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Sunday Data/Statistics Link Roundup (10/21/12)
This is scientific variant on the #whatshouldwecallme meme isn’t exclusive to statistics, but it is hilarious. This is a really interesting post that is a follow-up to the XKCD password security comic. The thing I find most interesting about this is … Continue reading
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Tagged big data, education, experiments, passwords, sunday links
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Sunday Data/Statistics Link Roundup (9/2/2012)
Just got back from IBC 2012 in Kobe Japan. I was in an awesome session (organized by the inimitable Lieven Clement) with great talks by Matt McCall, Djork-Arne Clevert, Adetayo Kasim, and Willem Talloen. Willem’s talk nicely tied in our … Continue reading
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Tagged analytics, big data, data, fast journals, genomics, hype, meetings, visualization
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Statistics/statisticians need better marketing
Statisticians have not always been great self-promoters. I think in part this comes from our tendency to be arbiters rather than being involved in the scientific process. In some ways, I think this is a good thing. Self-promotion can quickly become … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, big data, big tent, copss, data, statisticians
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Motivating statistical projects
It seems like half of the battle in statistics is identifying an important/unsolved problem. In math, this is easy, they have a list. So why is it harder for statistics? Since I have to think up projects to work on … Continue reading
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Tagged big data, data, future of statistics, projects, statistical methods
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The problem with small big data
There’s lots of talk about “big data” these days and I think that’s great. I think it’s bringing statistics out into the mainstream (even if they don’t call it statistics) and it creating lots of opportunities for people with statistics … Continue reading
Computational biologist blogger saves computer science department
People who read the news should be aware by now that we are in the midst of a big data era. The New York Times, for example, has been writing about this frequently. One of their most recent articles describes … Continue reading
OracleWorld Claims and Sensations
Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle, like most technology CEOs, has a tendency for the over-the-top sales pitch. But it’s fun to keep track of what these companies are up to just to see what they think the trends are. … Continue reading
Bits: Big Data: Sorting Reality From the Hype
Bits: Big Data: Sorting Reality From the Hype