Big Data

The UK government will allow Huawei to be a supplier for some non-core parts of the country’s 5G networks, despite concerns that the involvement of the Chinese telecoms vendor could pose a risk to national security. But it will be excluded from core parts of …

Using machine learning and big data, scientists are discovering actionable insights at an unforeseen rate. Practically every industry is chomping at the bit for talent in the field. Thankfully, all it takes to enter this exciting arena is dedication. This ce…

With the advent of computational tools for quantitative measurement and metrics, and the development of machine learning based on the big data developed by those metrics, organizations, Amazon among them, started to transition through a period of what I refer…

As spring in the Northern Hemisphere arrives, farmers around the world are making decisions about what crops to plant and how to manage them. In the United States, farmers typically now have troves of data to help make these decisions—on how crops or livestoc…

Simon Hettrick tells Julie Gould about research software engineers and how they can help solve big data problems. In the third episode of our six-part podcast series on workplace technology, we learn more about the importance of coding for scientists followe…

Simon Hettrick tells Julie Gould about research software engineers and how they can help solve big data problems. In the third episode of our six-part podcast series on workplace technology, we learn more about the importance of coding for scientists followe…

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One of the primary documents aiming to protect human research participants was published in the US Federal Register 40 years ago this week. The Belmont Report was commissioned by Congress in the wake of the notorious Tuskegee syphilis study, in which research…

One of the primary documents aiming to protect human research participants was published in the US Federal Register 40 years ago this week. The Belmont Report was commissioned by Congress in the wake of the notorious Tuskegee syphilis study, in which research…

A new Massey University study shows many top executives are failing to capitalise on the benefits of big data, preferring to rely on their own intuition. Dr. Nazim Taskin, Professor David Pauleen and Dr. Ali Intezari from Massey's School of Management survey…