Big Data 2.0: The Next Generation of Big Data (Venture Beat): Over the past few years Big Data has been generating conversation while launching various products. While the area is reaching a point of where basic capabilities for supporting such data face challenges and opportunities, it is crucial to focus on three key areas—speed, quality, and applications
Solving Problems for Real World, Using Design (New York Times): Students at Stanford University’s D.school, formerly known as the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, are using a combination of technology and design to focus on how to ease people’s lives.
NSF supports collaborative cyber-enabled research to advance sustainability (NSF Press Release): The National Science Foundation’s Cyber-Enabled Sustainability Science & Engineering (CyberSEES) program recently awarded $12.5 million for interdisciplinary research in energy, agriculture and environmental management to 17 research groups spanning 15 states.
A Start-Up Aims to Teach Anyone to Write Computer Code (The Chronicle): Codeacademy, a free and interactive web platform designed to help teach programming languages like JavaScript, has attracted millions of users and drawn $12.5-million in venture-capital funds.
Big Test for Common App (Inside Higher Ed): Deadlines this week will result in a surge of applications for many US colleges. The newly revised Common App system is preparing for such an influx while some admissions offices are not taking any chances.
