A deluge of digital information exists thanks to rapid technological improvements, and the next generation of computer scientists has to think in terms of what could be described as Internet scale. IBM and Google are helping by making their vast computing resources accessible to university students. The computers have been equipped with software that Internet firms employ to execute their most difficult data analysis tasks, and IBM and Google established a system that allows students and researchers to tap into behemoth computers online. Furthermore, this year the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has divided $5 million among 14 universities that want to educate their students on tackling major data challenges. By making their big data sets, simpler software, and computing products available for research and experiments, IBM and Google are aiding both the universities and the government. “Historically, it has been tough to get the type of data these researchers need out of industry,” says NSF research director James C. French. “But we’re at this point where a biologist needs to see these types of volumes of information to begin to think about what is possible in terms of commercial applications.”
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