Paper details
Changing the World of Science: Utilizing Big Data in (and beyond) Research
Author
Jiří Karpeta, Microsoft, Czech Republic
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Abstract
At the turn of the 21st century, Tony Hey, now vice president of Microsoft Research Connections, predicted that the world will enter the era of Big Data and that the future lies not in how much data we generate, but how we will work with them to obtain relevant information for solving problems in real time.
What potential future use Big Data offers in scientific research? And how does it translate into everyday life? In this lecture, you can look „into the kitchen“ of Microsoft Research and learn more about the concept of Big Data and what new trends it triggers, such as viral search, more accurate prediction of outcome of ambiguous data, socio-psychometric analysis of Internet users, and more.
Author's professional CV
Jiří Karpeta has led the Development division in Microsoft, s.r.o., since 12 March 2008. In his position, he is responsible for communication with Czech developers in promoting Microsoft development tools and support of creation of original software for Windows platform.
Jiří has been working at Microsoft since 2006, when he took on the position of Platform Strategy Advisor. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked at LCS International, where he led the development of business information systems.
Jiří Karpeta was born in 1969, graduated from the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering. He is married and has two children. He divides his free time between family, flying, and garden care.
