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Calling data “a transformative new currency for science, engineering, education, and commerce,” National Science Foundation (NSF) Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Farnam Jahanian kicked off a briefing about ‘Big Data’ on Capitol Hill earlier today. Organized by TechAmerica, the briefing sought to bring together a panel of leaders from government and industry to discuss the opportunities for innovation arising from the collection, storage, analysis, and visualization of large, heterogeneous data sets, all the while taking into consideration the non-trivial security and privacy implications.
Jahanian noted how ”Big Data is characterized not only by the enormous volume of data but also by the diversity and heterogeneity of the data and the velocity of its generation,” the result of modern experimental methods, longitudinal observational studies, scientific instruments such as telescopes and particle accelerators, Internet transactions, and the widespread deployment of sensors all around us. In doing so, he set the stage for why Big Data is important to all facets of the information technology discovery and innovation ecosystem, including the nation’s academic, government, industrial, entrepreneurial, and investment communities (following the link):
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