Big Data

COVID-19 is not the first event to demonstrate the numbing effect of big data, but it reinforces the challenge of developing a true perspective of risk. A COVID-19 victim is buried in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe (Image: EPA/ Aaron Ufumeli) . EPA/AARON UFUMELIThis article was first published in the newsletter Managing Outcomes.…

Komodo Health, a company that is meshing big data, AI, and analytics to create a digital map of the U.S. health care system, announced that it quietly secured a $44 million cash injection last year in a series D round of funding led by Iconiq. The funding came in mid-2020,…

(China org) China's box office total for films screened during the New Year's Day holiday weekend reached nearly $200 million, a new record.According to Beacon, an Alibaba-developed box office tracker and big data platform, all films screened during the three-day holiday together grossed 1.29 billion yuan ($198 million), higher than…

Koreans' most fervent wish for the post-coronavirus period is for schools to reopen, big data shows. VAIV Company, which specializes in artificial intelligence and big data, analyzed 4.23 billion postings on Twitter, Instagram, blogs, and online communities from Jan. 1 until Dec. 20 last year to see the tracks of…

Happy Holidays. This week we are reprinting our top stories of 2020. This article first appeared online in our “Maps” issue in January, 2020. On a chilly evening last fall, I stared into nothingness out of the floor-to-ceiling windows in my office on the outskirts of Harvard’s campus. As a…

Data analysts help organizations understand the current state of the business by interpreting a wide range of data. Thinkstock What is a data analyst?Data analysts work with data to help their organizations make better business decisions. Using techniques from a range of disciplines, including computer programming, mathematics, and statistics, data…

TechAIVenture CapitalInvestment By China Money AI - December 19, 2020 — 04:54 Mininglamp Technology, an AI and big data solutions provider, announced the completion of the US$200 million E+ round of financing, led by Russia-China Investment Fund. UNLOCK DATASubscribe & Access the Best Data and Intelligence on Chinese Venture Capital…

Chinese official proposes digital service tax on big tech Today, Yao Qian, director of the Science and Technology Regulatory Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said that companies can gain insights into user characteristics, habits, needs and preferences from big data analysis, sense market changes, and adjust competitive strategies.…

It’s dangerously easy to misinterpret data, especially when it’s reported in percentages rather than absolute numbers. The author showcases a number of dangers by focusing on the vaccine-efficacy results reported in November of 2020. He then shows how similar dangers can apply in business contexts, and offers three main lessons…

To ensure that California's groundwater is sustainably managed in the future and over the long-term, current state definitions of what constitutes groundwater may need to be revised, according to research published this week in PNAS. A McGill University-led research team has analyzed big data of more than 200,000 groundwater samples…