Can the Birth date of Rock ’N’ Roll be ratified? Big Data meets music science

A team of computer scientists and evolutionary biologists have driven new insights from the music industry through using “Big Data” The scientists from Queen Mary University and Imperial College London have analysed and assessed tens of thousands of pop songs from over the last 50 years. As part of the analysis they had to process all the audio files to extract key information about genres, harmonic qualities, timbres; they studied trends in style, diversity in the charts, and more.

The Key to Unlocking Talent and Increasing Productivity

Research shows than 70% of the workforce is not engaged. They’re either wandering around in a fog, or actively undermining their co-workers’ success.They’re burned out, disenfranchised, and over 80% are ready to jump ship. Eyeing the end of the recession, employees are no longer happy just to have a job. Boomers who haven’t already made […]

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