http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15557443
Nice writeup in Economist
Useful QTs :
“That highlights the role of ‘information intermediaries’. ” “These days metadata are undergoing a virtual renaissance. “
High-Energy Physicists Set Record for Network Data Transfer
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111213144715.htm
High-energy physics: Down the petabyte highway
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110119/full/469282a.html
Particle physics has been a trendsetter in developing the
infrastructure to push petabytes from central detectors (often at CERN) around the world.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6051/1878
mining 1/2 B tweets temporarally
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/329/5995/1028.long
some bits on astro big data
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2000/04/35675?currentPage=all large data in astro
Nice writeup in Economist
http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15557443