Category Archives: Big Data Analytics
The ‘End of Innovation’ Crowd Doesn’t Get IT
Recently, a fierce debate has taken place among prominent economists, with important implications for businesses everywhere. Should they prepare for a future characterized by little innovation or for a future dominated by accelerated innovation? In one camp are economists such … Continue reading
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In Praise of Small Data
Allen Bonde, Principal Analyst at Digital Clarity Group on Rich Media, Personalization, and the Power of Small Data [slideshare id=24961316&style=border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px 1px 0; margin-bottom: 5px;&sc=no] Rich Media and Small Data Keynote from IMS San Fran 2013 … Continue reading
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Small Data
“If this program is not effective it has to end. So far, I’m not convinced by what I’ve seen,” said Senator Patrick Leahy in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on July 31, according to the New York Times. In June, I … Continue reading
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Keeping Up With The Quants May Prevent the Next Big Data Crisis
Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics, by Thomas H. Davenport and Jinho Kim, is an accessible and timely introduction to the data mining work of quantitative analysts. Aimed primarily at a business audience, it was … Continue reading
The Age of Big Data: A BBC Documentary (Video)
On predictive policing, making millions with math, and mapping the cosmos [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzlwhP5JejA&w=560&h=315] Jeff Brantingham, UCLA: “Mathematics gives you the ability to understand exactly why things are happening within the data in a way that gut feelings do not.” See also … Continue reading
What Data Quality Problem? (Video)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0dIu4dCnJE&w=560&h=315] HT: Big Data Republic
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Big Data Observations: The Science of Asking Questions
“I am a firm believer that without speculation there is no good and original observation”—Charles Darwin “It is the theory that determines what we can observe”—Albert Einstein “I suspect, however, like as it is happening in many academic fields, the … Continue reading
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Big Data 3 V’s: Volume, Variety, Velocity (Infographic)
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Chris Anderson on New Areas for Big Data Analytics (Video)
Chris Anderson, CEO of 3D Robotics and former editor in chief of Wired on Quantified Self and the Internet of Things (GE’s “Industrial Internet”) as two new areas for big data analytics. Anderson: “Our ability to collect data is way … Continue reading
MIT’s Stuart Madnick on Big Data and Data Quality (Video)
Stuart Madnick, MIT, at the 7th annual MIT Chief Data Officer and Information Quality (CDOIQ) Symposium with Dave Vellante and Jeff Kelly. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-NXode-9zA&w=560&h=315] From Silicon Angle’s summary of the interview: “[Dave] Vellante asks if Madnick sees a ‘hard connection between big data … Continue reading
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