Instead of looking at a classic work of literature this month, we're looking at all of them. Or, to be more precise, we're looking at a new way of looking at them. … [Read more...]
Big Data from an Expert
To learn more about big data and what it can do, we talked with Melinda Thielbar. Melinda holds a PhD in statistics and has spent most of her career working as a software developer, making programs to aid in statistical analysis. She currently works in the people analytics team … [Read more...]
TIPsters and Robots
The world of Big Data brings images of a future in which Artificial Intelligence is busy doing all the hard stuff for us. But what are people actually doing with robots right now? We found out by talking with Julia Kagiliery, a sophomore TIPster from Florida who's involved in … [Read more...]
Is Big Data Ethical?
Earlier this year, Facebook became embroiled in big data's biggest scandal. The New York Times reported that a private company, Cambridge Analytica, was able to access millions of users' data without their permission. The company then used that data to target individuals for … [Read more...]
A Small Big Data Primer
A philosopher in ancient Greece has a thought about the nature of reality and writes it down. A rice farmer during China’s Tang Dynasty records the number of rows in his rice fields. An eighteenth-century writer documents her experiences travelling to a foreign country in a book. … [Read more...]