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Data Citation Index Connects Researchers to Data Repositories
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Data Citation Index Connects Researchers to Data Repositories

Thomson Reuters recently previewed the Data Citation Index, an upcoming research resource within its Web of Knowledge research platform to facilitate the discovery...

How Garmin Failed to See the Iphone Threat
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How Garmin Failed to See the Iphone Threat

About nine years ago, I had a question for Min Kao, the CEO of the GPS concern Garmin. His answer was determined, and I thought of it as I watched the news from...

Rensselaer's Francine Berman Will Assist Global Efforts on Data-Driven Innovation
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Rensselaer's Francine Berman Will Assist Global Efforts on Data-Driven Innovation

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Vice President for Research Francine Berman will transition from her current position to expand her efforts within the research...

­p-and-Coming Tech Jobs
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­p-and-Coming Tech Jobs

With big data, mobile computing, social media, and cloud computing all shaping the future of IT, new and intriguing job titles like "cloud transformation officer"...

Mit, Intel ­nveil New Initiatives Addressing 'big Data'
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Mit, Intel ­nveil New Initiatives Addressing 'big Data'

MIT has been selected from among 55 institutions that submitted 157 proposals to host a new Intel research center that will concentrate on what's come to be called...

System Improves Automated Monitoring of Security Cameras
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System Improves Automated Monitoring of Security Cameras

A system developed at MIT uses mathematics to improve the automated monitoring of security cameras to quickly produce accurate, actionable information.

MIT and Intel Will Tackle 'Big Data'
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MIT and Intel Will Tackle 'Big Data'

The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT has announced a major new initiative called bigdata@CSAIL to tackle the challenges of the burgeoning...

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Silicon Valley's Data Gurus Lure Defense Customers

Silicon Valley's biggest names are betting on data gurus to analyze the fire hose of information on the Web—and it turns out that military and federal government...

Asu to Digitize Vast Arthropod Collection
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Asu to Digitize Vast Arthropod Collection

Arizona State University's insect collection is going high-tech and will soon be available for viewing as a virtual museum.

Computer Scientists Show What Makes Movie Lines Memorable
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Computer Scientists Show What Makes Movie Lines Memorable

Cornell researchers who applied computer analysis to a database of movie scripts think they may have found the secret to a memorable movie line.

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Big Apple

When it comes to New York's booming tech startup scene, digital media and new commerce companies get all the attention, but in reality, the Big Apple's big opportunity...

Thanks For the Memory: More Room For Data in 'phase-Change' Material
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Thanks For the Memory: More Room For Data in 'phase-Change' Material

Engineers have discovered previously unknown properties of a common computer memory material, paving the way for new memory drives and computer systems that allow...

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Microsoft's New Lab Hunts For Value in User Data

A new research lab that opens in New York today brings together researchers studying such questions as how to identify the most influential users of a social network...

Dean of Libraries' Final Chapter at CM­
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Dean of Libraries' Final Chapter at CM­

Since 1999, Gloriana St. Clair, Carnegie Mellon's dean of University Libraries, has been working alongside colleagues in the School of Computer Science to digitize...

Big Data's Big Problem: Little Talent
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Big Data's Big Problem: Little Talent

The technology industry is in love with "Big Data," but there is a problem. There is a shortage of people with deep expertise in statistics and machine learning...

Getting to the Root of Genetics
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Getting to the Root of Genetics

For Manolis Kellis, a deep interest in biology arose partly from an immersion in multiple languages.

Sdsc Announces 'center of Excellence' For Predictive Analytics
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Sdsc Announces 'center of Excellence' For Predictive Analytics

The San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego is launching a new "center of excellence" aimed at leveraging SDSC's data-intensive...

Survey Finds Most Wikipedia Entries Contain Factual Errors
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Survey Finds Most Wikipedia Entries Contain Factual Errors

Sixty percent of Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual errors. But when public relations professionals try to correct them the rules often get in the...

Computer Scientist Drives for Comprehensive Traffic Model
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Computer Scientist Drives for Comprehensive Traffic Model

University of Illinois at Chicago professor Jakob Eriksson is developing a traffic model that gathers and assembles data from smartphones, online maps, radio, and...

The Biggest Obstacle to Embracing Big Data? You
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The Biggest Obstacle to Embracing Big Data? You

The technological hurdles to embracing big data are well-known at this point—McKinsey & Co. predicted a shortage of nearly 200,000 skilled data analysts by 2018—but...
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