Category Archives: Big Data
The OED, Big Data, and Crowdsourcing
The term “big data” was included in the most recent quarterly online update of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). So now we have a most authoritative definition of what recently became big news: “data of a very large size, typically to the extent that its … Continue reading
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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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A Practical Introduction to Data Science Skills (Video)
Google’s Michael Manoochehri at DataEDGE 2013 presenting an introduction to data analysis and suggestions for how to become a data scientist (his notes for the presentation are here). [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpwZ_i-9U0o&w=560&h=315]
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Big Data Quotes: Einstein, Come Back When You’ve Got Data
“Big data is what happened when the cost of storing information became less than the cost of making the decision to throw it away”—George Dyson (quoted by Tim O’Reilly) “If the engineers have their way, every idea, memory, and feeling—the … Continue reading
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Big Data Quotes: Disruptive Innovation?
“By definition, big data cannot yield complicated descriptions of causality. Especially in healthcare. Almost all of our diseases occur in the intersections of systems in the body. For example, there is a drug that is marketed by Elan BioNeurology called … Continue reading
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Big Data, Small World: Kirk Borne at TEDxGeorgeMasonU (Video)
Kirk Borne is Professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science in the George Mason University School of Physics, Astronomy, and Computational Sciences (SPACS). Turns out he is the father of the term “unknown unknowns” – things we do not know we … Continue reading
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Big Data Quotes
“Big data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it…”—Dan Ariely “I’m a data janitor. That’s the sexiest job … Continue reading
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The Real World of Big Data (Infographic)
Click image to see a larger version The Real World of Big Data via Wikibon Infographics
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3 Big Data Milestones
If you were asked to name the top three events in the history of the IT industry, which ones would you choose? Here’s my list: June 30, 1945: John Von Neumann published the First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC, … Continue reading
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