Randomized algorithms are often enjoyed for their simplicity, but the hash functions employed to yield the desired probabilistic guarantees are often too complicated to be practical. Here, we survey recent results on how simple hashing schemes based on ...

The operations side of the story.

To destabilize terrorist organizations, the <code>STONE</code> algorithms identify a set of operatives whose removal would maximally reduce lethality.

Partition data and operations, keep administration simple, do not assume one size fits all.

Database research is expanding, with major efforts in system architecture, new languages, cloud services, mobile and virtual worlds, and interplay between structure and text.

Tools for surviving a data deluge to ensure your data will be there when you need it.

We knew him as both scholar and friend.

Sifting through vast collections of unstructured or semistructured data beyond the reach of data mining tools, text mining tracks information sources, links isolated concepts in distant documents, maps relationships between activities, and helps answer ...

Tapping into the structured metadata in snippets of information gives communities of interest effective access to their collective knowledge.

Granting ownership rights to data, as if it were private property, only limits data access without ensuring the benefits of researcher precedence or the rewards for good data collection.

Evaluating and assessing the important distinctions between data processing capability and data currency.