By Shraddha Sankhe, Texas A&M University College of Engineering High-speed winds during a thunderstorm may cause trees around an electric grid to crash into the distribution system feeders causing an outage in that area. Currently, most utility companies diminish such accidents by scheduling regular tree-trimming operations. This effort is…
By Kelli Levey, Texas A&M University Mays Business School Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School is hosting a one-day seminar April 28 on big data and predictive analytics, and is extending their invitation to all members of the workforce who work with data. The event takes place April 28…
By Rae Lynn Mitchell, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Thanks to a new $1 million funding award, a Texas A&M School of Public Health research team will explore new ways to integrate diverse datasets for improving patient outcomes through data-driven research that is effective and respectful of patient privacy.
What is Big Data and why is it so vital to modern society? Imagine you’re tasked with finding just three grains of blue sand on a mile-long beach. That’s what Big Data does – it allows us to sort through unimaginable amounts of information to find exactly what we’re…
Nate Silver discussed predictive models during “The Signal and the Noise: An Evening With Nate Silver” Tuesday, March 7. By Sam Peshek, Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications In Nate Silver’s world where data drives predictions, underdogs sometimes have the advantage, crises arising from natural disasters can…