For #BigData Scientists, Janitor Work Is Key http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/technology/for-big-data-scientists-hurdle-to-insights-is-janitor-work.html Is a #datascientist a digital maid or a data priest? Perhaps a hybrid.
O’Neil talk
Divining reality from the hype http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2014/08/difference-engine-2 ’14 @Gartner_inc hypecycle chart for tech trends; #DataScience going up;#BigData, down
#BigData & Its Technical Challenges
http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2014/7/176204-big-data-and-its-technical-challenges/abstract Data acquisition, cleaning, aggregation, analysis, visualization & interpretation
Academic Researchers Find Lucrative Work as #BigData Scientists
http://online.wsj.com/articles/academic-researchers-find-lucrative-work-as-big-data-scientists-1407543088 Mentions #genomics & physics as #datascience training
Nice mention of genomics/biostat as a useful training ground for data scientists
Belles lettres Meets #BigData
https://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2014/4/belles-lettres-meets-big-data/1 #Statistical analysis of literature pre-dating recent advent of digital #humanities
8 Problems With #BigData: correlation v causation, multiple testing, garbage in & out, gaming system, sample bias…
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/opinion/eight-no-nine-problems-with-big-data.html
Your ancestors, your Fate. #Surname analysis shows less social mobility than expected (eg Agarwal v Garcia MDs)
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/your-fate-thank-your-ancestors
.@kdnuggets 77K genres from auto. & manual methods like
gene-classification approaches. How $NFLX Rev. Eng. Hollywood http://theatln.tc/1cKP4gx
http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/how-netflix-reverse-engineered-hollywood/282679/
Can the Climate Corporation Help Farmers Survive? Mining #bigdata changes a most traditional profession
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/11/11/131111fa_fact_specter MT @PernilleT
ANNALS OF SCIENCE
CLIMATE BY NUMBERS
Can a tech firm help farmers survive global warming?
BY MICHAEL SPECTER
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
MT @genomematt Astrogenomics: #bigdata, old problems, old solutions: Both propose organizing the data hierarchically
http://genomebiology.com/2013/14/8/129