2011 Data Hero Awards Book
The 2011 Data Hero Awards book pays tribute to the data professionals who are harnessing the ever-increasing wealth of big data.
Vivek Kundra, Data.gov
Vivek Kundra and Data.gov increase innovation and transparency in the federal government.
Silver Spring Networks
Silver Spring Networks deploys smart grid solutions around the world.
Jeffrey Brenner, The Camden Coalition
Analyzing crime incidence data to reveal where the health care system is failing.
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Transforming medicine by using cutting-edge large-scale technologies.
CMU Create Lab
Designing human-robot interaction technologies that improve education, wellness and foster sustainable living.
IBM Watson Computing System
A milestone in the development of artificial intelligence, tackling big data challenges and winning Jeopardy.
Apache Foundation, Hadoop
An open-source software framework harnessing commodity hardware for large-scale computing tasks.
