big data
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COVID-19 coronavirus
What Twitter can tell us about the health of a community
While Twitter doesn’t provide a representative sample of the population, it can nonetheless reveal useful data.
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Book reviews and releases
In a world of dark data, knowing what we don’t know is key
The new book Dark Data explores the data we don’t have, and the complications this brings to our ability to…
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Brain power
How Twitter can help track the spread of COVID-19
The data can potentially reveal valuable and unique knowledge in regard to the pandemic, whether on the movement of people,…
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Brain power
Freedom of thought is under attack – here’s how to save your mind
Technological and psychological advances are being forged into weapons to manipulate our knowledge.
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Tools & tech
Five projects that are harnessing big data for good
Data science can map where street harassment is most prevalent, ensure public bins don't overflow and identify neighbourhoods with poor…
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Brain power
MIT spinout aims to make data scientists heroes
A new platform aims to let any lay person upload raw data and then query that data with a simple,…
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In the news
Big data and its investment prospects: The way towards knowledge integration – call for abstracts
24th Annual Conference & Exhibition of the Special Libraries Association Arabian Gulf Chapter (SLA/AGC), 6-8 March 2018, Muscat, Oman.
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In the news
The “Calling Bullshit” university course
The creators are very happy for other institutions to adapt the materials for their own courses.
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Brain power
How organizations keep data safe in an AI world
A new guidance paper makes recommendations for data governance in the modern big data, AI and machine learning world.
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Systems and complexity
How our social network influences our behavior
What can be inferred from our online public posts?