title: Big data - a 21st century science Maginot Line? No-boundary thinking: shifting from the big data paradigm.
abstract: Whether your interests lie in scientific arenas, the corporate world, or in government, you have certainly heard the praises of big data: Big data will give you new insights, allow you to become more efficient, and/or will solve your problems. While big data has had some outstanding successes, many are now beginning to see that it is not the Silver Bullet that it has been touted to be. Here our main concern is the overall impact of big data; the current manifestation of big data is constructing a Maginot Line in science in the 21st century. Big data is not "lots of data" as a phenomena anymore; The big data paradigm is putting the spirit of the Maginot Line into lots of data. Big data overall is disconnecting researchers and science challenges. We propose No-Boundary Thinking (NBT), applying no-boundary thinking in problem defining to address science challenges.
authors: Department of Computer Science, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR 72467 USA.
authors: Xiuzhen
authors: X
authors: Huang
authors: Sector3 Informatics, Marana, AZ 85658 USA.
authors: Steven F
authors: SF
authors: Jennings
authors: Sustainable Energy & Education Research Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA.
authors: Barry
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authors: Bruce
authors: Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA.
authors: Alison
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authors: Buchan
authors: Department of Computer Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 USA.
authors: Liming
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authors: Cai
authors: Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA.
authors: Pengyin
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authors: Chen
authors: Arkansas Biosciences Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR 72467 USA.
authors: Carole L
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authors: Cramer
authors: Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA.
authors: Weihua
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authors: Guan
authors: BIO5 Institute & iPlant Collaborative, The University of Arizona, PO Box 210240, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA.
authors: Uwe Kk
authors: UK
authors: Hilgert
authors: Department of Statistics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA.
authors: Hongmei
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authors: Jiang
authors: Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 USA.
authors: Zenglu
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authors: Li
authors: Arkansas Science & Technology Authority, Arkansas NSF EPSCoR, Little Rock, AR 72201 USA.
authors: Gail
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authors: McClure
authors: Arkansas High Performance Computing Center, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA.
authors: Donald F
authors: DF
authors: McMullen
authors: Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Jackson, MS 39762 USA.
authors: Bindu
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authors: Nanduri
authors: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, Jackson, MS 39762 USA.
authors: Andy
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authors: Perkins
authors: National Institute for Computational Sciences, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UTK and ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN 37832 USA.
authors: Bhanu
authors: B
authors: Rekepalli
authors: Department of Computer Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102 USA.
authors: Saeed
authors: S
authors: Salem
authors: Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882 USA.
authors: Jennifer
authors: J
authors: Specker
authors: Department of Computer Science, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 71601 USA.
authors: Karl
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authors: Walker
authors: Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO 65409 USA.
authors: Donald
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authors: Wunsch
authors: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53223 USA.
authors: Donghai
authors: D
authors: Xiong
authors: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA.
authors: Shuzhong
authors: S
authors: Zhang
authors: Department of Computer Science, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212 USA.
authors: Yu
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203 USA.
authors: Zhongming
authors: Z
authors: Zhao
authors: Department of Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH 03756 USA.
authors: Jason H
authors: JH
authors: Moore
keywords: Big data; Maginot Line; No-Boundary thinking