Big data - a 21st century science Maginot Line? No-boundary thinking: shifting from the big data paradigm
Date
2015-02-06Author
Huang, Xiuzhen
Jennings, Steven F
Bruce, Barry
Buchan, Alison
Cai, Liming
Chen, Pengyin
Cramer, Carole L
Guan, Weihua
Hilgert, Uwe KK
Jiang, Hongmei
Li, Zenglu
McClure, Gail
McMullen, Donald F
Nanduri, Bindu
Perkins, Andy
Rekepalli, Bhanu
Salem, Saeed
Specker, Jennifer
Walker, Karl
Wunsch, Donald
Xiong, Donghai
Zhang, Shuzhong
Zhang, Yu
Zhao, Zhongming
Moore, Jason H
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Whether your interests lie in scientific arenas, the corporate world, or in government, you have certainly heard the praises of big data: Big data will give you new insights, allow you to become more efficient, and/or will solve your problems. While big data has had some outstanding successes, many are now beginning to see that it is not the Silver Bullet that it has been touted to be. Here our main concern is the overall impact of big data; the current manifestation of big data is constructing a Maginot Line in science in the 21st century. Big data is not “lots of data” as a phenomena anymore; The big data paradigm is putting the spirit of the Maginot Line into lots of data. Big data overall is disconnecting researchers and science challenges. We propose No-Boundary Thinking (NBT), applying no-boundary thinking in problem defining to address science challenges.