Rapid advancements in technology are generating a mind-boggling amount of data: by 2020, about 1.7 megabytes of new information will be created every second for every human on the planet.
The ability to mine this treasure trove of data promises to revolutionize science by revealing the answers to long-standing or perplexing questions in a range of scientific disciplines.
Scientists from around the country will gather May 1 through 6 at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, to develop universal tools to analyze unexplored data for potential solutions to some of our most pressing scientific problems.
The week-long Barn Raising for Data-Intensive Discovery, the first such workshop to be held at the institution, will bring scientists together from a range of scientific disciplines.
Three of the participants are from laboratories funded by the Moore Foundation's Data-Driven Discovery Initiative launched to promote scientific breakthroughs by accelerating the use of interdisciplinary, data-driven science.
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