Science: Features
On Algorithm Wars and Predictive Apps
Predictive apps are going to be one the next major disruptions in technology as enterprises begin to take advantage of the combined power of big data and predictive analytics says Forrester analyst Mike Gualtieri. “I call them robot armies, because the algorithms are the things that scour through the data and do all the work,” he said. Let the algorithm wars begin.Read more...
What Agile Technology Means for the Future of Learning Software
Social, Mobile, Cloud, and Big Data technologies are changing the game as their integration influences changes in our way of life. While the technology changes, learning is changing too. Alan Young explores the future of learning software as the Internet generation known as the Millennials grow up.Read more...
This Week in Research
In this week’s edition, we look at research around Hadoop replication in virtual environments, big data architecture in the arena of semantics, work being done on organizing research being done in cancer research, and Blue, a unified programming model for the cloud. The future is now – it’s This Week in Research…Read more...
The Week in Big Data Research
MapReduce has captured the imagination of our researchers this week as several of them look for ways to either improve the scalability and performance of the model, or use it in ways to improve the performance of other such processes as data integration. And a team of high school researchers put the power of Hadoop to the test to analyze a database of human language to put the screws to politicians. Read more...
Science: News in Brief
Biotech Gets a Boost With New UK Big Data Institute
Big data in biotech got a big boost this month when a partnership between the UK government and Chinese philanthropist Li Ka-Shing converged to drop £30 million on the University of Oxford to fund the creation of the Big Data Institute at the Li Ka Shing Center for Health Information and Discovery.Read more...
Big Science and the Gift that Keeps on Giving
The discovery of the Higgs Boson particle last year was hailed as the scientific breakthrough of 2012, but for those with a vested interest in big data, the project may be the gift that keeps on giving. Read more...
Taming the Ocean (literally) of Big Data
The ocean covers approximately 139 million square miles (or 361 million square kilometers) of the Earth’s surface. That’s approximately 70% of the total surface area of the Earth, and it represents an enormous opportunity (and challenge) for data collection. OneOcean aims to harness the data of the world's seas.Read more...
Science: This Just In
BIO to Use ViS Analytics for Pediatric Clinical Research
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and the ViS Research Institute (ViS) announce a new initiative aimed at improving the efficiency of clinical development for pediatric therapeutics.Read more...
South Africa Joins ASTRON and IBM to Research Computer Systems
Square Kilometer Array South Africa is joining ASTRON and IBM to research computer systems. Read more...
Entagen Named a Gartner "Cool Vendor" in Life Sciences for 2013
Entagen announced that the company has earned a spot on Gartner's prestigious list of Cool Vendors in Life Sciences for 2013 according to the Gartner report published May 2nd, 2013.Read more...
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