On the Agenda – Week 23, 2013

Take 1 – Big Data
@Decisionfactor: It’s not how big your data is, it’s how you use it
@InformationWeek: Big Decisions Drive Big Data Success
@stratnologist: Short BBC video showing how ‘big data’ is changing lives
Take 2 – EU
@tsigirlis: The Bologna Process: Its impact in Europe and beyond.
@Enicpiaia: Education and mobility to tackle youth unemployment in Europe
@ECspokesScience: The report of @EUAuditorsECA on FP7 is reasonable assessment of strengths and weaknesses. We will simplify further under Horizon 2020
Take 3 – Sustainability
@Plosone: Genetically modified cotton improves diet quality, farm incomes, food security for small-scale farmers in India
@bigthink: Earth Is Getting Greener, Thanks To CO2 Emissions
@truthout: Noam Chomsky on Humanity Imperiled: The Path to Disaster
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: Chris Hughes co-founded Facebook and helped Obama into the Oval Office. What does he think is the future of Big Data?
@ScienceGuideEU: Turkey holds the dubious record of having the highest number of journalists imprisoned. How about the academics?
