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The siren song of “Big Data” lured me to Santa Clara last week for the first O’Reilly Strata conference.  I’m finishing a physics PhD, and I was curious what possibilities might await someone with my background[1].  The atmosphere was exciting: there was a feeling of great potential.  Here are some of my impressions.  (Other perspectives […]

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