Davos 2012: Decoding the data deluge

The text discusses the transition toward data-driven research and the need to overcome the 'bottleneck' of data overload. It advocates for the adoption of big data capabilities across all business sizes and the integration of data awareness into educational curricula to prepare future generations and accelerate discoveries in science and commerce.

• The global community possesses vast amounts of data regarding major challenges like climate change and energy security, but the volume has created a bottleneck that hinders the identification of useful information and the sharing of data.
• While multinational corporations are becoming proficient in managing large data sets, small and mid-size businesses lack this expertise, which limits the efficiency of global commerce and supply chains.
• To prepare students for a data-heavy future, data awareness and the ability to use massive data sets must be integrated into both secondary and higher-education curricula.
• The CERN LHC computing grid centre in Geneva is part of a network of 140 data processing centres across 33 countries designed to collect over 15 million Gigabytes of data annually from subatomic collisions.

APA

Hesthaven, J. (2012). Davos 2012: Decoding the data deluge. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/davos-2012-decoding-the-data-deluge/

Chicago

Hesthaven, Jan. Davos 2012: Decoding the data deluge. World Economic Forum, 2012. https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/davos-2012-decoding-the-data-deluge/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Hesthaven |first1=Jan |title=Davos 2012: Decoding the data deluge |publisher=World Economic Forum |date=24 January 2012 |url=https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/davos-2012-decoding-the-data-deluge/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{hesthaven2012davos, author = {Hesthaven, Jan}, title = {{Davos 2012: Decoding the data deluge}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2012}, month = jan, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/davos-2012-decoding-the-data-deluge/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }