The Data Revolution is no longer a new topic but a reality trying to catch up with the expectations it has generated. The private sector is investing billions in new start-ups and technology companies ...

Bitmap indexing has emerged as a vital tool in the efficient management and interrogation of scientific data. By representing data elements as bits, these indexes facilitate rapid, hardware ...

Gartner has stated that big data is nothing without turning them into algorithms, which is where the true value lies for businesses.

Algorithms are already all around us. Consider how Google’s proprietary algorithm in the driverless car functions as the connective tissue that combines the software, data, sensors and physical ...

Math isn’t prejudiced, goes the argument. But these arithmetic programs can learn bias from the data fed into them by human beings, leading to unfair treatment and discrimination.

To efficiently analyze a firehose of data, scientists first have to break big numbers into bits.

The RTBF’s big data expert Pierre Nicolas Schwab invites EBU Big Data Initiative participants to join a workshop addressing algorithms and PSM values this December in Brussels.