Big Data, Small World: Kirk Borne at TEDxGeorgeMasonU

Talk given at TEDxGeorgeMasonU, April 6th 2013.
Read full bios and event information at www.TEDxGeorgeMasonU.com
Dr. Kirk Borne is a Multidisciplinary Data Scientist and an Astrophysicist. He is Professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science in the George Mason University School of Physics, Astronomy, and Computational Sciences (SPACS). He received his B.S. degree in physics from LSU and his Ph.D. in astronomy from Caltech. After 20 years working in NASA, he changed course and became a data scientist in the then new field of 'Data Mining'. His TEDx talk covers some of the basic ideas behind data mining, and how it influences us every day. If you are a Twitter user, you can follow him there as he actively tweets about Big Data, Data Science, and Astronomy under the handle @KirkDBorne.
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Filming: GMU TV and Adam Scott.
Production Manager: Jessica Teaford (@jessicateaford).
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[@alotan2acs]

skip to 5:50. Welcome

[@cajogos]

This video is really great! I sure will look into Dr Borne's publications :)

[@ssbraga]

Very informative and insteresting for introductory levels students.

[@AugustoFadel]

I think this presentation is a good start for one who wants to know from where Big Data came from, because i found it very introductory. The second half is more interesting. I liked a lot the hidden variables example, very ilustrative.

[@RVideoTutorials]

Great video!

[@rakeshchaudhary5219]

Excellent information about applications of big data

[@rewtnode]

"We are creating as much information in 10 minutes as the entire human history up until 2000." If that is true, then 99.99999 percent was sampled noise.

[@abhinavshrivastava2254]

Big data is the face of new world. Nobody know who much the length & breadth this concept have, but the bottom line is the huge data and its analysis will transform the way we live and do business. Big data will do wonders for us.

[@sarthaknarain4153]

amazing!

[@bighominid]

Awesome. Close your eyes and it's Jeff Goldblum.

[@ByteQQ]

great talk, if not with the breathing problem of the speaker

[@SSV-dd9cg]

can that connection between humans (grid), create a prototype of global conscience? (humans that behave as brain cells and internet connection as neurons)

[@deepuraveendran1903]

Good Presentation

[@dory0761]

big data is a new concept to face many original theories.

[@shaunt79]

Kirk Borne, why did people buy 700% more strawberry Pop-Tarts?

[@constant91]

That opening joke though!

[@gc3k]

m hm h

[@marcusmoffett9250]

Internet of Things Made Simple!

[@Jose-pq4ow]

Ready for TEDx recommendations?

[@user-mn5uh6wv7n]

In China, we hope to have more friends to join us to do Internet big data network and software as well as IT Education

[@watchdiz91]

whoa

[@jayceemanila3575]

big data wooohh! i want to be a data scientist... email me guys!

[@shannonkeough6309]

Why would it be a problem?

[@meghanlouisesemple]

Information overload... Clutter, basically. Data scientists jobs can become rather difficult when they're looking for a needle in a stack of pins

[@meghanlouisesemple]

Information overload... Clutter, basically. Data scientists jobs can become rather difficult when they're looking for a needle in a stack of pins

[@YC-ls5wu]

I'm trying to listen to his presentation, but his poor jokes and the way he nervously walks around, really distracts my attention and besides of that annoys me. I hope he will do something about his presentation skills the next time, cause these are things he could improve by practicing...

[@georgewu5512]

+Efsane YC he's not a comedian, and he's not an expert on public speaking, he doesn't need to be. His purpose is to inform the masses on the idea of big data, and he's doing his best to do that. Give the guy a break, and try to hear his message, rather than nitpicking on his social mannerisms.

[@YC-ls5wu]

+George Wu If you would read my post carefully, you would know that I don't mock with the men or disrespect him in anyway. I only mention that these things could be improved by practising. And it really is.

[@YC-ls5wu]

+Efsane YC it really could, I meant.

[@KDBvideoSharing]

+George Wu +Efsane YC I appreciate your comments, but the truth is: I give dozens of public lectures every year with none of those issues. The nature of a TedX talk is very very different >> they impose a large number of constraints, in the staging, in the setup of the theatre & audience, in the filming & recording, in the way that they choose to show or not show certain slides during the presentation, in the speed with which they run one speaker off the stage to start the next speaker, etc. They didn't give us a chance to rehearse in such a micro-managed heavily supervised environment before we went live! I am not a stage actor, so I am not used to that level of stage direction before and during my talks. There is nothing casual or comfortable in that situation, unlike conference talks or other speaking engagements.

[@YC-ls5wu]

Kirk Borne​ well that explains a lot actually. Thank you for your feedback!

[@gf.calabretta]

Input for "big data": "let all the humans have clean water for drink and sow"

[@rajaabubaker5006]

Lets mine Big Data to find out the cause of Autism and map it to the cure.