Big Data

You can get a good gauge on a technologys importance by check out its biggest users. So when you know Google, Facebook, Dropbox, Yahoo, IBM and NASA employ the Python programming language to fuel their innovation and development, thats a good indication it sh…

At Smart Data Collective, we strive to have a balanced conversation about the impact of big data. There are obviously a lot of beneficial changes that big data has spurred. However, big data has also created some important challenges as well, which we feel du…

Big data is rewriting the playbook for the criminal justice system. Oxford Research Encyclopedias has talked about some of the ways that criminal justice professionals are utilizing big data. Two significant applications really stand out the most: Bi…

Wondering where free agents like Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving or Kawhi Leonard will land? Well, Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz is here to lend his expertise and predict where they all will go. USA TODAY The NBA needs to do away with its free-agent timelin…

The rise of digital platforms, cutting-edge forms of automation, and Big Data promises to transform labor markets and upend longstanding business models. It will also broaden our thinking about human wellbeing, much of which hinges on social and experiential …

This is a milestone year for CargoMetrics, the Boston-based technology company whose big data machine tracks and analyzes global seaborne trade in near-real time. It now receives and processes over a billion pieces of unique information every single day and …

Dreamstime By Dharmesh Thakker and Chiraag Deora Two years ago, we wrote about how the explosion of new big-data and artificial-intelligence technologies was spurring a renaissance in an old Silicon Valley businesssemiconductorsand putting the silicon back …

When the highest-of-high-tech master plans for Torontos waterfront, issued by Googles sibling company Sidewalk Labs, arrived at my doorstep, I laughed. As I first riffled through the Urban Innovations section of the four-volume, 1,600-page boxed set (which yo…

Big data is making it easier for marketers to make the most of their campaigns. Facebook, Google and other major companies collect massive troves of data, which are invaluable for advertisers. Unfortunately, this data is useless without a well-thought out st…

Cornell University researchers have developed an algorithm designed to visualize models of the universe in order to solve some of physics' greatest mysteries.The algorithm was developed by applying scientific principles used to create models for understanding…