Tech

Big data is a growing area of interest within the US, and across the world. But what does it really mean, and what are the implications of its use?

Big data is a large volume of diverse data sets - like the text, pictures, video and interactive content on a site like Facebook - that are too big to be processed by traditional database and software techniques, and it has the potential to change the way we work in virtually every field.

A national sensor and software company has relocated to western New York. Sentient Science moved from Idaho into the historic Butler Mansion in Buffalo to work with the University at Buffalo’s material science program.

Sentient Chief Scientist Nathan Bolander says their computational tool “Digital Clone” provides services to the U.S. and Canada.