Big Data & Public Health

Educational Resource
Author:Racine, Valerie
Abstract:

A computer science graduate has an opportunity to work managing large data sets from smartphone applications designed to track individuals'personal health information. His father, an epidemiologist, encourages him to consider the project'suse of personal data, as well as the ability to design algorithms that could accurately predict and track outbreaks based on this kind of data.

Keywords:
Big Data, Controversies, Emerging Technologies, Ethics and Society, Privacy and Surveillance, Social Responsibility
Rights:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Online Ethics Center
Published Date:
2017
Related Links:
  • https://onlineethics.org/cases/big-data-collection/big-data-public-health
    • Sponsoring Agency:
    NSF
    Notes:

    Case Study / Scenario|Hypothetical / Fictional Case

    Persistent Link:
    https://doi.org/10.18130/6mc9-7p69