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The documentary, the human face of big data, directed by sandy smolan, explores the ways the human race is leveraging advanced analytics to pull actionable insights from the billions of data sets we currently have on our bodies, our trends, and our behaviors. Techniques of big data support multifarious applications. Hes a photographer, but hes become a journalist of mass experience. A new documentary the human face of big data explores that potential.
Big data, a word that was barely used a few years ago but now governs the day for many of us from the moment we awaken to the extinguishing of the final late. Lots of photos way too many in my opinion and comic book like blobs with fascinating factoids. Oneil is not the only serious thinker to raise concerns regarding the responsible use of big data. The human face of big data captures, in glorious photographs and moving essays, an extraordinary revolution sweeping, almost invisibly, through business, academia, government, healthcare, and. Its a visually stunning effort on behalf of big data public relations. Its already enabling us to provide a healthier life for our children. Rife with anecdotes, statistics, and stunning visuals, smolan and erwitt show how big data is changing, well, everything. The images and stories captured in the human face of big data are the result of an extraordinary artistic, technical, and logistical juggling act aimed at capturing the human face of the big data revolution.
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The human face of big data, by rick smolan and jennifer. In 2012 smolan and coauthor erwitt published the human face of big data, a book in which smolan and erwitt used various photographs, graphics, and information to make big data easier to comprehend and absorb on a more personal, relatable level. This is a coffee table book which should be republished without the photos in a readable and in an ebook version i can buy for my kindle. The human face of big data is an ambitious and attractive new largeformat book that aims to give readers, through photography and short articles, a glimpse of how powerful new data processing.
Productions, 2012 is a 224page hardcover large format book created by rick smolan and jennifer erwitt. With the rapid emergence of digital devices, an unstoppable, invisible force is changing human lives in ways from the microscopic to the gargantuan. The human face of big data official film trailer duration. Big data is defined as the real time collection, analyses, and visualization of vast amounts of the information. Buried within the mountains of electronic ones and zeros we. The human face of big data rick smolan, jennifer erwitt. In addition to emc, the other sponsors of the book are cisco, vmware, fedex, originate and tableau software to say this is a big book would be an understatement, then again. Buy human face of big data, the by rick smolan, jennifer erwitt isbn. My copy of the new book the human face of big data created by rick smolan and jennifer erwitt arrived yesterday compliments of emc the lead sponsor. Watch the human face of big data plus our full library of documentary features and series. This is the human face of big data clip by roco films on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
The human face of big data delivers a fully realized and expertly produced means for comprehending and evaluating this crucial and unavoidable phenomenon. Documentary probes the human face of big data alex woodie the huge impact that big data analytics is having on how we interact with each other and learn about the world is the topic of a new pbs documentary airing tonight at 10 p. Please check your network connection and refresh the page. After working on various projects including the very successful day in the life series of books, ricks most recent book and accompanying interactive ipad application is called the human face of big data, and its full of compelling stories of how new data technologies are making a difference.
Continue reading the main story to see the enhanced content on this page, you need to have javascript enabled. The human face of big data is a globally crowdsourced media project focusing on humanitys new ability to collect, analyze, triangulate. The human face of big data captures an extraordinary revolution sweeping, almost invisibly, through business, academia, government, healthcare, and everyday life. Rick smolan is a former time, life and national geographic photographer best known as the creator of the day in the life book series the. Rick smolan, creator of the day in the life photography series, is planning a project later this year, the human face of big data, documenting the collection and uses of data. One thing were going to hear right now is one thing about big data from rick smolan who is one of the great journalists. New documentary shows the human face of big data, and. Three new nova episodes include memory hackers, that presents a provocative new idea about how memory works, followed by.
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The webby award winning human face of big data ipad ebook brings to life, through 60plus pages of. Big data is the latest technology trend being splashed across mainstream media. The human face of big data shows how tech changes lives. Imagine sweating and straining to haul contaminated water back to your family.
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