The Digital Era 1 Big Data Stakes [Hardcover]

For 200 years, industry mastered iron, fire, strength and energy. Today, electronics shapes our everyday objects, integrating chips: computers, phones, keys, games, household appliances, etc.

Data, software and calculation frame the conduct of humankind, and everything is translated into data. The first volume in this series analyzes the stakes of the massive data which accumulate on the Internet, keeping track of our actions and gestures, the state of the world and our knowledge.

Note to Reader ix
Jean-Pierre CHAMOUX

Preface xi
Jean-Pierre CHAMOUX

Introduction xvii
Jean-Pierre CHAMOUX

Part 1 What’s New and Why? 1

Introduction to Part 1 3

Chapter 1 Digital Omnipresence: Its Causes and Consequences 5
Jean-Pierre CHAMOUX

From analog to digital 7

Computerization, prior to the digital revolution 8

The Internet, a real breakthrough factor 9

Importance of competition 11

Highly regulated communication infrastructure and services 14

Changes in European markets 18

From crisis to American rebound 20

Telephone and Internet companies 22

Summary 23

Bibliography 27

Appendix The 2000 crisis: lessons and industrial consequences 28

Chapter 2 Mathematical Culture and Massive Data 35
Jean DHOMBRES

The Turing machine, the inspiration for massive data? 39

What does “calculable” mean? 42

From natural to mathematics 46

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