Big data has the potential to change and improve our world—yet understanding and manipulating these massively complex data sets is still far from simple. Simon Fraser University computing scientist Sheelagh Carpendale says this massive data proliferation is revolutionizing how information is available. It is increasingly presented as data, and not everyone feels comfortable understanding data.

London’s higher education institutions are individually excellent – together they help create a world-class city of knowledge, writes Jane Glanville

A London Higher roundtable at THE Live highlighted the city’s higher education success stories and called for affordable student accommodation, more collaboration and the redistribution of wealth

PMU researchers are investigating how artificial neural networks can improve detection, diagnosis and treatment at its new artificial intelligence centre