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Virtualitics Takes Data Viz Tech from Stars to Wall Street
You can’t know what you can’t see. That sums up the approach to data by Virtualitics, which was spun out of Caltech to commercialize AI-powered data visualization technology originally developed for astronomy. With t Read more…
Terrabyte: Germany’s New High Performance Data Analytics Platform for Earth Observation
Satellites and the data they generate enable scientists to monitor changes in the Earth’s environment such as deforestation, desertification, melting ice caps, and other forms of environmental degradation. They can als Read more…
Esri Melds GIS with AI, Graph, and Analytics
Esri has long been the industry leader in geographic information systems (GIS), which are used by urban planners, building engineers, and landscape designers around the world. At its UC 2022 conference this week, the com Read more…
Amazon re:MARS Highlights Intelligence from Shops to Space
Amazon hosted its inaugural re:MARS event back in 2019, with “MARS” here standing for machine learning, automation, robotics, and space. For the past two years, the event has been on hold due to the pandemic—but th Read more…
Big Data Career Notes: March 2022 Edition
In this monthly feature, we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest career developments for individuals in the big data community. Whether it’s a promotion, new company hire, or even an accolade, we’ve got the details Read more…
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Data Integrity Firm Highlights High-Risk Wildfire Areas in Texas
Increasingly brutal and early wildfire seasons have regularly devastated arid regions of the United States, annually burning millions of acres of land and causing tens of billions of dollars in damage. Predicting these a Read more…
Big Data Career Notes: April 2022 Edition
In this monthly feature, we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest career developments for individuals in the big data community. Whether it’s a promotion, new company hire, or even an accolade, we’ve got the details Read more…
Databricks Launches Lakehouse for Healthcare and Life Sciences
Databricks has announced the launch of its new lakehouse platform, the Databricks Lakehouse for Healthcare and Life Sciences. According to the company's press release, Databricks Lakehouse for Healthcare and Life Scie Read more…
AI ‘Fingerprinting’ Fights Back Against Hard-to-Detect Cancers
Hard-to-detect cancers like glioblastoma can have survival rates in the single-digit percentages and require elaborate techniques to detect, treat, and monitor. Reveal Surgical is working on changing that reality through Read more…
Narrowing the AI-BI Gap with Exploratory Analysis
The worlds of AI and BI occupy distinct places in the analytics continuum, which is most often understood with concepts like descriptive analytics, predictive analytics, and prescriptive analytics. Users can leverage des Read more…
This Just In
REDLANDS, Calif., July 29, 2025 — Esri has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Space42 and Microsoft to support the Map Africa Initiative. Read more…
July 25, 2025 — The Translational Data Analytics Institute (TDAI) at Ohio State University proudly hosted the 37th International Conference on Scalable Scientific Data Management (SSDBM 2025) from June 23–25, 2025, in the state-of-the-art Ideation Zone at Pomerene Hall. Read more…
TileDB and Databricks Partner to Harness Multimodal Data to Power AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 22, 2025 — TileDB, the multimodal database pioneer, and Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced a strategic partnership that eliminates data silos preventing healthcare and life sciences organizations from fully leveraging AI-driven drug discovery and clinical insights. Read more…
REDLANDS, Calif., July 14, 2025 — Esri is integrating Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service into ArcGIS. This powerful collaboration equips users with all new AI assistants to simplify work with geospatial data, maps, and analytics. Read more…
July 11, 2025 — Growing up in Wuhan, China, Xiao Huang dreamed of becoming an astronaut. “I watched a lot of ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Star Wars’ movies,” recalls Huang, an assistant professor in Emory’s Department of Environmental Sciences. Read more…