[Yr11 Information Technology] BIG DATA video

[Peter Dingli]

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On 9 January 2014 20:27, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:

> A very interesting documentary on the use of massive data sets to predict
> crime, earthquakes, plagues etc.
>
> The Age Of Big Data
> Aired - 6 January 2014 on SBS ONE
> Expires - 20 January 2014, 9:30pm
>
> http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/98877507712/The-Age-Of-Big-Data
>
>
> Every day we produce more data than the human race did from the dawn of
> civilisation until the year 2000. Twitter, search engines, scientific
> experiments, stock markets - these colossal databases can be mined for
> valuable, sometimes mind-blowing, insights using the most sophisticated
> algorithms ever created. This documentary explores how scientists are using
> technology and innovation to search data. From the police department who
> are using an algorithm to predict where crime will strike next, to a mobile
> phone app that knows that you are unwell before you do, to the man whose
> $5.5 billion hedge fund uses cosmologists, code breakers and particle
> physicists to inform decisions. (From the UK) (Documentary) G CC
>
>
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> Mark Kelly
> mark AT vceit DOT com
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