At Dalhousie University in Halifax on Canada's east coast was on Thursday, theInstitute for big data analytics opened. Big Data is a term for very large data collections, beyond the scope of conventional databases and processing. "It is the first such university institute in Canada and what it looks like, across the continent," said the newly crowned head of department Professor Stan Matwin. "We want to analyze large amounts of data in order to make life better -. In a way that respects the privacy"
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