Research
Archives of the Future
The short life span of storage hardware reverses our relationship with primary sources. On average, SSDs under stress hold data for about 7 years, HDDs up to around 30 years, and optical discs 100 to 200 years under climate-controlled conditions…
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Data Ecology
Recently, the environmental impact of information and communications technology infrastructure has emerged as a critical issue. Data centers and their attendant network infrastructure are energy guzzlers, consuming anywhere from 1% to 5% of the world’s electricity, depending on how one…
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Algorithmic Reading
Due to big data’s volume and variety, coding proficiency and machine learning are becoming part and parcel of the new humanities. Every week, 28 billion photos are uploaded to Google Photos, and YouTube hosts more than an estimated 100,000 years…
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Virtuality and Time
The rapid digital transformation of society has blurred the boundaries between the virtual and the physical. The photorealistic objects that appear in an Ikea catalog are computer-generated imagery. Naver’s ultra-high resolution 3D rendering of Seoul uses photogrammetry to stitch together 25,000 aerial…
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