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How Big Data Is Changing Science (and Society) – Pacific Standard …

If a world that relies on cause and effect gets rid of the cause, what happens?One day in high school science class, our teacher handed out black plastic boxes that were completely sealed. As we lifted, rotated, and shook the boxes, we could hear a heavy object rattling around inside, bumping into the barriers of an internal maze we couldn’t […]

Big data approach to solar cells | Chemistry World

After 150 million theoretical calculations, scientists at Harvard University in the US reveal results that could cut down the time and cost of experimental tests to find better organic electronic materials for solar cells.Most solar cells are made from expensive inorganic materials. Solar cells from organic materials are a cheaper alternative and scientists have been working to find designs that […]

Facebook Open Sources Big Data Software – Business Insider

TechCrunch DisruptFacebook CEO Mark ZuckerbergSee AlsoStartup Pure Storage Hired 44 Employees From EMC — And EMC Is SuingCisco Launches Its Secret Startup Insieme, Then Buys It For $863 MillionHow Automattic Grew Into A Startup Worth $1 Billion With No Email And No Office WorkersSay what you want about Facebook’s war on privacy, there is one thing the company is doing that […]

Big Data App Engine Continuuity Names WebLogic Founder as …

For all its vaunted importance to large companies, working with big data is kind of hard. Everybody sort of gets the point: Mine huge troves of data gathered over time through the course of normal business operations, and eventually you get to recognize patterns that turn into new insights that, in turn, can lead to changes that either make or […]

FTC Commissioner Brill Warns About Cyberspace Big Data Abuse …

” webReader=”97.3686471009″>Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill has a big job with big implications for businesses and consumers alike. Her mission—to ensure that the U.S. economy operates with vigorous competition among producers, yet gives consumers access to accurate information–now even more vital in an era of Big Data.Addressing the audience at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) Third Sloan […]

CT News Junkie | Will Big Data Help Local Candidates?

by Christine Stuart | Nov 4, 2013 3:48pm
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Posted to: Election 2013, Town News, Southbury, Local PoliticsChristine Stuart photoSouthbury First Selectman Ed Edelson

Knowing they’re not going to get the same turnout Tuesday that they do in gubernatorial or presidential election years, municipal candidates on both sides of the […]

The Interplay of Big Data, WorldCat, and Dewey – OCLC

We are a worldwide library cooperative, owned, governed and sustained by members since 1967. Our public purpose is a statement of commitment to each other—that we will work together to improve access to the information held in libraries around the globe, and find ways to reduce costs for libraries through collaboration. Learn more »

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Big Data-Driven Applications to Fuel API Economy – FTP Directory …

The whole point of investing in Big Data is to drive the development of a new generation of data-driven applications. The challenge most organizations will face is that once they build those applications they will need to have a robust set of APIs through which to share the information those applications create.While it’s still early days in terms of the […]

The CTOvision Big Data Top Enterprise Tech List: The most …

We produced this list as an aid to the enterprise CTO seeking information on the most capable mission-enabling infrastructure technologies. This is a companion piece to our list of the top analytical technologists on our Analyst One website. Our methodologies are at the bottom of this list.We trust you will find this list interesting and informative. Have some new technologies […]