Sometimes it just amazes me what people think is computable given their actual observation space. At times you have to look them in the eye and tell…
This blog entry is dedicated to false positives and false negatives, specifically why it is so essential that systems find and fix them. A false negative occurs…
I have been given permission to re-publish an interview I did with the Data Protection & Law Policy newsletter. Also to appear in the e-Finance and Payments…
Over the last twenty-eight months I have been quietly running a skunk works effort that I’ve code named “G2.” To my delight, on January 28th, 2011 this…
I was invited to deliver a short keynote about "big data" at today's OECD roundtable focused on the economics of personal data and privacy. My presentation here.…
General purpose sensemaking systems will colocate diverse data in the same data space. Such an approach enables massively scalable, real-time, novel discovery over an ever changing observational…
I spoke at Defrag 2010 earlier today and introduced what I am describing as the new physics of big data. Having designed and deployed a number of…
As mankind deploys increasing numbers of sensors, and makes more sense of this data, more of our secrets are revealed. In a world of greater transparency, will…
My apologies, I am probably going to step on some toes. (more…)
It doesn’t matter who you say you are! Where you are (space), when you’re there (time), and your movements over time (travel) are closer to the truth.…
