Big Data Becomes Tool in Ebola Epidemic

A group of researchers and computer scientists in Boston spotted the hemorrhagic fever beginning to spread in Guinea, nine days before Ebola was declared an epidemic. By scouring the Internet for clues from social media, local news reports and other available online data, the algorithm developed by HealthMap had an early picture of the deadly disease moving across West Africa. "Official agencies tend to be more cautious about these announcements, so ...