Browsing Theses by Subject "big data"
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Data, Debt & Daemons: Systemic Asymmetries on Spaceship Earth
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-17)Day by day, the rate at which we create new data increases exponentially. Our capacity to learn cannot keep up. We are tiny members of a vast universal network, incapable of discerning cause and effect. Instead, we develop ... -
A Digital Agricultural Revolution: Ontario Grain Farmer Perceptions of Digital Farming and Big Data
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-14)Digital technologies and big data are revolutionizing agriculture, but the implications for equity and sustainability are uncertain. From big data climate forecasts and massive robotic tractors, to satellite pest control ... -
Learning More and Knowing Less: Big Data, Spurious Correlations, and the Problem of Ignorance
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-28)There are few things we can name that surpass big data’s boon for our empirical endeavours. Big data promises an ever-growing source of data that could be readily accessed by researchers in virtually any field of study. ... -
Software Engineering for Big Data Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-24)Software engineering is the application of a systematic approach to designing, operating and maintaining software systems and the study of all the activities involved in achieving the same. The software engineering discipline ...