Over at Data Informed, David Loshin writes that designing, developing, and deploying analytic applications involves much more than just downloading open source software and still requires some skill and expertise. This article examines the prototypical big data platform using Hadoop, and how Hadoop-related projects address these pieces of the puzzle: Synchronization and coordination of process […]
Big Data in Healthcare – Saving Lives with Personalized Medicine
July 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In this video, Intel Fellow Eric Dishman shares a personal story of how his 25 year struggle with kidney cancer was finally resolved through Big Data and personalized medicine. Dishman’s doctors were able to treat him successfully after sequencing his complete genome. For personalized medicine, only 50,000 people on earth have had their entire genome […]
Podcast: Ed Dumbill on the Three Pillars of Big Data
July 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In this podcast from The Big Data Hub, Edd Dumbill from Silicon Valley Data Science makes the case that Big Data stands on three legs: open source software, commodity computing hardware, and the data itself. Read the Full Story * Download the MP3
European Commission Looks at Opening Up all Research Data
July 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Should all the data from all government-funded research be made public? Over at the Open Knowledge Foundation Blog, Sander van der Waal writes that the European Commission held a public consultation on open access to research data. The inputs of these stakeholders will play some role in revising the Commission’s policy and are particularly important […]
Measuring the Risks of Big Data
July 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Over at IBM’s Big Data Hub, James Kobielus writes that while Big data has value, the stewardship of that information also has a “disvalue” with business, legal, and compliance risks. The chief risk factor surrounding big data is not knowing the potential future downsides associated with your failure to manage it all effectively. Making the […]
Video: Big Data Solutions for a More Crowded Planet
July 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In this video from Emerald Planet, Dr. Sam Hancock and his guests discuss how Big Data and IT can help the planet accommodate the estimated 2 Billion new people that will be joining us on the planet by the year 2050. Guests: Antigone G. Peyton, Esq., Founder/CEO, Cloudigy Law; Kelly G. Hyndman, Esq., Partner, Sughrue […]
How Optensity Helps Analysts Make Sense of Big Data
July 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Over at CNN Money, By JP Mangalindan writes that while many organizations continue to struggle to make sense of Big Data, a new Startup called Optensity has built a system that assists decision-making without worrying about where the data is located, how it’s formatted, and how it’s changing. One thing popping up is called the […]
Video: Will Analog Computing and Neural Nets Power Innovation after Moore’s Law?
July 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In this video, Doug Burger from Microsoft Research presents: The Beast from Below—How Changes in the Hardware Ecosystem will Disrupt Computer Science. For decades, computer scientists have relied on steadily advancing hardware capabilities. Moore’s Law coupled with Dennard Scaling have improved von Neumann computing by many orders of magnitude. Notably, the underlying changes have been largely […]
Podcast: How General Catalyst Partners Sparks Big Data Innovation
July 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In this podcast, Deepak Jeevan Kumar from VC firm General Catalyst Partners describes his efforts to help entrepreneurs with disruptive ideas in big data, cloud computing, data center infrastructure, cyber-security, and clean energy. Deepak Jeevan Kumar has been with General Catalyst since 2010, first in Boston and later in the firm’s Palo Alto office. […]
Panel: How Can Big Data Move Research Forward?
July 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In this video, Dave Morgan from Simulmedia moderates a panel discussion moving research forward with Big Data. How do we define Big Data? How has it led to a major insight or solution at your company? What effect will big data have on the research industry? A team of experts in media, marketing and data […]
