Uncharted : Big Data as a Lens on Human Culture (Hardcover)

from KirkLowery

This is computational linguistics on steroids. Although some may be put off by their "chatty" style, I found it refreshing. And their clarity of exposition on a difficult and unfamiliar topic (for most people) is exemplary. Highly recommended for everyone, to understand how Big Data is affecting ...

from Daniel.Estes

Big Data is one of those phrases that gets carelessly thrown about in corporate speak. And even though we understand what it means, most of us probably tune it out as just another buzz word. Uncharted by Erez Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel is their report on leveraging one of the unexplored areas...

from staciec

Uncharted focuses on how Google Ngrams specifically, and Big Data generally, can provide information about culture, history, and other realms. Not having any real previous education about how big data works separately from traditional data collection, I thought this was a good primer on the idea,...

from dono421846

A pleasant discussion on the background of the popular Google Ngrams. The authors, who created the tool, provide some of the background impetus for the project, and illustrate the power of the tool by exploring a variety of topics such as fame and censorship. When sticking to the core of their ex...

from shabacus

At first glance, I was not inclined to take this book very seriously. I mean, all the authors did was to throw up a few Google Ngrams, right? But then I realized two very important things. First, the authors were (in part) responsible for the creation and release to the public of the Google Ngram...