Chad M. Topaz and Tyrone Bass suggest five steps researchers can take to make more inclusive choices when collecting and analyzing data. Colleges and universities are investing heavily in data science ...

Big data refers to large, diverse sets of information from multiple sources that can provide strategic information for companies.

More than half a decade ago, the nation’s top workplace civil rights enforcement agency began a high-level examination of how U.S. employers paid their employees, an experiment it said was intended to ...

A Biodiversity Data Analytics event explored new frontiers in nature data and impacts for business and policy.

Suzanne J. Piotrowski has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the Open Government Partnership. Gregory Porumbescu has received external funding from the National Science ...

Regulation and leaked identity data are creating new physical security risks for bitcoin holders, as criminals use personal information to enable coercive attacks.

Environmental data scientists use computing and mathematics to develop sustainable solutions for environmental problems. Environmental data scientists balance and combine expertise from multiple ...

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