Sparrho

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Sparrho
Sparrho logo (2017).png
Created byVivian Chan, Nilu Satharasinghe
Websitewww.sparrho.com
Written inClojure[1]

Sparrho combines human and artificial intelligence to help research professionals and layman users stay up-to-date with new scientific publications and patents.[2] Sparrho's recommendation engine provides personalized scientific news-feeds by using proprietary machine learning algorithms to "aggregate, distill and recommend" relevant content.[3] The platform aims to complement traditional methods of finding relevant academic material such as Google Scholar, and PubMed with a system which enables the serendipitous discovery of content and across relevant scientific fields.[4]

Recommendation engine

Sparrho uses a "three-pronged approach" to content recommendation. Firstly, "data-data analysis" is tackled using techniques such as natural language processing to provide appropriate research based on data provided by users.[5] Secondly, "user-user interactions" are utilized to propose a wider range of potentially relevant subject areas to users with similar interests.[6] Finally, "user-data interactions" such as labeling articles as "relevant" or "irrelevant" within a particular scientific field allows Sparrho to personalize user newsfeeds.[7]

History

Sparrho was founded in 2013 by Vivian Chan and Nilu Satharasinghe as a solution to issues Chan encountered over the course of her biochemistry PhD at the University of Cambridge, especially in staying up to date with scientific literature [8][9][10] Initially established at Ideaspace in West Cambridge, and moving subsequently to Camden Collective[11] and the Ministry of Startups[12] in London, the company is now based in the data science hub SHACK15 in Shoreditch, London.[13]

In 2014, Chan was a semi-finalist for the 2014 Duke of York New Entrepreneur of the Year Award,[14][15] and in 2015, Chan was included on the 35 Women Under 35 list compiled by Management Today.[16] In 2016, Sparrho was a semi-finalist in Pitch@Palace 5.0.[17]

As of July 2017, Sparrho has raised $3 million from investors including White Cloud Capital, AllBright, and Beast Ventures.[18]

Competitors

Sparrho's primary competitors are PubChase and Scizzle,[10][19] though both PubChase and Scizzle are targeted towards biomedical sciences and solely recommend academic journal papers.[20][21]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sparrho's technology stack". StackShare. http://stackshare.io/sparrho/sparrho. 
  2. ↑ "About Sparrho". Sparrho. http://blog.sparrho.com/about. 
  3. ↑ "Sparrho: the discovery platform with a bird's eye view on science". Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable. http://www.oxbridgebiotech.com/review/business-development/sparrho-discovery-platform-birds-eye-view-science/. 
  4. ↑ "INTERVIEW: Content Recommendation Platform Sparrho Talks Staying On Top Of Science". StrategyEye - Digital Media. http://digitalmedia.strategyeye.com/article/JhAO5vNc8Vg/2014/09/02/interview_content_recommendation_platform_sparrho_talks_stay/. 
  5. ↑ "Peeking under the hood: Sparrho's Discovery Engine". Sparrho. http://blog.sparrho.com/post/98321187242/peeking-under-the-hood-sparrhos-discovery-engine. 
  6. ↑ Glenski, Maria; Weninger, Tim (2017-07-31). "Predicting User-Interactions on Reddit". Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining 2017. ASONAM '17. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 609–612. doi:10.1145/3110025.3120993. ISBN 978-1-4503-4993-2. https://doi.org/10.1145/3110025.3120993. 
  7. ↑ "Sparrho - How does our recommendation engine for science work?". Sparrho. http://www.sparrho.com/how-it-works/. 
  8. ↑ Nicola Davis. "Cambridge's leading tech startups". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/01/cambridge-university-internet-tech-startup. 
  9. ↑ "Why EF". ef.. http://www.joinef.com/why-ef/. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "How to tame the flood of literature". Nature News & Comment. http://www.nature.com/news/how-to-tame-the-flood-of-literature-1.15806. 
  11. ↑ "Sparrho finds a new nest!". Sparrho. http://blog.sparrho.com/post/100100099802/sparrho-finds-a-new-nest. 
  12. ↑ "Tech Pitch: Sparrho". Startups.co.uk. http://startups.co.uk/tech-pitch-sparrho/. 
  13. ↑ "This Search Engine Uses AI to Keep Scientists Updated". SHACK15 News. http://news.shack15.com/this-search-engine-uses-ai-to-keep-scientists-updated/. 
  14. ↑ "National Business Awards 2014 - Finalists". nationalbusinessawards.co.uk. http://www.nationalbusinessawards.co.uk/Content/Finalists. 
  15. ↑ "Vivian Chan of Sparrho one of ten semi-finalists competing for the Duke of York New Entrepreneur of the Year Award next week". Cambridge News. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Vivian-Chan-Sparrho-semifinalists-competing-Duke-York-New-Entrepreneur-Year-Award-week/story-22510610-detail/story.html. 
  16. ↑ "I've never been regarded as weak' - 35 Women Under 35 2015". Management Today. http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/go/35-women-under-35-2015-features. 
  17. ↑ "Sparrho will attend Pitch@Palace 5.0 hosted by HRH The Duke of York at St James Palace on 7th March 2016". Sparrho. http://blog.sparrho.com/post/140388251747/sparrho-will-attend-pitchpalace-50-hosted-by-hrh. 
  18. ↑ "Sparrho raises $3 million to democratize access to science research". VentureBeat. https://venturebeat.com/2017/07/10/sparrho-raises-3-million-to-democratize-access-to-scientific-research/. 
  19. ↑ "Diving into the haystack to make more hay?". plos.org. http://blogs.plos.org/tech/diving-haystack-make-hay/. 
  20. ↑ "PubChase - discover life sciences research of interest to you.". PubChase. http://www.pubchase.com/. 
  21. ↑ "Scizzle - Frequently Asked Questions". Scizzle. http://www.myscizzle.com/Index/faq. 

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