National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Peter Mell, a senior computer scientist, spent several months assessing the evolution and potential impact of big data.

Mell recently shared what he learned, and the implications big data are likely to have for government agency executives. As part of his discussion, he also shared this comprehensive 64-slide presentation.

The presentation covers:

• Big data taxonomies
• Security implications and areas of research
• MapReduce and Hadoop
• Notable implementations
• Seminal research results
• Overview of big data framework types

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