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Big Data

  • India made most requests for user data from big tech firms among South Asian countries

    India made most requests for user data from big tech firms among South Asian countries

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 20, 2023 · 01:44 pm
  • Is it the lyrics? Is it the energy? Big data tries to predict what makes a song popular

    Is it the lyrics? Is it the energy? Big data tries to predict what makes a song popular

    Hoda Khalil, The Conversation Gabriel Wainer, The Conversation Kevin Dick, The Conversation
    · Oct 16, 2022 · 11:30 pm
  • What big data tells us about how a book becomes a bestseller: It’s easier than we think

    What big data tells us about how a book becomes a bestseller: It’s easier than we think

    Albert-László Barabási, The Conversation
    · Dec 05, 2018 · 05:30 pm
  • Why we shouldn’t trust everything we see in satellite images

    Why we shouldn’t trust everything we see in satellite images

    Melinda Laituri, The Conversation
    · Jun 07, 2018 · 09:30 pm
  • How Big Data discovered that Othello is a comedy (and other adventures in digital Shakespeare)

    How Big Data discovered that Othello is a comedy (and other adventures in digital Shakespeare)

    Arup K Chatterjee, The Conversation
    · Sep 25, 2016 · 10:30 am