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COVID-19 Roundup: Dashboards, Therapeutics, Data Lakes & More
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe, big data and AI have emerged as crucial tools for everything from diagnosis and epidemiology to therapeutic and vaccine development. Here, we collect the latest news in how big Read more…
Explaining the Australian Bushfires with Deep Learning
For months, Australia has been ravaged by bushfires. These massive fires, fueled by lengthy droughts and high temperatures, have caught the world’s attention as lives have been lost and entire towns have been evacuated Read more…
2019: A Big Data Year in Review – Part One
At the beginning of the year, we set out 10 big data trends to watch in 2019. We correctly called some of what unfolded, including a renewed focus on data management and continued rise of Kubernetes (that wasn’t hard t Read more…
Three Ways to Close Your Company’s Data Science Skills Gap Now
It should come as no surprise that demand for folks with data science expertise exceeds supply. In fact, according to some McKinsey, there are only half as many qualified data scientists as needed. The good news is the m Read more…
Datanami Unveils 2019 People to Watch
As we look forward into 2019, a select group of leaders in Big Data have stepped ahead of the rest. In this fourth annual People to Watch feature, we’re offering our readers a look at some of the best and brightest Read more…
News In Brief
Carnegie Mellon’s New Machine Learning Algorithms Comb Natural Products for Pharmaceuticals
The COVID-19 pandemic has given renewed urgency to computational biology, and in particular, the hunt for effective pharmaceuticals. Much of the work to fight SARS-CoV-2 focused on combing through existing databases of k Read more…
Microsoft Debuts AI-Based Semantic Search on Azure
Microsoft has been steadily upgrading its enterprise search capabilities, recently targeting previously “unsearchable” unstructured data in the form of PDFs, Word documents, text files and JPEGs. The result was Azure Read more…
Space-Based Storage Prepares for Launch
Diminishing returns on costly data center investments—facilities already bulging at the seams—are engendering novel architectures for storing data. Early prototypes such as Microsoft’s submersible data center addre Read more…
Researchers Use Deep Learning to Plow Through NASA Snow Radar Data
From 2009 through 2019, NASA’s Operation IceBridge sent out observation flights over the Arctic, Antarctic, and Alaska. Those 11 years of flights produced detailed data on the dimensions and fluxes of snow, sea ice, gl Read more…
Googlers Speak Out on the Scourge of ML Underspecification
A few days ago, 40 authors (all but a handful hailing from Google) published a 59-page paper. The topic at hand: why so many machine learning models, borne out by internal testing, proceed to then fail spectacularly in r Read more…
This Just In
Apr 10, 2025 |
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 10, 2025 — NTT Research, Inc. unveiled the Physics of Artificial Intelligence Group, spun off from a group within the NTT Research Physics & Informatics (PHI) Lab. Read more…
Apr 10, 2025 |
TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 10, 2025 – COMPUTEX 2025, one of the world’s leading exhibitions for AIoT and startup innovation, will take place May 20–23 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Halls 1 and 2. Read more…
Apr 9, 2025 |
SEATTLE, April 9, 2025 — As AI adoption accelerates—even in high-stakes industries like healthcare, life science, finance, and security—one pressing challenge remains: how can we trust and fully harness its potential if we can’t understand how it makes decisions? Read more…
Apr 7, 2025 |
STANFORD, Calif., April 7, 2025 — Today, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) released its 2025 AI Index report which provides a comprehensive look at the global state of artificial intelligence. Read more…
Apr 7, 2025 |
SEATTLE and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 7, 2025 — Google Cloud and Ai2 announced they have partnered with the Cancer AI Alliance (CAIA), a pioneering consortium uniting leading cancer research institutions and technology companies to harness artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against cancer. Read more…
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