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New Discussion Paper: “Democratising the Data Revolution” | Open Knowledge Blog

New Discussion Paper: “Democratising the Data Revolution” | Open Knowledge Blog | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
“New technologies are leading to an exponential increase in the volume and types of data available, creating unprecedented possibilities for informing and transforming society and protecting the environment. Governments, companies, researchers and citizen groups are in a ferment of experimentation, innovation and adaptation to the new world of data, a world in which data are bigger, faster and more detailed than ever before. This is the data revolution.” – UN Data Revolution Group, 2014

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Big-Data as Disease Detective - Internet Evolution

Big-Data as Disease Detective - Internet Evolution | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

IBM announced earlier today that some of its research scientists are now collaborating with Johns Hopkins University and the University of California, San Francisco, to combat illness and infectious diseases in real-time with smarter data tools for public health.

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