Big Data

While the private sector is rushing ahead to amass as much data as it can, governments and public policymakers are only just beginning to grapple with the unique challenges posed by data-driven markets. As a critical resource that is unlike anything that came before it, big data demands a robust…

The opportunities of big data in the transportation industry are huge. A huge number of government agencies are using big data to streamline their transportation services. The United States Department of Transportation has already started using big data to create its Safety Data Initiative.There are plenty of other ways that…

Andrew Yang recently announced that he was suspending his presidential campaign. Yang was best known as a pioneer for a universal basic income (UBI). Yang and many other UBI proponents argued that a UBI will become essential as automation drives unemployment. They may have a valid point as big data…

By Lispy Arnuld, Freelance data scientist. I wrote this blog post because I made a few mistakes while starting as a data scientist. I think a lot of people are making the same transition, and you may be one of them, or you know one (or a few) of them.…

CORRESPONDENCE 25 February 2020 Sylvain Coutu, NASA Harvest, Zurich, Switzerland. Contact Inbal Becker-Reshef, University of Maryland, USA. Alyssa K. Whitcraft & University of Maryland, USA. Chris Justice University of Maryland, USA. High-resolution satellite data and big-data analytics are revolutionizing our ability to monitor crop development at field level worldwide (see,…

Big data is essential for improving the user experience of your website visitors. There are a number of benefits of using big data to optimize your site. One of the biggest benefits is that you can improve your bounce rate.However, you need to know what measures to take to optimize…

REVERB is a new documentary series from CBSN Originals. Watch the first episode, "Racial Profiling 2.0," in the video player above.On a warm Los Angeles morning, community activists gathered outside the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters to protest data-driven policing. Jamie Garcia, a volunteer advocate with the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition…

Many careers have been heavily impacted by changes in big data. The big data revolution has had a profound effect on healthcare, marketing and many other fields. One of the fields that has been most affected by big data is electrical engineering.Tom Dietterich, a professor of the Department of Electrical…

No, not a good future, according to Jesús Fernández-Villaverde: Can artificial intelligence, in particular, machine learning algorithms, replace the idea of simple rules, such as first possession and voluntary exchange in free markets, as a foundation for public policy? This paper argues that the preponderance of the evidence sides with…

Like all other sectors, the healthcare industry collects, stores and uses data. The market for big data in the global healthcare sector is expected to reach $42.8 billion by 2024.When a negligence claim is being investigated, this patient data can prove extremely valuable. In this post, we’ll look at how…