as web-site...

Tags: SOA, University Of Sheffield, Armadillo, Semantic Web, Internet

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Robotic ferret to detect hidden drugs and weapons

The monumental task of inspecting containers that come in to and out of seaports and airports may get a bit easier with a new type of robot being developed to detect drugs, weapons, explosives and illegal immigrants concealed in cargo containers. [caption id="attachment_1589" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Credit: Hammer411...

Tags: Container, Substance, Scanners, Robots, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Hardware, Peripherals, Emerging Technologies, Telecommunications, Networking, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-12

University Embraces Student Demand and Rolls Out Latest Desktop Technology

The University of Sheffield, in the United Kingdom (U.K.), has 25,000 students and 6,000 staff members. It is ranked one of the top 10 universities in Great Britain. When students at The University of Sheffield wanted access to Microsoft Office Professional 2007, the university upgraded computers in labs and classrooms....

Tags: University, Student, Desktops, Hardware

Case studies 2009-06-01

Living with the Eye of the Storm - an Entuity customer profile

Although I find conversations with representatives of technology suppliers to be useful and interesting. Having an opportunity to communicate with people actually putting the technology to use is even better. Typically these customers will present their experiences and highlight the strengths of a product and where it needs improvement. Recently,...

Tags: Virtualization, Network, Environment, Entuity Inc., Sheffield Hallam University, Eye, Network Team, University, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-03-27

Hornbill~s Supportworks Meets the University of Sheffield~s Challenge for Campus IT Service Desk

With over 24,000 students from 118 countries and almost 6,000 members of staff, the University of Sheffield is one of the UK's leading and largest universities. Like many large organisations, the University relies upon its IT systems to ensure that both students and staff can carry out their research studies....

Tags: Supportworks, Information Technology, Hornbill Systems, ICT Support Team, It Services, Strategy, E-mail, Management, Online Communications

Case studies 2008-03-17

Robotic rats will get a sense of touch

An international team composed of robot designers and brain researchers is looking at nature to develop a new generation of robots with active touch sensing abilities. The BIOTACT ('Biomimetic technology for vibrissal active touch') project is developing whiskered robot rats which might help in rescue or search missions under conditions...

Tags: Researcher, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-18

Students struggle with cellphone addiction

A new study by British researchers found that students can become addicted to using cellphones, reports Reuters. David Sheffield of the University of Staffordshire in Stoke-on-Trent found that some of the students' reactions were similar to symptoms associated with pathological gambling. “Mobile phones have become a very significant part...

Tags: Sheffield

Blog posts 2006-09-20

How SAP Education and RWD InfoPak Are Helping the University of Sheffield Successfully Meet a Massive End User Training Challenge

Higher education is becoming increasingly competitive both nationally and internationally, however, and the University faces stiff competition globally for overseas students and research funding. At the same time, more and more information is required for statutory reporting and attracting potential sponsors, and the University's array of legacy systems was proving...

Tags: Education, SAP AG, Training, Payroll Solutions, Operational Accounting, Hardware Upgrade, Financial Accounting, Finance, Hardware

Case studies 2006-08-30

3D face imaging in 40 milliseconds

Computer scientists at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, have developed a new face recognition software which can produce an exact 3D image of a face within 40 milliseconds. A pattern of light is projected on your face, creating a 2D image, from which an accurate 3D representation is generated. This technology...

Tags: 3D

Blog posts 2006-03-25

100 GB of storage for your cell phone?

British nanotechnologists have emulated the functions usually associated with transistor-based digital electronics in all-metallic nanoscale devices made from ferromagnetic materials. This technology could lead to three-dimensional microchips with tremendous memory capacities. These devices, which can be described as "MRAM that can think," mimic the functions of the brain. The design...

Tags: microchip, Imperial College London

Blog posts 2005-09-13