Data Treasure Hunters: Science Expanding to New Frontiers [In the Spotlight]

Examines ways in which signal processing engineers can benefit from new forms of informatino and data analysis in the era of "Big Data." Science and engineering are rapidly heading toward a major culture change—a change in how we think about data. This change is already happening, and it will be dramatic and exciting! It will completely change how most of us think about data and how we tackle science and engineering problems. With it will come a flood of new discoveries—advances in the sciences and in new technologies—that were never before possible. What is this revolution? How did we get here? Where is it going, and how is signal processing involved? The short answer is that we are entering an era of treasure hunting. Rather than digging through dirt like archaeologists looking for ancient artifacts, the future will involve digging through data. .