Tom Moritz
Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
University of the WestLocation
Greater Los Angeles Area, California United StatesOccupation
Adjunct Professor (Environmental Studies, Psychology, Chaplaincy) at University of the WestIndustry
Technology / Software / Internet
About
Tom Moritz is a scholar and knowledge manager. His recent work is focused on the problems of "big data" and "data as evidence". This means consideration of all aspects of data as the primary resource for science and for evidence-based policy formation and decision making. For data to be "fit for use" -- it must be rigorously defined by scientific logic and it must be precisely managed and accounted for at all stages of processing and transformation entailing careful documentation of scientific work-flow and of lineage and provenance. Moreover, the required standards of proof for successful application of data to policy formation are different from the standards required for convincing ...