Background Knowledge of hazards and exposure data about chemical pollutants are
essential for epidemiological studies for assessing health risks and preventing the …

Big data, referring broadly to,“the ability of society to harness information in novel ways to
produce useful insights or goods and services of significant value”(Mayer-Schönberger and …

Big data has emerged as a key connecting point between things and objects on the internet.
In this cyber-physical space, different types of sensors interact over wireless networks …

Big data curation represents an emerging topic of inquiry but still in an early phase along its
adoption curve. The term big data itself is a nebulous concept, and the differences between …

Design/methodology/approach: The methodology is a case study of current literature on Big
Data applications. Findings: The findings show that Big Data is having an increasing impact …

Proponents of big data claim it will fuel a social research revolution, but skeptics challenge
its reliability and decontextualization. The largest subset of big data is not designed for …

Social media data are available and accumulated at the extra-byte level every day. As social
media applications are widely deployed in various platforms from personal computers to …

PatientsLikeMe is a for-profit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, managing a
social media-based health network that supports patients in activities of health data self …

The phenomenal growth of digital data is posing increasing challenges for both scientists
and engineers. The challenge is multifaceted due to the ever-growing size, constant flow …

Open data is providing opportunities as well as challenges for research and development in
the field of knowledge and systems engineering. The prospects for both researchers and …