/channels/taxonomy/term/1358/all en /channels/channels/event/tech-trends-speaker-series-big-data-ai-and-why-data-governance-matters-354508 <p>Data governance encompasses how people, processes, and technology can work together to enable business efficiency and defined and agreed-upon data policies that ensure compliance is met.</p> Fri, 19 Jan 2024 22:17:54 +0000 webfull 196718 at /channels /channels/channels/event/tech-trends-speaker-series-reducing-it-energy-consumption-green-coding-354506 <p>Climate change and the energy crisis are forcing us to change our energy consumption in order to maintain a liveable planet. Unfortunately, the energy consumption of IT is growing exponentially, and so far, only a little has been done to curb it.</p> Fri, 19 Jan 2024 20:41:33 +0000 webfull 196716 at /channels /channels/channels/event/value-propositions-data-projects-337048 <p><a href="https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvd-ivqDwjEtLssvGNQ6-t0E2GlMrEtmGB" target="_blank"><img src="//www.mcgill.ca/continuingstudies/files/continuingstudies/image.jpeg" style="width:100%; height:100%" /></a></p> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:56:45 +0000 webfull 177104 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-apple-users-can-say-no-being-tracked-new-software-update-330714 <p>Apple rolled out a software update for its mobile devices that gives users the option of stopping apps from tracking their location and sharing other identifying information with third parties. Services such as Facebook and others currently have the ability to track users on mobile devices in order to learn more about them to target advertisements and other location-based services to them. In some instances, the tracking is in place even if the user is not actively using the app in question.</p> Thu, 29 Apr 2021 18:10:15 +0000 webfull 170250 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-2020-national-cyber-threat-assessment-326374 <p>The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has named China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea’s state-sponsored cyber activity as posing the “greatest strategic threats” to Canada’s critical infrastructure, intellectual property, and political events like elections.</p> Fri, 20 Nov 2020 20:20:24 +0000 webfull 165442 at /channels /channels/news/big-data-useless-if-you-don%E2%80%99t-make-decisions-241195 <p>This is <strong>Karl Moore</strong> of the Desautels Faculty of Management at ƻ����Ժ with Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today I am delighted to speak to Julian Birkinshaw from the London Business School.<br /> <br /> Read full tarnscript: <a href="http://clicks.skem1.com/trkr/?c=28371&g=1419&p=cbb2f8d195811b7b38d35016d12440fe&u=91222c057f42a3f229631705753ef22e&q=&t=1" target="_blank">The Globe and Mail</a>, January 6, 2014</p> Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:11:58 +0000 webfull 107637 at /channels /channels/event/big-data-data-analytics-panel-258431 <p>It's a big deal if you haven't heard! The term “Big Data” describes any voluminous amount of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data that has the potential to be mined for information.</p> Tue, 09 Feb 2016 17:28:52 +0000 webfull 115879 at /channels /channels/channels/news/big-data-study-discovers-earliest-sign-alzheimers-development-261665 <p><strong>Research underlines importance of computational power in future neurological breakthrough</strong></p> <p>Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital have used a powerful tool to better understand the progression of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD), identifying its first physiological signs.</p> Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:09:46 +0000 webfull 119812 at /channels /channels/news/%E2%80%9Cbig-data%E2%80%9D-study-discovers-earliest-sign-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-261667 <p><a href="/newsroom"><em><strong>ƻ����Ժ Newsroom</strong></em></a></p> <p><em>Research underlines importance of computational power in future neurological breakthrough</em></p> <p>Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital have used a powerful tool to better understand the progression of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD), identifying its first physiological signs.</p> Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:12:59 +0000 webfull 119815 at /channels /channels/news/taking-%E2%80%9Cbig-data%E2%80%9D-challenge-232451 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:23:04 +0000 webfull 100705 at /channels /channels/news/social-media-data-pose-pitfalls-studying-behaviour-240450 <p>A growing number of academic researchers are mining social media data to learn about both online and offline human behaviour. In recent years, studies have claimed the ability to predict everything from summer blockbusters to fluctuations in the stock market. Thu, 27 Nov 2014 19:46:37 +0000 webfull 106825 at /channels