Big Data
Resources to help you understand what Big Data is, and how it plays a role in your life.
What is Big Data?
Big Data is difficult to define. Many people have different ways to define it. One person may refer to it as the collection of huge data sets that are too large to process. Someone else may describe it as the statistics and algorithms from a collection of large data sets used in making marketing or policy decisions.
Mass data collection has become a greater concern as more information about people's live are being collected (e.g. browser activity, health information from wearable technology, location tracking). It is important to be informed about where that information is being stored, how secure it is, and who can access that information.
- Berkeley School of Information: Big Data Isn’t a Concept — It’s a Problem to SolveDefinition of Big Data and its uses and challenges.
- Big Data: How Data Analytics Is Transforming The WorldPart of the Great Courses series available on Kanopy.
From science to sales, from sociology to sports, data analytics is unraveling the fascinating secrets hidden in numbers, patterns, relationships, and information of every kind. Get introduced to the key concepts, methods, and accomplishments of this versatile approach to problem solving. See the big picture of big data and the crucial role of data analytics.
The human face of big dataCall Number: DVD 004 HUMPublication Date: 2016With the rapid emergence of digital devices, an unstoppable, invisible force is changing human lives in ways from the microscopic to the gargantuan.
- Your digital identity has three layers, and you can only protect one of them — QuartzThis article outlines how much control we have over our online data and the consequences of algorithms interpreting the Big Data we leave online.