An industry-supported online school provides a good grounding in the science and application of very large datasets. A virtual school, developed by a team of leading software and hardware companies, ...

Today Cavium announced a new partnership that will position the University of Michigan as a leader in data-intensive scientific research by creating a powerful Big Data computing cluster using dual ...

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site aims to develop undergraduates’ cross-disciplinary research skills in big data for smart cities by providing tangible research experience of ...

Over the past decade, architect and building scientist Mohamed Aly Etman has informed global climate action with a superpowered computational tool that combines design and big data to visualize ...

DOLLARS FOR DATA: As big data makes its way into more industries, and high-profile data breaches and privacy scandals overtake headlines, universities are trying to better equip data scientists for ...

Anindya Sen is affiliated with C.D. Howe Institute Of Canada. University of Waterloo provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Waterloo provides funding as a member ...

Statistician and computer scientist Martin Slawski is developing software for analyzing and linking disparate data sets that will make it easier to explore Big Data. The world is swimming in data, but ...

University of Ottawa provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR. University of Ottawa provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Most internet users are by now aware of ...

“Data” is the watchword of the progressive gov tech professional today. If we can put a number to a problem — quantify it, catalog it, assault it with an avalanche of analytics — all will be well.

Graph theory isn’t enough. The mathematical language for talking about connections, which usually depends on networks — vertices (dots) and edges (lines connecting them) — has been an invaluable way ...

Big data projects that revolve around exploiting data for business optimization and business development are top of mind for most executives. However, up to 85% of big data projects fail, often ...