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Predictable state containers

DEPARTMENT: Hello world

Predictable state containers

By Teodor Szente, June 2017

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Mapping organized ignorance in environmental health

SECTION: Features

Mapping organized ignorance in environmental health

How data collection and reporting standards have shaped what we know and do not know about water contamination in Hoosick Falls, NY.

By Laura Rabinow, Lindsay Poirier, April 2017

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Biological obstacles and technological leaps

Biological obstacles and technological leaps

Technology can address biological threats like viral epidemics and bioterrorism that could put humankind on the brink of biological disaster.

By Ketaki Katdare, April 2017

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Coordination When Information is Scarce: How privacy can help

DEPARTMENT: Blogs

Coordination When Information is Scarce: How privacy can help

There is something to be gained by borrowing the tools of differential privacy and applying them to solve problems in seemingly unrelated fields.

By Aaron Roth, September 2013

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Understanding the Data Environment

SECTION: Features

Understanding the Data Environment

Protecting data privacy and anonymity requires a better understanding of the conditions and mechanisms under which they may be threatened.

By Elaine Mackey, Mark Elliot, September 2013

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An Illustrated Primer in Differential Privacy

An Illustrated Primer in Differential Privacy

The vast amounts of data that are now available provide new opportunities to social science researchers, but also raise huge privacy concerns for data subjects. Differential privacy offers a way to balance the needs of both parties. But how?

By Christine Task, September 2013

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Big data

COLUMN: INIT

Big data

By Andrew Cron, Huy L. Nguyen, Aditya Parameswaran, September 2012

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An interview with Surajit Chaudhuri

SECTION: Features

An interview with Surajit Chaudhuri

Surajit Chaudhuri, Distinguished Scientist and head of the Extreme Computing Group (XCG) at Microsoft Research, Redmond provides valuable insights for revisiting data analytics in the context of big data.

By Aditya Parameswaran, September 2012

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Objective viewpoint

By Kevin Henry, March 2001

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