These 5 projects are using big data to solve some of the world's biggest problems

Nov 14, 2018

If you've got problems, you'll need big data. Image: REUTERS/Richard Chung

Arezou Soltani Panah

Postdoc Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology

Anthony McCosker

Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology

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