The ASA and Bid Data

摘要

As Bob discussed in his June 2012 column Big Data is a Big Topic. It is almost impossible to avoid the daily barrage of media accounts conference announcements, and events such as the recent Big Data Week focused on Big Data. Last year, President Obama announced a major Big Data research and development initiative and, last month, the White House hosted a Big Data workshop. The National Institutes of Health created the position of associate director for data science, and a new book-Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think , which explores the explosion of digital information, has received extensive press coverage.