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Book Review: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

Blurb For years Laia has lived in fear. Fear of the Empire, fear of the Martials, fear of truly living at all. Born as a Scholar, she's never had much of a choice.  For Elias, it's the opposite. He has seen too much on his path to becoming a Mask, one of the Empire's elite soldiers. With the Mask's help, the Empire has conquered a continent and enslaved thousands of Scholars, all in the name of power. When Laia's brother is taken she must force herself to help the Resistance, the only people who have a chance of saving him. She must spy on the Commandant, ruthless overseer of Blackcliff Academy. Blackcliff is the training ground for Masks and the very place Elias is planning to escape. If he succeeds, he will be named deserter. If found, the punishment will be death.  But once Laia and Elias meet, they find that their destinies are intertwined and their choices will change the fate of Empire. In the ashes of a broken world, one person can mak...

Technology: Knowledge Engineering & Knowledge Representation

Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Representation are one of the fundamental parts of an Artificial Intelligence system. In this article, we will go through these concepts and understand how it is used in the field of AI. Knowledge Engineering First, let us understand what is Knowledge Engineering. " Knowledge Engineering refers to all technical, scientific and social aspects involved in building, maintaining and using the knowledge-based system" Knowledge-based systems or KBS is a computer program that reasons and uses the knowledge base to solve complex problems. The subsystem of a KBS include: 1. Knowledge base:  It is a computer program which stores complex structured and unstructured information that a computer system uses. This exhibits opposite properties of relational database systems. Knowledge base stores structured data but not as a table with numbers and strings, but as pointers to other objects that in turn has additional ...

Book Review: Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Blurb For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how much her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch came along. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Nora is drawn to him against her better judgment. But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure who to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is and knows more about her than her closest friends. She can't decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.  For Nora is right in the middle of a centuries-old battle between the immortal and those that have fallen - and sooner or later, she's going to have to pick a side... Review A normal girl and a mysterious guy meet in a biology class???? Gives me Twilight vibe. Instead ...