Dwai Banerjee,
Assistant Professor,
Program in Science, Technology and Society at MIT

“Molecular Markets: The BioLogics of Cancer in the Global South”... Read more about History of Science Seminar: Dwai Banerjee

The Evolution Matters Lecture Series, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

James T. Costa, Professor, Department of Biology, Western Carolina University Executive Director, Highlands Biological Station, University of North Carolina

Does compression have a history?

Alongside a cognitive challenge of “too much to know,” information overload poses a physical challenge of “too much to store.” Indeed, the possibilities of “big data” today are predicated on technologies that compress data into ever “smaller” sizes. On the one hand, major libraries such as the NYPL, coping with spatial shortage, have increasingly emphasized the provision of digital resources – shifting physical collections off site, and in the process sparking heated debates with researchers. On the other hand, the possibilities of digital...

Speaker: Daniel Wikler (HSPH, Ethics and Population Health)