Tag: Big Data

Big Data and what to expect

Big Data is a term used to reference a big amount of data, which is stored and used, on a daily basis on the job market. Companies access its content to run their businesses and to develop their growth. It is worthwhile to remember that the amount of data is not the most important aspect… Read more Big Data and what to expect

Palantir - Big Data Possibly Helped Catch Bin Laden

Palantir Technologies, a Palo Alto headquartered big data analytics company, is rumored to have possibly helped in tracking down Osama bin Laden [1]. Although no concrete sources have confirmed this rumor, it is well known that one of Palantir’s main products, called Gotham, is used by counterterrorism analysts at numerous US government agencies. They sold… Read more Palantir - Big Data Possibly Helped Catch Bin Laden

Big Data Mining in Medicine

One of the main themes of last Friday’s lecture was big data and its impact across numerous different industries. In today’s blog post, I’d like to focus on how big data and the associated process’ impact on the healthcare industry. A phrase commonly interchanged with big data is data mining. In an article by Jennifer… Read more Big Data Mining in Medicine

Big Data in the Cloud

So you have decided that you’re ready to implement a big data solution and you plan to do it in the cloud. How will you choose what’s best for your organization? With all of the hoopla around big data, NoSQL and the like, this blog will provide some background and a review of the options… Read more Big Data in the Cloud

Sensor Data and Mars-Drilling

Introduction Drilling is anticipated be an important activity in the future exploration of Mars. Its primary motivation will be to allow the exploration of the subsurface of Mars, in particular to search for, and eventually study, life on Mars. The scientific value by acquiring in situ samples for analysis is one of the primarily objective… Read more Sensor Data and Mars-Drilling

Validity and Veracity

Simon Chan’s discussion on the advantages and disadvantages to startups and incumbents was very interesting. I’d like to explore this further in the context of the disadvantages to incumbents in terms of the usefulness of their available data and in the advantages to incumbents in terms of their data volume. First, the disadvantages. A 2016… Read more Validity and Veracity

Big Data and healthcare

Data is being generated at a rapidly growing pace. IBM claims that 90% of the data in the world has been generated in the last two years, or in other words, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day [1]. This data holds a lot of value for many different industries, as it contains… Read more Big Data and healthcare

Big Data & Sports

Using statistics in sports in not a new thing. Team’s win rates and a basketball player’s shooting rate are for example terms that often come up in a sport-related conversation. However with the fast-growing ability of acquiring data, statistics are becoming a huge part of every single sport that is out there. Data has become… Read more Big Data & Sports

Big Data Is a Big Deal

We have been collecting, combining and analyzing data for decades now and slowly as technology is advancing, big data analytics is becoming more and more useful. Big data analytics plays a big role in my life personally and continues to make it better everyday. I had been dealing with chronic foot pain since 11 years… Read more Big Data Is a Big Deal

Next-Generation Firewalls: Intelligent Threat Analytics in Cyberspace

Introduction During our lecture with Dr. Stephen Herrod, he had outlined the significance of Cybersecurity in the era of Cloud Computing, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and IoT. As Dr. Herrod indicated during our lecture, the potential impact and cost of a breach in security can lead to severe repercussions. When Target was hacked through their… Read more Next-Generation Firewalls: Intelligent Threat Analytics in Cyberspace