Bringing big data to public health
Separating the true signal from the gigantic amount of noise is neither easy nor straightforward, but it is a challenge that must be tackled if information is ever to be translated into societal well-being.
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Understanding our role in the world of Big Data.
In a comic format, AJAM presents a graphic novella about Big Data, privacy and the future of sharing.
Machine-Learning Maestro on the Delusions of Big Data
Big-data boondoggles and brain-inspired chips are just two of the things we’re really getting wrong
Twitter to release all tweets to scientists
Five hundred million tweets are broadcast worldwide every day on Twitter. With so many details about personal lives, the social media site is a data trove for scientists looking to find patterns in human behaviors, tease out risk factors for health conditions and track the spread of infectious diseases.
The new frontier for academic-industry collaboration?
Academic-industry research collaborations have long been a source of controversy in medicine.
Report from the Expert Group of the European Commission
EU report urging a copyright law reform to help researchers text-mine research papers.
The sexiest job of the 21st century
The sudden appearance of data scientists on the business scene reflects the fact that companies are now wrestling with information that comes in varieties and volumes never encountered before.
Eight (no, nine!) problems with big data
There is no doubt that big data is a valuable tool that has already had a critical impact in certain areas. But because of its popularity, we need to be levelheaded about what big data can and can’t do.
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