Center for Entity Resolution <br />and Information Quality http://ualr.edu/eriq University of Arkansas at Little Rock Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:12:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Version 3.0 of OYSTER Now Available http://ualr.edu/eriq/2011/03/30/version-3-0-of-oyster-now-available/ http://ualr.edu/eriq/2011/03/30/version-3-0-of-oyster-now-available/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:48:30 +0000 adm_wordpress http://ualr.edu/eriq/?p=214 Continue reading →]]> A new version (3.0.1) of the OYSTER, an open source entity resolution system, is now available on the Downloads page of the ERIQ website (http://ualr.edu/eriq).  The 3.0.1 version includes a number of bug fixes and performance improvements over previous versions.  The new version also provides direct support for assertion resolution and a new XML structure for entity identity management (EIM).  The new EIM structure is designed to support both merge and record linking resolution operations.

]]> http://ualr.edu/eriq/2011/03/30/version-3-0-of-oyster-now-available/feed/ 0 ERIQ Director gives Entity Resolution Tutorial at MIT http://ualr.edu/eriq/2010/07/27/eriq-director-gives-er-tutorial-at-mit/ http://ualr.edu/eriq/2010/07/27/eriq-director-gives-er-tutorial-at-mit/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:23:06 +0000 adm_wordpress http://ualr.edu/eriq/?p=160 Continue reading →]]> Dr. John Talburt, Director of the ERIQ Research Center, gave a tutorial on Entity and Identity Resolution at the 4th Annual Information Quality Industry Symposium (IQIS 2010) held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, July 14-16, 2010.  Interest in entity and identity resolution have been growing because they are key processes in the current movement to create information exchange hubs in health care, law enforcement, education, and the military.  In his talk, Dr. Talburt discussed the distinction between entity reference equivalence and entity reference matching, the false negative problem, and three basic ER models – Fellegi-Sunter, Stanford Entity Resolution Framework (SERF), and Algebraic.  He also announced that the ERIQ Research Center will launch an open-source entity resolution project called OYSTER to be available on Source Forge later this year.

]]> http://ualr.edu/eriq/2010/07/27/eriq-director-gives-er-tutorial-at-mit/feed/ 0 15th Annual ICIQ Conference in Little Rock, AR, November 12-14, 2010 http://ualr.edu/eriq/2010/06/30/144/ http://ualr.edu/eriq/2010/06/30/144/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:45:23 +0000 adm_wordpress http://ualr.edu/eriq/?p=144 Continue reading →]]> The Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) will host the 15th International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ) on November 12-14, 2010.  The  ICIQ attracts researchers and practitioners in the academic, public and private sectors from across the globe. The 2010 conference is jointly sponsored by the MIT Information Quality Program and the UALR Information Quality Graduate Program.  UALR is the only U.S. university to offer graduate degree programs in information quality.

]]> http://ualr.edu/eriq/2010/06/30/144/feed/ 0 Infoglide Software and ERIQ Lab Sign Collaboration Agreement http://ualr.edu/eriq/2009/06/20/infoglide-software-and-eriq-lab-sign-collaboration-agreement/ http://ualr.edu/eriq/2009/06/20/infoglide-software-and-eriq-lab-sign-collaboration-agreement/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:40:32 +0000 adm_wordpress http://ualr.edu/eriq/?p=16 Continue reading →]]> Infoglide Software Corporation of Austin, Texas (www.infoglide.com), and the UALR ERIQ Laboratory signed a collaboration agreement providing ERIQ access to Infoglide’s Identity Resolution Engine (IRE) software for evaluation and research.   IRE is Infoglide’s patented identity resolution technology that allows for data matching, auto classification, and data cleansing in applications for data quality and master data management (MDM), including customer data integration (CDI) and product information management (PIM).  “We’re proud to be working with a leading center of advanced research focused on entity resolution and information quality,” said Robert Barker, senior vice president at Infoglide Software.  “The work in which Dr. Talburt and his team of faculty and students are engaged will continue to push the state of technology forward.” Dr. John R. Talburt, ERIQ Director, is a regular contributor to Identity Resolution Daily, an Internet Blog sponsored by Infoglide.  As part of the collaboration, Infoglide will fund a scholarship for students in the UALR Information Quality Graduate Program.

]]> http://ualr.edu/eriq/2009/06/20/infoglide-software-and-eriq-lab-sign-collaboration-agreement/feed/ 0 Dr. John Talburt Receives DAMA International 2008 Academic Award http://ualr.edu/eriq/2008/02/06/dr-john-talburt-receives-dama-international-2008-academic-award/ http://ualr.edu/eriq/2008/02/06/dr-john-talburt-receives-dama-international-2008-academic-award/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:35:47 +0000 adm_wordpress http://ualr.edu/eriq/?p=15 Continue reading →]]> The Data Management Association (DAMA) International announced that it will present its 2008 Academic Award to Dr. John R. Talburt, UALR Professor of Information Science and Acxiom Chair of Information Quality and also Executive Director of the UALR ERIQ Laboratory for Advanced Research in Entity Resolution and Information Quality.

The Academic Award is given annually to a member from academia who has done outstanding research or theoretical contributions in the area of information resource management or data resource management. Dr. Talburt was cited for his work over the years to advance the cause of data management, especially through his work in data and information quality. Previous recipients include Dr. E.F. Codd, Dr. Peter Chen, Dr. Richard Wang, and William H. Inmon. Dr. Talburt is scheduled to receive his award at the annual DAMA International Conference in San Diego, CA on March 17, 2008.

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