The Big Idea: The Next Scientific Revolution  

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Dalam koleksi: Harvard Business Review bisa di lihat di link (http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/command/detail?sid=f227f0b4-7315-44a4-a7f7-a7cd8cbad80b%40sessionmgr114&vid=12&hid=105&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=bth&jid=HBR) vol. 88 no. 11 (Nov. 2010), page 56.
Topik: Microsoft; Computer; Science; Experiment; Theory

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A visitor walking the halls of Microsoft Research’s campus in Redmond, Washington, today is likely to overhear discussions not only about computer science but about a surprising variety of other subjects, from which way a galaxy rotates, to a new AIDS vaccine, to strategies for managing the planet’s precious supply of fresh water. What could these issues possibly have in common? And why would Microsoft—ostensibly a software company—be involved with them? The simple answer is data—vast amounts of data. So vast that when we run the programs that analyze some of the databases, the temperature of the building that houses 10,000 microprocessors shoots up several degrees. Today our computer scientists find themselves in partnership with leading scientists in a wide array of disciplines—astronomy, biology, chemistry, hydrology, oceanography, physics, and zoology, just to name a few—working on efforts such as drug development, alternative energy, and health care cost containment. And, yes, even commercial software projects. We believe that a new generation of powerful software tools, which support collaboration and data exploration on an unprecedented scale, are about to enable revolutionary discoveries in these fields.

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