Big Data Challenge Announced

NASA Tournament Lab to Launch Big Data Challenge Series for U.S. Government Agencies, NASA

“NASA, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy’s Office of Science announced on Wednesday the launch of the Big Data Challenge, a series of competitions hosted through the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL). The Big Data Challenge series will apply the process of open innovation to conceptualizing new and novel approaches to using “big data” information sets from various U.S. government agencies. This data comes from the fields of health, energy and Earth science. Competitors will be tasked with imagining analytical techniques and software tools that use big data from discrete government information domains. They will need to describe how the data may be shared as universal, cross-agency solutions that transcend the limitations of individual agencies.”

NASA Tournament Lab & TopCoder Launch Big Data Challenge Series for U.S. Government Agencies, TopCoder

“NASA and Harvard University have established the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL), which with the enabling capabilities of the TopCoder community allow for competitions to create the most innovative, most efficient, and most optimized solutions for specific, real-world challenges being faced by NASA researchers. The NTL provides an online virtual facility for NASA researchers with a computational or complex data processing challenge to “order” a solution, just like they would order laboratory tests or supplies.”

Wyle Takes Part in TechAmerica Report on Big Data, Wyle

“TechAmerica Foundation’s much anticipated report “Demystifying Big Data: A Practical Guide To Transforming The Business of Government,” which was released today, gives the federal government a comprehensive roadmap to using “Big Data” to better serve Americans.”