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While the benefits of working with big data are well established, the continuing growth of unstructured data is overwhelming many organizations. That’s because they have little idea of how to manage and use it in the best ways to generate value for the business.

Whether it’s used to inform business decisions, drive better processes, develop new services or improve customer…

Capt. Jonathan Dodge, assistant product manager for Helicopter and Multi-Mission Radios assigned to the PM for Tactical Radios, accompanied the 1st Security Forces Assistance Brigade (1SFAB) to Afghanistan in February 2019 to set up their radio networks using the Integrated Tactical Network (ITN). (Photo credit: U.S. Army)

WASHINGTON — The top data official on the U.S. Army’s tactical network modernization team said Tuesday that the military will…

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Smartphones and wearable devices are not simple accessories for athletes. A CNRS researcher1 has developed a simple mathematical model…

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Why It Matters

Women in the data industry know what it’s like to be the only woman in the room — and how their field would benefit from more diversity.

At a previous job, Beena Ammanath noticed a trend at her leadership team’s weekly meetings. If the meeting was running late, the CIO would ask her if…

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Big data is all the rage today, and rightfully so. State-of-the-art language models powered by big data, like GPT-3, can write beautiful prose, create realistic news articles, translate text, write functional code in any language, and more. Further, state-of-the-art vision models trained on massive datasets are bringing us towards level 5—or…

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Data gathering and analysis have become a standard business practice across multiple industries. While most of the time, organizations use it to find and address inefficiencies, it's also a useful safety tool. Data can play a central role in reducing risks like wildfires.

Wildfires have ravaged countrysides and nearby…