#bdw12 – Big Data Week Community Meetup
This was the largest community meetups in London in 2012 with over 300 attendees from all the data communities, it was a great evening of... Read More
#bdw12 Andy Kirk: visualising the journey
This is a interview with Andy Kirk from Visualisingdata.com, as part of the Big Data Week Interview series.
For many, what is known as “data visualisation” is a relatively new phenomenon. Deriving from a virtuous circle of the familiarity of Excel and the ability to create sophisticated graphics from a mass-market computer, the concept is becoming increasingly engrained into popular culture. Where visualsing data was once the domain of the Open University after midnight on BBC2, it's now prevalent across newspapers (often in double-page spreads) and, of course, in the hyper-realism of television news.
#bdw12 What was it all about?
“It's all about Big Data” we promised, and for one week in April, that was certainly the case. From almost any angle of computing – technical, managerial, theoretical, artistic – data has never enjoyed so much attention. With attention comes caution - “How do we manage so much stuff?” - and, thankfully, Big Data Week kept one eye on these pressing, contemporary issues as well as the other firmly focussed on the future.
#bdw12 Introduction from Kalev H Leetaru
Kalev H. Leetaru is Assistant Director for Text and Digital Media Analytics at the Institute for Computing in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Science at... Read More
#bdw12 Data Science Hackathon Winner
James Patterson is the official winner of the Data Science Hackathon organised by Data Science London in conjunction with Big Data Week. Having worked through 24 hours over 150 participants submitted their final entries and it James was declared the official winner.
#bdw12 In pictures
A short 3 minute video capturing the theme and passion behind the attendees of Big Data Week 2012 When you want to share that document,... Read More
Open Data Week partners with Big Data Week
The Cook County Board of Commissioners proclaimed April 23-27 as Open Data Week. To that end, the Cook County Bureau of Technology has filled the... Read More
Visualizing.org
Launched by GE and Seed Media Group in 2010, Visualizing.org is a global community of creative people making sense of complex issues through data and design. A... Read More