{"id":244112,"date":"2009-10-01T12:21:34","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T19:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-research-item&#038;p=244112"},"modified":"2022-06-02T11:14:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T18:14:45","slug":"fourth-paradigm-data-intensive-scientific-discovery","status":"publish","type":"msr-research-item","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/fourth-paradigm-data-intensive-scientific-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2016\/06\/fp-fpcover-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"fp-fpcover\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Increasingly, scientific breakthroughs will be powered by advanced computing capabilities that help researchers manipulate and explore massive datasets.<\/p>\n<p>The speed at which any given scientific discipline advances will depend on how well its researchers collaborate with one another, and with technologists, in areas of eScience such as databases, workflow management, visualization, and cloud computing technologies.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery<\/em>, the collection of essays expands on the vision of pioneering computer scientist Jim Gray for a new, fourth paradigm of discovery based on data-intensive science and offers insights into how it can be fully realized.<\/p>\n<h3>Critical praise for The Fourth Paradigm<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe individual essays\u2014and The Fourth Paradigm as a whole\u2014give readers a glimpse of the horizon for 21st-century research and, at their best, a peek at what lies beyond. It\u2019s a journey well worth taking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u2014 James P. Collins<br \/>\nSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 align=\"left\">Purchase from Amazon<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.Alpha XR\/Fourth-Paradigm-Data-Intensive-Scientific-Discovery\/dp\/0982544200\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261412243&sr=8-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paperback<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.Alpha XR\/Fourth-Paradigm-Data-Intensive-Scientific-ebook\/dp\/B00318D9Y2\/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261412355&sr=8-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kindle version<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 align=\"left\">From the back cover<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe impact of Jim Gray\u2019s thinking is continuing to get people to think in a new way about how data and software are redefining what it means to do science.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014 Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI often tell people working in eScience that they aren\u2019t in this field because they are visionaries or super-intelligent\u2014it\u2019s because they care about science and they are alive now. It is about technology changing the world, and science taking advantage of it, to do more and do better.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014 Rhys Francis, Australian eResearch Infrastructure Council<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the greatest challenges for 21st-century science is how we respond to this new era of data-intensive science. 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