News tagged with data mining

Stock market network reveals investor clustering

(PhysOrg.com) -- The stock price of a company continuously changes, going up or down depending on the collective activity of a large number of investors. Although this process seems fairly straightforward, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (29) | comments 8 | with audio podcast feature

eBay buys recommendation service Hunch

Internet auction giant eBay said Monday it has bought Hunch, an online service which provides users with personalized recommendations for products and services.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter tweets chart the social whirl

Data mining Twitter "tweets" may produce a gold mine for two University of Cincinnati computer science students.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ten-fold increase in Open Access publishing during the last decade

Since the World Wide Web emerged in the mid 1990s scientists have dreamed of having the whole body of scientific peer reviewed literature freely available on the web, openly available without any hindrance. In the "Open Access" ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Disasters unfold 'intelligently' on phone screens

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a computer scientist has developed a method of making smart phones able to show a disaster unfolding in real-time on phone screens.

Technology / Software

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Geological information available at click of a button

Mining industry explorers, earthquake and climate change scientists and members of the public can now access a 'stack' of information about Australia's geology at the click of a button.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aalien mining

In what is starting to become a familiar theme, researchers have speculated on what types of observational data from distant planetary systems might indicate the presence of an alien civilization, in this ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 11

Data miners dig for corrosion resistance

(PhysOrg.com) -- A better understanding of corrosion resistance may be possible using a data-mining tool, according to Penn State material scientists. This tool may also aid research in other areas where massive amounts of ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

IBM's new architecture can double analytics processing speed

At the Supercomputing 2010 conference, IBM today unveiled details of a new storage architecture design, created by IBM scientists, that will convert terabytes of pure information into actionable insights twice as fast as ...

Technology / Software

created Nov 19, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Eat safer: Novel approach detects unknown food pathogens

Technologies for rapid detection of bacterial pathogens are crucial to maintaining a secure food supply.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Data mining made faster: New method eases analysis of 'multidimensional' information

To many big companies, you aren't just a customer, but are described by multiple "dimensions" of information within a computer database. Now, a University of Utah computer scientist has devised a new method for simpler, faster ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Ames Researcher Makes Flying Safer

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's comforting to know that when you board a commercial airline Ames Researcher Ashok Srivastava is working to ensure that you enjoy a safe flight.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Rattlesnakes sound warning on biodiversity and habitat fragmentation

Like the canary in the coal mine, the timber rattlesnake may be telling us something about the environment we share.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0