UCSD Wants To Measure How Much Information There Is - In The Whole World
Getting an accurate picture of information and people is difficult. If you start counting people in China today, by the time you finish there are a lot more. Ditto with information. So you may get only a snapshot accurate to milliseconds. But researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have announced a new study to quantify the amounts and kinds of information being produced worldwide by businesses and consumers alike. The “How Much Information?” study will be completed by a multi-disciplinary, multi-university faculty team supported by corporate and foundation sponsorship. The program will be undertaken at the Global Information Industry Center (GIIC) at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), with support from the Jacobs School of Engineering and the San Diego Supercomputer Center. read more
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