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Submitted: May 3, 2012 - 6:57pm
Originally published: May 3, 2012
Last updated: May 3, 2012 - 7:05pm
Originally published: May 3, 2012
Last updated: May 3, 2012 - 7:05pm
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nextgov
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Joseph Marks
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National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA, 22230, United States
Big data has the power to change scientific research from a hypothesis-driven field to one that’s data-driven, Farnam Jahanian, chief of the National Science Foundation’s Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate. Reaching that point, however, will require upfront investment from government and the private sector to build infrastructure for data analysis and new collaboration tools, Jahanian said. He was speaking at a big data briefing for congressional staff hosted by the industry group TechAmerica.
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