OSU in line for $53M from state capital budget for Big Data program (Columbus Business First) – Ohio State has been awarded $53M in this year’s capital spending budget to renovate two campus buildings to house its new degree program in data analytics.
Titan supercomputer propels GE wind turbine research into new territory (Windpower Engineering & Development) – Using the Titan supercomputer’s combination of CPU and GPU processors GE has discovered new insights into the way that water freezes at certain temperatures and on different surfaces.
Ford, Stanford and MIT research giving self-driving cars 'intuition' (L.A. Times) – Ford will be working with MIT and Stanford to improve its autonomous cars LiDAR and mapping systems to give the car the ability to predict where obstacles will be and thus better avoid them.
Kasich vows education reform (The Blade) – As the gubernatorial race gets underway Governor Kasich has announced that he has a vision for reforming Ohio’s schools with an emphasis teaching students about the careers available to them and building a strong vocational school system.
White House Launches Big Data, Privacy Review (Information Week) – The White House has commissioned an in-depth study into big data and privacy in an effort to establish international norms on how big data should and can be used.
