Follow BigDATAwire:

Sectors » Academia

Features

What Leonardo DaVinci Teaches Us About Data Management

Spending time in Florence, Italy, you see brilliant Renaissance art everywhere.   A favorite of my family was Leonardo DaVinci, as he was not only a brilliant painter and sculptor, but also an innovative scientist and e Read more…

Feeding the Virtuous Cycle of Discovery: HPC, Big Data, and AI Acceleration

GenAI hit the scene fast and furious when ChatGPT was released on November 30, 2022. The quest for bigger and better models has changed the hardware, data center, and power landscape and foundational models are still u Read more…

LOTUS Promises Fast Semantic Processing on LLMs

Researchers at Stanford University and UC Berkeley recently announced the version 1.0 release of LOTUS, an open source query engine designed to make LLM-powered data processing fast, easy, and declarative. The project’ Read more…

Meet Hannes Mühleisen, a 2024 BigDATAwire Person to Watch

The emergence of DuckDB has been one of the most surprising developments in database world over the past couple of years. The “unapologetically single node” vectorized column store, which was developed by Hannes Müh Read more…

The Data and AI Agenda: Key Conferences in December 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, December offers more than just holiday festivities—it’s packed with pivotal events that highlight the advancements shaping technology, business, and innovation. While AWS re:Invent takes cen Read more…

News In Brief

Meet 2024 BigDATAwire Person to Watch Chisoo Lyons

Women make up 15% to 22% of data science professionals, research from the Boston Consulting Group shows. One of the women who is hoping to increase that number is Chisoo Lyons, the executive director of Women in Data Sci Read more…

Solix Hosting Data and AI Conference at UCSD

We’re just a day away from SolixEmpower 2024, a conference that will bring hundreds of Solix cusotmers, leading academic researchers, and business leaders together to discuss the latest developments in cloud data manag Read more…

ADSA to Keep Humans in the Loop at Annual Meeting

Some of the predictions around AI are pretty gloomy these days, particularly when it comes to unleashing biased AI models upon the world to make poor decisions that hurt people, not to mention replacing human workers on Read more…

NIST Q&A: Getting Ready for the Post Quantum Cryptography Threat? You Should Be

With the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) set to publish the first Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Standards in a few weeks, attention is shifting to how to put the new quantum-resistant algorithms i Read more…

Spectra Logic Ups the Ante in Tape Storage

Spectra Logic has been busy. Last week, the data storage company unveiled Spectra LumOS library management software and expanded its enterprise tape storage solutions with two new additions: the TFinity Plus enterpris Read more…

This Just In

Dataminr and Esri Expand Partnership to Transform Location Intelligence with Real-Time Event Detection

Feb 25, 2025 |

NEW YORK and REDLANDS, Calif., Feb. 25, 2025 — Dataminr, one of the world’s leading AI companies, and Esri, the global leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, today announced an expanded strategic partnership aimed at driving innovation, enhancing customer value, and accelerating growth across key markets. Read more…

Esri Launches Content Store for ArcGIS to Provide Easier Access to On-Demand, GIS-Ready Imagery

Feb 24, 2025 |

REDLANDS, Calif., Feb. 24, 2025 — Esri is launching Content Store for ArcGIS, a new web app that simplifies the process of purchasing and integrating commercial satellite imagery. Read more…

Data Science Salon Kickstarts 2025 with DSS ATX Conference, Featuring AI Startup Showcase

Feb 13, 2025 |

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 13, 2025 — Data Science Salon, the most diverse data science and machine learning community in the US, is excited to announce five events held across the country, as well as 25 meetups where data science professionals of various backgrounds can share and exchange ideas and knowledge. Read more…

EU Launches InvestAI Initiative to Build AI Gigafactories Across Europe

Feb 13, 2025 |

Feb. 13, 2025 — At the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has launched InvestAI, an initiative to mobilize €200 billion for investment in AI, including a new European fund of €20 billion for AI gigafactories. Read more…

Esri Developer & Technology Summit Features Expanded Program to Reflect Growth of Geospatial Development

Feb 12, 2025 |

REDLANDS, Calif., Feb. 12, 2025 — On March 11, 2025, Esri, the global leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, is hosting the Developer & Technology Summit in Palm Springs, California. Read more…

BigDATAwire