Merce Crosas, Director of Data Science at the Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences at Harvard University, discusses her work in data sharing and accessibility. Crosas says, ‘With the increase of big data, very large data sets, they are very hard to download onto your laptop or workspace; and to be able to do analysis locally and to share; we’re looking for solutions [to big data in a common space].’ The project is to build a public repository for researchers to gain access for large data sets where they can collaborate with others in analysis for particular studies. One challenge is the privacy of data for various groups and how they can share using tools for standardization and to make the information as open as possible.
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