28 December 2013 Google's zeitgeist: what people searched for via Google in 2013 … [Read more...]
Images of 2013
Reuters | 28 December 2013 Reuters presents extraordinary images taken by its global network of photographers in 2013 (click "view all images" at the top left to open presentation). Please note that some of the images are of violence and nudity. … [Read more...]
Melbourne awarded $20M for new ARC Centre of Excellence
University of Melbourne Newsroom | 18 December 2013 The University of Melbourne will lead the establishment of a new $20M ARC Centre of Excellence, which will create innovative mathematical and statistical models for analysing big data sets. Many data sets and collections have the potential to make vital contributions to society, business and government, as well as impact on international developments, but they are so large or complex that they are difficult to process and analyse using traditional tools, said Melbourne’s ARC Laureate Fellow, Professor Peter Hall. Current solutions are ad-hoc, since adequate, mathematically founded statistical techniques currently … [Read more...]