Big Data

Tascha Rassadornyindee/EyeEm/Getty Images Much of the joy has been snuffed out of learning. Schools, workplaces, and their associated compliance drills make a series of mandatory demands from near the start of our lives to near the end. Worse still, we associate those experiences with arbitrary pass/fail cut-offs and sinister, official…

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has proposed using big data and location tracking to isolate people with coronavirus once social distancing measures now in force have slowed its spread, media reported on Friday. An ambulance arrives with a coronavirus infected patient from Italy for further treatment at the University Hospital in…

To someone with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail — and as expected, the tech sector is hard at work hammering every nail it can find. But the analytical prowess of the modern data ecosystem is especially limited when attempting to tackle the problem of potential coronavirus treatments.…

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Home / Technology / EPJ Data Science Highlight—Novel Narratives: Only Six Emotional Storylines How scientists are using big data analysis to analyze the art of storytelling.March 24, 2020 by Springer Open Leave a Comment By Sabine Louet Our most beloved works of fiction hide well-trodden narratives. And most fiction is…

Big data provides a wellspring of insight, and there are already examples of that amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Tech companies have signaled a willingness to aid relief efforts by providing such information to researchers. One such survey effort might be underway with Google Opinion Rewards today asking people if they…

The world of online retail is a crowded and competitive arena. All sorts of factors can have a decisive impact on the success of your eCommerce platform. And it seems that big data tools are some of these elements. After all, big data statistics say that the total worth of…

Written by C. Raja Mohan | Updated: March 20, 2020 11:33:16 am Across the world, policymakers see a growing role for technology in identification, tracking, and treating the coronavirus. (Illustration by C R Sasikumar)A small tech company in Canada — BlueDot — was among the first outside China to spot…

There is a belief that younger people are fully engaged in the digital world. But I am currently leading a project exploring people’s knowledge and use of online data, and the preliminary findings from our research have found that data literacy is not uniformly high among younger people, as is…

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google already have a ton of data about consumers—searching, browsing and purchasing histories—and will build on that foundation to create hyper-personalized offers.Aside from the customer personalization-related benefits, graph analytics provide fraud detection and prevention features -- an area top-of-mind for financial services organizations. This technology helps…