"In the next five years, it's quite clear that from all the sources – satellites, sensors, high-throughput instruments – we'll generate more scientific data than we have in the whole of human history," said Tony Hey, a Microsoft Research executive. "That really is a data deluge that's going to be facing almost every scientist."
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