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Exploratory Data Visualization for Reliable Integration

Integrating different kinds of data is a typical feature and basic requirement of Geographic Information Systems GIS. In particular, the modeling of environmental data and processes with GIS requires integration of many heterogeneous data sets. Required compatibility for integrating such data is often not given a priori. Data integration therefore...

Tags: Data Visualization, Data, Integration, University Of Zurich, GIS, Software

White papers 2008-07-11

Adding Data Mining Support to SPARQL Via Statistical Relational Learning Methods

Exploiting the complex structure of relational data enables to build better models by taking into account the additional information provided by the links between objects. The paper extends this idea to the Semantic Web by introducing the novel SPARQL-ML approach to perform data mining for Semantic Web data. The approach...

Tags: University Of Zurich, Semantic Web, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2008-03-17

Ginseng: A Guided Input Natural Language Search Engine for Querying Ontologies

The Semantic Web presents the vision of a distributed, dynamically growing knowledge base founded on formal logic. Common users, however, seem to have problems even with the simplest Boolean expression. So how can one help users to query a web of logic that they do not seem to understand? This...

Tags: Natural Language, Ontology, University Of Zurich, Semantic Web, Internet

White papers 2006-05-01

Technologies for Thin Client Architectures

This paper focuses on thin client technology. It gives an introduction to thin client architectures and proposes criteria, which are vital to successfully employ thin client technologies in an enterprise. Based on these criteria, this paper evaluates thin client technologies available today and shows that some offer potential value for...

Tags: Thin Client, University Of Zurich, Thin Client Technology, Thin Clients, Hardware

White papers 2001-01-07

Towards Semantic Web Engineering: WEESA - Mapping XML Schema to Ontologies

The existence of semantically tagged Web pages is crucial to bring the Semantic Web to life. But it is still costly to develop and maintain Web applications that offer data and meta-data. Several standard Web engineering methodologies exist for designing and implementing Web applications. This paper introduces a technique to...

Tags: Technique, Web, XML Schema, Web Application, XML, Ontology, University Of Zurich, Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing

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A Service-Oriented Peer-to-Peer Middleware

Nowadays, peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, e.g., filesharing networks like Gnutella, are specialised towards specific purposes. New P2P networks have to be created and installed to support new purposes. Furthermore, current P2P networks are almost impossible to use in business processes, because their lack of control makes them too unreliable. This paper...

Tags: Network, P2P, Middleware, University Of Zurich, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet

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Works of Albert Einstein. FREE Author's biography & letters in the trial 10.1 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-07

Not your average off-the-shelf system: New IBM supercomputer will heat university buildings

A water-cooled supercomputer, called the Aquasar, is being built as part of a collaborative effort by IBM and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. The project is part of IBM's First of a Kind Program, which leverages relevant research from outside of IBM's own research labs to advance technology...

Tags: Supercomputer, IBM Corp., Transportation, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Windows 7: preview of final user interface and 'studenty' features

It's a difficult and strange time for many in the IT industry. It seems most people from home consumers to students, IT professionals and governments have rejected Windows Vista, and many have their reservations about Windows 7. Will it be another disaster like Vista? Or will it...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, PDC, Mary-Jo, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-28

A UMan robotic arm

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a mobile robotic arm which can manipulate objects by 'seeing' its environment through a digital camera. This robotic arm, dubbed UMan, or UMass Mobile Manipulator, can 'approach unfamiliar objects, such as scissors, garden shears and jointed wooden toys -- and learn...

Tags: Environment, UMan, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-06

IBM to cool chips with H20

Much like a Porsche boxer engine -- only much, much smaller -- scientists from the IBM Zurich Research Lab and the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin are working on a microchip that uses micro pipes of water to cool itself, IBM announced this morning. The chip's components are...

Tags: IBM Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Cruising in our cities

If you drive a car in many European cities, I bet you're not always happy to see the traffic lights stopping you. And you're not alone: environmentalists agree with you -- but for other reasons. As traffic flows account for about one-third of global energy consumption, better control systems for...

Tags: Network, Traffic Light, Transportation, Strategy, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-11-18

IBM's future molecular switch

In another attempt to extend the validity of Moore's Law, IBM researchers are turning to molecules. According to Red Herring in IBM Sees a Dip in Chip Size, they have demonstrated how a single molecule can be switched between two distinct 'on' and 'off' states. They've used specially designed organic...

Tags: molecule

Blog posts 2006-08-05

Robots 'feel' objects with their whiskers

European researchers have developed new sensors modeled on mouse whiskers and equipped robots with these sensors. According to IST Results, such robots can 'feel' objects and their textures. They also discovered that their robots have manifested what is called an 'emergent behavior,' meaning they developed some kinds of instinct without...

Tags: robot

Blog posts 2005-11-16

LightPointe Case Study: Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Officials of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences needed to connect newly rented office space to the university's high-speed LAN. The newly rented building, however, was located off-campus, and officials did not have direct access. As a result, they would be forced to obtain permission to cross a public right-of-way...

Tags: University Of Applied Sciences, LightPointe, Wireless, Wi-Fi, LANs, Wireless And Mobility, Network Technology, Networking

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