The NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative
Author(s) -
Philip E. Bourne,
Vivien Bonazzi,
Michelle Dunn,
Eric D. Green,
Mark S. Guyer,
George A. Komatsoulis,
Jennie Larkin,
Beth Russell
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the american medical informatics association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-974X
pISSN - 1067-5027
DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocv136
Subject(s) - big data , data science , computer science , data mining
Understanding the human condition is a Big Data problem. This statement is nicely illustrated by the articles that follow from seven of the Centers for Data Excellence that have been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative. BD2K is a trans-NIH program, funded by all Institutes and Centers at NIH as well as the NIH Common Fund; it is overseen by the NIH Office of Data Science within the NIH Office of the Director.The beginnings of BD2K have been described previously,1 and the purpose here is to provide an overall context, from …
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