NEW SOFTWARE REMOVES SPIN FROM POLITICAL DATA.Byline: - Mariel Garza Southern Californians may soon be able to track the voting records of politicians and monitor the progress of public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. projects with revolutionary software that will be introduced today at Pepperdine University Pepperdine University is a private institution of higher learning affiliated with the Church of Christ in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States. The university's location overlooks the Pacific Ocean and is adjacent to the city limits of Malibu. . The Murray S. Craig Digital Democracy Lab will use artificial intelligence-powered software to catalog political action - from the minutes of obscure commissions to the passage of major laws - to create a database that computer-users will someday be able to access with the click of a button. Pepperdine is the first university in the nation to use the software. ``This technology is capable of putting at people's fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. exactly what local officials - elected and not - are doing,'' lab director Michael Shires said. The Windows-based software program was created by Murray Craig, a software engineer who found himself embroiled em·broil tr.v. em·broiled, em·broil·ing, em·broils 1. To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions: "Avoid . . . in an environmental battle with the city of Langley, British Columbia Langley, British Columbia can mean the following:
Craig said he became frustrated when he began searching for information on voting records of his local politicians and couldn't find a central source. Craig said the software creates what he calls a neural net neural network also neural net n. A real or virtual device, modeled after the human brain, in which several interconnected elements process information simultaneously, adapting and learning from past patterns. Noun 1. that recognizes patterns and trends and makes information associations that traditional databases cannot. ``It removes the veil of secrecy and gives you total transparency of the government,'' Craig said. ``It's a revolution to democracy that we've never had the tools for before.'' The Irvine company that Craig founded, eNeuralNet, licensed the software to Pepperdine for free as part of its national rollout. The company plans to apply the technology to other private industries. |
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