Big Data: New Opportunities and New Challenges
June 2013
We can live with many of the uncertainties of big data for now, with the hope that its benefits will outweigh its harms, but we shouldn't blind ourselves to the possible irreversibility of changes — whether good or bad — to society. Read Full Article »
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Reimagining the Scientific Visualization Interaction Paradigm
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