Psychologist Michal Kosinski developed a method to analyze people in minute detail based on their Facebook activity.
Tag: big data
Are you better than an algorithm?
Mar 27, 2014 : Sean Gourley, co-founder of Quid, a data analytics company, tells FT West Coast bureau chief Richard Waters that algorithms threaten many jobs from tax advice to journalism, and says in the near future they will start to determine our social position.
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A Taxonomy of Data Science
Both within the academy and within tech startups, we’ve been hearing some similar questions lately: Where can I find a good data scientist? What do I need to learn to become a data scientist? Or more succinctly: What is data science?
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Stephen Hawking’s advice for twenty-first century grads: Embrace complexity
As the economy continues to chart its own tortuous, uncertain course, there seems to have been a fair amount of much-needed discussion on the kinds of skills new grads should possess. These skills of course have to be driven by market demand.
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Mathematicians Predict the Future With Data From the Past
In Isaac Asimov’s classic science fiction saga Foundation, mathematics professor Hari Seldon predicts the future using what he calls psychohistory.
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Infoodation 