Jusletter IT

Big Data is about deriving new information from existing data – information that allows to create markets or rather control them and to steer policy. Switzerland – similar to the EU – is five to ten years behind the United States regarding Big Data technology and practical big data applications. This creates dependencies. With the National Research Program Big Data, impact-orientated research ought to be strengthened in Switzerland. One of three program modules, that one dealing with social issues – from the fields of ethics, politics and law amongst others – is presented in the lecture. (ah)