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Data Driven: The New Big Science

The Future Fabric of Data Analysis

By Jennifer Ouellette
October 9, 2013
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The nature of computing has changed dramatically over the last decade, and more innovation is needed to weather the gathering data storm.

Data Driven: The New Big Science

Our Bodies, Our Data

By Emily Singer
October 7, 2013
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New technologies have launched the life sciences into the age of big data. Biologists must now make sense of their windfall.

Data Driven: The New Big Science

The Mathematical Shape of Things to Come

By Jennifer Ouellette
October 4, 2013
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Scientific data sets are becoming more dynamic, requiring new mathematical techniques on par with the invention of calculus.

Data Driven: The New Big Science

A Digital Copy of the Universe, Encrypted

By Natalie Wolchover
October 2, 2013
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As physics prepares for ambitious projects like the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the field is seeking new methods of data-driven discovery.

Data Driven: The New Big Science

Imagining Data Without Division

By Thomas Lin
September 30, 2013
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As science dives headlong into an ocean of data, the demands of large-scale interdisciplinary collaborations are growing increasingly acute.

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The Proof in the Quantum Pudding

By Erica Klarreich
August 21, 2013
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How do you know if a quantum computer is doing what it claims? A new protocol offers a possible solution and a boost to quantum cryptography.

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Evidence That Machines Learn Like Us

By Natalie Wolchover
July 23, 2013
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Studies show that computer models called “neural networks” behave strikingly similar to actual brains when performing certain tasks, suggesting the two may learn in the same way.

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In Computers We Trust?

By Natalie Wolchover
February 22, 2013
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As the role of computers in pure mathematics grows, researchers debate their reliability.

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Computer Scientists Take Road Less Traveled

By Erica Klarreich
January 29, 2013
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An infinitesimal advance in the traveling salesman problem breathes new life into the search for improved approximate solutions.


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