The Vocabulary of Big Data

Big Data is everywhere, no matter what you do – from humanities tonatural sciences, from social sciences to engineering to medicine. Yet,data on its own, no matter how “Big”, is of little use. Distilling Big Datainto actionable, useful information requires a range of tools frommathematics, statistics and computer science, which might appearintimidating when approached for the first time. In an afternoon of talks, we will introduce the key concepts and ideas whichunderlie modern analysis of large and complex data sets, in a maths-freemanner. To start the Big Data conversation, we need a sharedvocabulary! This event is free, but registration is required: http://goo.gl/VlKQmr