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Both Traditional Students and Working Professionals Acquire the Skills to Analyze Social Problems. Big Data and Social Science: A Practical Guide to Methods and Tools shows how to apply data science to real-world problems in both research and the practice. The book provides practical guidance on combining methods and tools from computer science, statistics, and social science. This concrete approach is illustrated throughout using an important national problem, the quantitative study of innovation. The text draws on the expertise of prominent leaders in statistics, the social sciences, data science, and computer science to teach students how to use modern social science research principles as well as the best analytical and computational tools. It uses a real-world challenge to introduce how these tools are used to identify and capture appropriate data, apply data science models and tools to that data, and recognize and respond to data errors and limitations. For more information, including sample chapters and news, please visit the author's website.

The Grid represents a transformative infrastructure that will reshape our approach to computing, akin to the electric power grid's impact on society. It aims to enable flexible sharing of computational resources, databases, sensors, and human collaboration, fostering the emergence of new applications. In 1998, Ian Foster and Carl Kesselman introduced this groundbreaking concept, and the latest edition reflects a deeper understanding of Grid computing's potential and the technologies necessary to harness it. The editors explore the significant effects of large-scale resource sharing and virtualization in both science and industry, emphasizing the connections between organizational structures and resource sharing. They also highlight the technologies essential for secure and efficient large-scale resource sharing. Foster and Kesselman have gathered a team of experts to provide an updated perspective on Grids, sharing real-world experiences and detailing both existing and emerging technologies from various sectors. This edition serves as a manifesto, design blueprint, user guide, and research agenda for the future of Grid systems, continuing the legacy of its predecessor.