Category Archives: Big Data

Big Data Future

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Michael Batty

The Big Data Future is a conference at Ohio State University 19-21 March 2014 hosted by I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society in the John Glenn School of Public Affairs. It is supported by Battelle, … Continue reading →

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Big Data+City Planning

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Michael Batty

A special issue of the new journal Dialogues in Human Geography has just come out devoted to Geography and Big Data. There are several commentaries on the position paper by Mark Graham and Taylor Shelton entitled ‘Geography and the future … Continue reading →

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Two visions of smart cities

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Michael Batty

A Review of Smart Cities: Big data, civic hackers, and the quest for a new utopia by Anthony M. Townsend and my own book The New Science of Cities by Michael Batty, by Tim Smedley in New Scientist Magazine issue … Continue reading →

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