My Research
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    This is a panel, so I want to be 
         provocative!
  Provocative
  Adjective
  1.  tending or serving to provoke; inciting, 
    stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
  So, I will be a little sad if I don’t end up irritating 
   anyone 
             The first war:  Terminology
    •  Analyzing data has a long history!
    •  There have been many terms that have been 
       used to describe such endeavors:
       •  Statistics
       •  Artificial Intelligence
       •  Machine learning
       •  Data analytics
    •  Since I happen to work in a “Data Science”  
       program perhaps I may be allowed the 
       indulgence of using that terminology… 
  Whatever we call it, what makes 
     things different now?
       Experiments, observations, and numerical simulations in many areas 
       of science and business are currently generating terabytes of data, 
       and in some cases are on the verge of generating petabytes and 
       beyond. Analyses of the information contained in these data sets 
       have already led to major breakthroughs in fields ranging from 
       genomics to astronomy and high-energy physics and to the 
       development of new information-based industries.
       - Frontiers in Massive Data Analysis, National Research Council of the National Academies
       Given a large mass of data, we can by judicious selection 
       construct perfectly plausible unassailable theories—all of 
       which, some of which, or none of which may be right. 
        - Paul Arnold Srere