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nsf.gov - National Science Foundation (NSF) News - NSF Leads Federal Efforts In Big Dat... - 0 views

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    A press release from NSF about their new efforts related to big data. Lots of interesting stuff here.
Sam Donovan

Too Big to Know: David Weinberger explains how knowledge works in the Internet age - Bo... - 0 views

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    This is a review of David Weinberger's new book, Too Big to Know by Cory Doctorow. The book deals with the changing nature of knowledge in the emerging information environment.
Sam Donovan

Cutting Edge: Emerging trends in biostatistics | AAAS MemberCentral - 1 views

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    This article discusses the important role that biostatistician play in dealing with the evolving world of big data in biological and biomedical research.
Sam Donovan

US NSF - Dear Colleague Letter - Data-Intensive Education-Related Research Funding Oppo... - 0 views

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    Unfortunately, when you say big data in educational circles it applies only to data about educational outcomes not students tapping into scientific research data.
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As genomics data approaches exascale, cloud could save the day - Cloud Computing News - 0 views

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    This article has descriptions of estimated changes in the expense and speed for genomic sequencing and interpretation.
Sam Donovan

Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science & Engineering (BIGDATA)... - 0 views

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    This will be interesting to track. A joint call for proposals from NSF and NIH. From the call, "BIGDATA seeks proposals that develop and evaluate core technologies and tools that take advantage of available collections of large data sets to accelerate progress in science, biomedical research, and engineering."
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Data for good, not bad - 1 views

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    A great set of examples of how big data can be mined and used for the public good. 
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