Category Archives: Misc
A Digital Nation (Infographic)
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau]
Coursera: Data Science in Education
Monica Rogati in The LinkedIn Blog on Coursera, which offers free online courses: “Coursera’s approach to feedback and assessment is a very interesting application of data science. Tests are either computer-graded or peer-graded — the latter following industry tested crowdsourcing best … Continue reading
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The Web at 25: Tim Berners-Lee on the Web of Data
In 2009, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Web, Jason Rubin and I talked to Tim Berners-Lee about his invention and its future, the Semantic Web, which he described as “the Web of data.” Twenty years on, … Continue reading
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IBM Watson and Healthcare Big Data Analytics
Presiding over the ceremonial opening of the new IBM Watson Health global headquarters in Cambridge, Mass., IBM’s senior vice president Mike Rhodin highlighted the sometime-neglected focus of the effort to mine the ever-increasing quantities of health data. “We know that … Continue reading
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Industrial IoT Market to Reach $151.01 Billion by 2020
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market was valued at $93.99 Billion in 2014, to reach $151.01 Billion by 2020 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.03% between 2015 and 2020. IIoT is the integration of complex … Continue reading
Upcoming Big Data and Data Science Events
From Data to Knowledge May 7-11, University of California, Berkeley
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Google and Alphabet: Invention–and Commerical Success–is not Enough
It looks like most of the publications and pundits of the world had something to say about the surprise-of-the-decade: Google’s transformation into Alphabet (Techmeme provides a sample here). For me, the numerous questions they posed only triggered further questions: Is … Continue reading
The 7 Cs of the Cloud: A Big Data Taxonomy
What’s the new landscape of the information business as Cloud Computing and the Big Data Wave usher in the Age of Big Cloud Data (ABCD)?
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Internet of Things (IoT) Predictions
For the third year in a row, the Internet of Things has dominated CES. More than 900 companies out of 3,800 at the show said they had Internet of Things products. Andrew Begin at Mirum observed that the IoT has … Continue reading
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