Search: Big Data (6 materials)

India’s Digitalization: Big Data is the New Oil

... but now in India as well and still continue to increase their investment potential, thus greatly befuddling traditionally-minded financiers. Yet, analysts increasingly have to admit that high-tech digital companies have unique sets of their clients’ big data, which allows these companies to increase their market share and make correct managerial decisions while constantly improving the functions or services they provide. Big data is becoming more and more important for governments as well. The quality ...

25.05.2020

Seeking the Holy Grail but Finding New Pandora’s Boxes: Confidentiality and International Security

... in the idea of private information losing its meaning, because more sensitive data (such as a person’s sexual orientation, relationship status, etc.) are available on social networks and other digital platforms. Machine learning, neural networks, big data, the Internet of things (IoT, [ 2 ] which includes the smart city and smart car concepts, automated buildings and homes, as well as various devices and gadgets) and other contemporary digital technologies are based on collecting and processing ...

19.08.2019

Lies, Spies and Big Data: How Fake News Is Rewriting Political Landscapes

... elections continues today. This policy brief provides an overview of how the gathering and dissemination of news has changed in a globalized digital environment, how consumers digest and share news at an ever-increasing pace, and how the management of big data can influence electorates across borders. It will also define ‘fake news’ and the extent to which it might have influenced the results of the U.S. elections. Lies, Spies and Big Data: How Fake News Is Rewriting Political Landscapes , 830 ...

22.06.2017

The XXI Century Gold Rush — Social Networks and Big Data

... users reported being «worn out» from seeing lots of political content, which puts a necessity for the administrators of the social networks and services to be more involved in shaping and moderating the user’s newsfeed. The issue of access to the big data is the one to define the future of democracies and the social contract between the state and society. Today huge (American) corporations, that run the world’s most popular social networks, often possess piles of data. And many governments want ...

05.04.2017

Information Technologies: Where Does Russia Stand?

Interview with Ilya Anikin, IQ One Affecting all aspects of human life, information technology has also swept over Russia, emerging as a young but vibrant sector capable of advancing the national economy and rivaling the Western IT giants. We met with Ilya Anikin , Deputy Director General of the management company IQ One, to talk about nascent trends and the segments most susceptible to these snowballing developments. We are already used to regular IT innovations that seem to pop up on the market...

13.11.2014

Biology and Informatics: Waiting for the Third Breakthrough?

... hundred letters-nucleotides) that are quickly read by some physicochemical method. Thus, the human genome is represented as a file with dozens of millions of short fragments. The Third Impact in bioinformatics is associated by many with what is called Big Data. However, new technologies are developing, and the Oxford Nanopore approach appears to be one of the most promising. This technology is now being tested and has already attracted the attention of not only scientists, but the media too. The technology ...

12.11.2014

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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