The promise of big data lies in researchers' ability to mine massive datasets for insights that can save lives, improve services and inform our understanding of the world.
Computer Sciences
Oct 7, 2015
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The OECD has just given the world an F when it comes to using computers to improve educational outcomes in schools and to give teenagers the digital skills they will increasingly need in life. In a report released this week ...
Social Sciences
Sep 18, 2015
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Computers do not noticeably improve school pupils' academic results and can even hamper performance, an OECD report said Tuesday that looked at the impact of technology in classrooms across the globe.
Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2015
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Security and safety could be improved if researchers from very disparate disciplines – humanities, computer science and politics – were to work together, according to research described in the International Journal of ...
Social Sciences
Aug 21, 2015
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Online social networking generates vast quantities of data that might be useful to the service providers, advertising agencies, and even the users themselves. Writing in the International Journal of Communication Networks ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 12, 2015
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Social computing researchers have teamed up with a top London creative marketing and communications agency to create a new social media analytics programme.
Internet
Jul 14, 2015
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The revelation that the data breach at the U.S. government's personnel office was actually much worse than the government originally thought is following a familiar script.
Security
Jul 10, 2015
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They might be so popular as to be almost an extension of people's arms, but most Americans ditch their smartphones and return to the trusty computer when buying online.
Internet
Jul 8, 2015
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The agency that allowed hackers linked to China to steal private information about nearly every federal employee—and detailed personal histories of millions with security clearances—failed for years to take basic steps ...
Security
Jun 16, 2015
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In the second it takes to 'like' this article, 6,000 tweets, 5,000 profile updates, 4,000 photos and 500 blogs will have been posted on multiple social media platforms. As that second extends to a minute, a day and even a ...
Computer Sciences
May 27, 2015
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