by Dave McComb | Feb 15, 2015 | Semantics and Ontology, White Papers
Encyclopedias are generally not intended to help with definition. An encyclopedia is useful in that once you know what something means, you can find out what else is known about it. Semantics is predicated on the idea of good definitions. However, most definitions are...
by Dave McComb | Jan 21, 2015 | Semantics and Ontology, White Papers
Semantic profiling is a technique using semantic-based tools and ontologies in order to gain a deeper understanding of the information being stored and manipulated in an existing system. In this paper we will describe an approach to understanding the data in an...
by Dave McComb | Jan 19, 2015 | Semantics and Ontology
Fractal geometry creates beautiful patterns from simple recursive algorithms. One of the things we find so appealing is their “self-similarity” at different scales. That is, as you zoom in to look at a detail under more magnification you see many of the same patterns...
by Dave McComb | Dec 23, 2014 | The Whiteboard
As the Season to be Jolly gets into full swing, I reflect one of my favorite ways to be jolly: laughter. What makes us laugh (or not) in a given situation? Some people just laugh, like my mother, who regularly burst into gales of laughter, for no apparent...
by Dave McComb | Nov 24, 2014 | The Whiteboard
I wrote the following last year, and am inspired to share this more publicly, today, the Monday of Thanksgiving week, 2014. It is Thanksgiving Day, 2013 and I just came across an article describing how science has tied gratitude to “the tendency to feel more...
