Big data - how to handle your data

Technoscope Technology education Wednesday, 29. January 2020 01:00

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Translated with DeepL

Smartphones, credit cards, GPS and fitness trackers: wherever we go and wherever we stand, we leave a data trail. But it's not just us humans, more and more sensors in devices and machines are also connected to the internet and produce data. The special thing about big data is not just the huge amounts of data itself, but the fact that increasingly powerful computers can gain valuable insights from these mountains of data.

Specialised software and adaptive algorithms sift through the stored mountains of data at lightning speed and search for patterns, correlations and hidden laws. From this, conclusions can be drawn and trends identified in countless areas: Where is a crop failure imminent? Which patients respond particularly well to a medication? How can traffic flows be managed more efficiently?

Find out more in the current complete issue (in German)