1. 20:32 27th Aug 2012

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    Tags: Predictionsbig dataSecurity

    IBM is running in partnership with police departments across the nation, crunching massive amounts of public information to try to predict where and when crimes will occur. The project, known as CRUSH — Criminal Reduction Utilizing Statistical History — has proven very effective in pilot programs in several American cities, including Memphis, Tennessee, where it been credited with reducing serious crimes by 30 percent and violent crimes by 15 percent
    — IBM’s VP of Emerging Technologies Rod Smith talks pre-crime divisions | The Verge
     
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