3 Questions: Carlo Ratti on big data and health predictions What can big data tell us about the predictability of medical conditions? A new study by MIT researchers published in the journal Scientific Reports digs into this question by looking at anonymous data from over 500,000 patients. Among the findings is that our electronic medical
Big data is our big obsession. It feels like every week a new infographic comes out that outlines the amount of data being created every minute online. The stunning numbers, showing the amount of email, Facebook posts,...
Fresh from the front lines: Common problems encountered when putting Hadoop to work — and the best tools to make Hadoop less burdensome As I work with larger enterprise clients, a few Hadoop themes have emerged. A common...
According to a new market research report titled “Global Text Analytics Market- Size, Industry Analysis, Trends, Growth and Forecast, 2014- 2020,” the global text analytics market has a potential to reach $6.5 billion by 2020, registering a...
Predictive analytics lets organizations look ahead in an effort to optimize business strategies. But there has to be a purpose to the analytics efforts, and a solid plan behind them. From recommending additional purchases based on the...
One question I get asked a lot by my clients is: Should we go for Hadoop or Spark as our big data framework? Spark has overtaken Hadoop as the most active open source Big Data project. While...
In the move to take healthcare to the next level, no conversation would be complete without a discussion on the impact of big data. With so many hospitals and health institutions using electronic medical records now, the...
Workforce planning, once a tool for only the most mature human resources organizations, is going mainstream — though not at the clip many say is needed to keep up with market forces. Businesses of all sizes, from...
Can body cam software flag problematic officer behavior? There are few things sexier to the corporate world than big data algorithms. As us plebes continue to upload more finely detailed pictures of ourselves online—with much of that...
If you live in a big city, you are more likely to catch flu but less likely to die of a heart attack or be diagnosed with diabetes, say public health scientists. The science of allometry, the...
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