Big Data News of the Week: Sexy and Social Data Scientists

Big Data News of the Week: Sexy and Social Data Scientists Gil Press, forbes.com In a week when tech ven­dors tra­di­tion­al­ly go on a news hia­tus, the peo­ple who actu­al­ly do big data came to the fore. Infor­ma­tion­Week report­ed on the gath­er­ing of near­ly three dozen data sci­en­tists from acad­e­mia and… http://flpbd.it/qnGXj Related articles Big … Continue reading Big Data News of the Week: Sexy and Social Data Scientists

The data deluge

via www.economist.com Interesting article in the Economist that describes a new kind of scientist, the data scientist, who can monitor human behavior at the population level thru their "data exhaust" using business intelligence technologies. Unusual correlations between for example the likelihood of catching a flight and those people who ordered vegetarian meals are now found. LIkewise … Continue reading The data deluge