The Nature Of Data

Author : Jenny Goldstein
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 149623278X
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Data written by Jenny Goldstein and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-10 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we look at some of the most pressing issues in environmental politics today, it is hard to avoid data technologies. Big data, artificial intelligence, and data dashboards all promise “revolutionary” advances in the speed and scale at which governments, corporations, conservationists, and even individuals can respond to environmental challenges. By bringing together scholars from geography, anthropology, science and technology studies, and ecology, The Nature of Data explores how the digital realm is a significant site in which environmental politics are waged. This collection as a whole makes the argument that we cannot fully understand the current conjuncture in critical, global environmental politics without understanding the role of data platforms, devices, standards, and institutions. In particular, The Nature of Data addresses the contested practices of making and maintaining data infrastructure, the imaginaries produced by data infrastructures, the relations between state and civil society that data infrastructure reworks, and the conditions under which technology can further socio-ecological justice instead of re-entrenching state and capitalist power. This innovative volume presents some of the first research in this new but rapidly growing subfield that addresses the role of data infrastructures in critical environmental politics.

Author : Jenny Goldstein
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496232771
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Data written by Jenny Goldstein and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we look at some of the most pressing issues in environmental politics today, it is hard to avoid data technologies. Big data, artificial intelligence, and data dashboards all promise "revolutionary" advances in the speed and scale at which governments, corporations, conservationists, and even individuals can respond to environmental challenges. By bringing together scholars from geography, anthropology, science and technology studies, and ecology, The Nature of Data explores how the digital realm is a significant site in which environmental politics are waged. This collection as a whole makes the argument that we cannot fully understand the current conjuncture in critical, global environmental politics without understanding the role of data platforms, devices, standards, and institutions. In particular, The Nature of Data addresses the contested practices of making and maintaining data infrastructure, the imaginaries produced by data infrastructures, the relations between state and civil society that data infrastructure reworks, and the conditions under which technology can further socio-ecological justice instead of re-entrenching state and capitalist power. This innovative volume presents some of the first research in this new but rapidly growing subfield that addresses the role of data infrastructures in critical environmental politics.

Author : Douglas G. Martinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107029767
Total Pages : 631 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quantitative Methods of Data Analysis for the Physical Sciences and Engineering written by Douglas G. Martinson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides thorough and comprehensive coverage of new and important quantitative methods in data science, for graduate students and practitioners.

Author : Ursyn, Anna
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799857549
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Describing Nature Through Visual Data written by Ursyn, Anna and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-07-03 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People have described nature since the beginning of human history. They do it for various purposes, including to communicate about economic, social, governmental, meteorological, sustainability-related, strategic, military, and survival issues as well as artistic expression. As a part of the whole world of living beings, we use various types of senses, known and unknown, labeled and not identified, to both communicate and create. Describing Nature Through Visual Data is a collection of impactful research that discusses issues related to the visualization of scientific concepts, picturing processes, and products, as well as the role of computing in advancing visual literacy skills. Organized into four sections, the book contains descriptions, theories, and examples of visual and music-based solutions concerning the selected natural or technological events that are shaping present-day reality. The chapters pertain to selected scientific fields, digital art, computer graphics, and new media and confer the possible ways that visuals, visualization, simulation, and interactive knowledge presentation can help us to understand and share the content of scientific thought, research, artistic works, and practice. Featuring coverage on topics that include mathematical thinking, music theory, and visual communication, this reference is ideal for instructors, professionals, researchers, and students keen on comprehending and enhancing the role of knowledge visualization in computing, sciences, design, media communication, film, advertising, and marketing.

Author : Vladimir Vapnik
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475732643
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Statistical Learning Theory written by Vladimir Vapnik and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to discuss the fundamental ideas which lie behind the statistical theory of learning and generalization. It considers learning as a general problem of function estimation based on empirical data. Omitting proofs and technical details, the author concentrates on discussing the main results of learning theory and their connections to fundamental problems in statistics. This second edition contains three new chapters devoted to further development of the learning theory and SVM techniques. Written in a readable and concise style, the book is intended for statisticians, mathematicians, physicists, and computer scientists.

Author : Frank Pasquale
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674967100
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Black Box Society written by Frank Pasquale and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day, corporations are connecting the dots about our personal behavior—silently scrutinizing clues left behind by our work habits and Internet use. But who connects the dots about what firms are doing with all this information? Frank Pasquale exposes how powerful interests abuse secrecy for profit and explains ways to rein them in.

Author : Anthony J. G. Hey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fourth Paradigm written by Anthony J. G. Hey and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword. A transformed scientific method. Earth and environment. Health and wellbeing. Scientific infrastructure. Scholarly communication.

Author : Rob Kitchin
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1529765110
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Data Revolution written by Rob Kitchin and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2021-09-22 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our world is becoming ever more data-driven, transforming how business is conducted, governance enacted, and knowledge produced. Yet, the nature of data and the scope and implications of the changes taking place are not always clear. The Data Revolution is a must read for anyone interested in why data have become so important in the contemporary era. Thoroughly updated, including ten new chapters, the book provides an accessible and comprehensive: introduction to thinking conceptually about the nature of data and the field of critical data studies overview of big data, open data and data infrastructures analysis of the utility and value of big and open data for research, business, government and civil society assessment of the concerns and risks in a data-driven world and how to prevent and mitigate them.

Author : Robert E. Ricklefs
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780716777625
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economy of Nature: Data Analysis Update written by Robert E. Ricklefs and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductory text that offers a survey of ecology, this work presents examples from natural history, coverage of evolution, and quantitative approach. It includes 20 data analysis modules that introduce students to ecological data and quantitative methods used by ecologists.

Author : Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature of the Physical World written by Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: