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The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery – Book Released
Today Microsoft Research announced the availability of the book - The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery .  The book focuses on the change of all sciences moving from observational, to theoretical, to computational and now to the Read More...
Posted 16 October 09 10:39 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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New Tools Mobilize Local Data to Study Global Environmental Issues from Berkeley Lab
Here’s a really good article from the folks at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on the collaboration MSR has ongoing between LBL and the Berkeley Water Center.  It highlights the use of databases for scientific information as Catharine mentions… Read More...
Posted 04 February 09 08:06 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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Science News to justify half a bar of chocolate per week - lowers risk of heart disease
I only wish the study coming out of the Moli-sani Project being run by Research Laboratories of the Catholic University in Campobasso recommended milk chocolate instead dark chocolate.  Sorry Snickers - Half A Bar Of Chocolate Per Week, But Just Read More...
Posted 23 September 08 09:45 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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Science Cribsheets from SEED Magazine
With all the activity in different science domains – I always keep an eye on the Science Cribsheets that SEED magazine puts out.   The latest, #16 is on Synthetic Biology…they’ve covered many topics from Stem Cells, Hurricanes, Climate Change, Read More...
Posted 15 September 08 11:54 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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"How to blog, get tenure and prosper"
One of the discussions that frequently happens at the eScience/Science 2.0 type meetings is how does academia incorporate the Web 2.0 technologies (Blogging, etc) into the tenure based reward system - these are technologies that change how quickly/accessible Read More...
Posted 24 July 08 09:57 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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Making Sense of Data Overload: An Innovative Approach to Progressive Data Analysis
It's really good to see that the datamining work ( ProDA ) that Cyrus Shahabi of USC is getting more visibility - the use of wavelet compression is a really neat way to deal with large amounts of data and make it easy to see the trends...you can see why Read More...
Posted 23 July 08 03:14 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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Environmental Science related activities
Here are some good articles on Environmental Science related activities that our researchers at Microsoft Research are involved with.  Understanding Climate Change—One Tree at a Time How Can Technology Sustain the Environment in the 21st Century? Read More...
Posted 02 July 08 05:09 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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