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big data

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Data to improve global diets
Published Winter 2020
Developed in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins Alliance for a Healthier World, a new dashboard helps global leaders conduct complex analysis of food systems / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Q+A
Map tracks drive-through testing sites
Published April 29, 2020
Big data and AI expert Jim Kyung-Soo Liew spearheads effort conducted by software engineers and student volunteers from the Carey Business School
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Data and government
Survey identifies a growing need to hire data analysts in government
Published Oct 11, 2019
Having more employees with credentials in data analytics will allow government agencies to more effectively act on the data they collect
Network news
Building big data storage
Published June 7, 2018
Team led by astrophysicist Alex Szalay receives $1.8M to build network that could transform how scientists store, access data
Big data
Meeting of the MINDS
Published Nov 2, 2017
New Mathematical Institute for Data Science aims to better understand the inner workings of big data analysis
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Climate science
Breathing easier
Published June 27, 2017
Project launched by JHU grad student records Baltimore air quality data for use by researchers, policymakers
Precision medicine
Effort aims to improve diagnosis, care, outcomes
Published Oct 17, 2016
Partnership between Hopkins Medicine, Applied Physics Laboratory will bring data analysis, systems engineering to health care
Appointment
Big data expert Mauro Maggioni named BDP
Published April 14, 2016
Maggioni, who joins JHU from Duke, becomes 20th Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
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Big data
Health awareness analysis
Published April 1, 2016
Do awareness efforts, like the Great American Smokeout, have an impact on our behavior?
Interdisciplinary research
New brain study institute
Published Oct 1, 2015
Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute will bring together experts in neuroscience, engineering, data science / Hopkins Medicine