[Sdi-northamerica] OBAMA Administration unveils 'Big Data' initiative

[Kate Lance]

Aiming to make the most of the fast-growing volume of digital data, the Obama
Administration today announced a “Big Data Research and Development Initiative.” By
improving our ability to extract knowledge and insights from large and complex
collections of digital data, the initiative promises to help solve some the Nation’s most
pressing challenges.
To launch the initiative, six Federal departments and agencies today announced more
than $200 million in new commitments that, together, promise to greatly improve the
tools and techniques needed to access, organize, and glean discoveries from huge
volumes of digital data.
To make the most of this opportunity, the White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy (OSTP)—in concert with several Federal departments and
agencies—created the Big Data Research and Development Initiative to:
• Advance state-of-the-art core technologies needed to collect, store, preserve,
manage, analyze, and share huge quantities of data.
• Harness these technologies to accelerate the pace of discovery in science and
engineering, strengthen our national security, and transform teaching and
learning; and
• Expand the workforce needed to develop and use Big Data technologies.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.gsdi.org/pipermail/sdi-northamerica/attachments/20120329/33145cfb/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: big_data_press_release.pdf
Type: application/octet-stream
Size: 43018 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.gsdi.org/pipermail/sdi-northamerica/attachments/20120329/33145cfb/attachment-0001.obj>