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Sorin Adam Matei

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Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Designing Statistical Privacy in Big Data

The more data we generate about a target population, the harder to protect the privacy of the individuals surveyed. Sensitive information can be inferred most of the time if we have multiple data points or collection procedures for the same individual. For…

Obesity On the Rise in Animals | Obesity Epidemic & Weight Gain, Medical Research | LiveScience

Body Mass index by state. > 25% overweight, >30 obese. Image via Wikipedia It is not just that humans have become heavier in the last decades, but also some species of animals, including completely wild species. The problem of obesity isn’t confined…