Big data : does size matter?

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harkness, Timandra, author.

Contributor:

Esther F. Kantrowitz & Lionel Kantrowitz Collection Endowed Fund.

Series:

Bloomsbury Sigma series

Bloomsbury sigma series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Big data.

Data protection.

Computer networks--Security measures.

Local Subjects:

Data protection.

Computer networks--Security measures.

Physical Description:

320 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Sigma, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Summary:

Timandra Harkness cuts through the hype to put data science into its real-life context using a wide range of stories, people, and places to reveal what is essentially a human science--demystifying big data, telling us where it comes from and what it can do. 'Big Data' then asks the awkward questions: What are the unspoken assumptions underlying its methods? Are we being bamboozled by mega data's size, its speed, and its shiny technology? Nobody needs a degree in computer science to follow Harkness's exploration of what mega data can do for us--and what it can't or shouldn't. 'Big Data' asks you to decide: Are you a data point, or a human being?

Contents:

Part 1: What is it? Where did it come from?. What is data? And what makes it big? ; Death and taxes. And babies ; Thinking machines

Part 2: What has big data ever done for us?. Big business ; Big science ; Big society ; Data-driven democracy

Part 3: Big ideas?. Big Brother ; Who do we think you are? ; Are you a data point or a human being?

Appendix. Keeping your data private.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Esther F. Kantrowitz & Lionel Kantrowitz Collection Endowed Fund.

ISBN:

9781472920072

1472920074

OCLC:

957022050