Microsoft's Zhang Dongmei: Intelligent data discovery will be a hot topic in data analysis in 2017

[51CTO.com original article] In order to pay tribute to women active in the IT circle, 51CTO decided to do a series of interviews with IT women in March. Zhang Dongmei, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research Asia, answered reporters' hot topics about technology.

51CTO: What major advances will there be in the field of data analysis and visualization in 2017?

Zhang Dongmei: In 2017, major technological breakthroughs in the field of data analysis and visualization will appear in the direction of Smart Data Discovery. The core of this approach is to automatically and quickly extract the most valuable information that users are interested in from the data, and provide it to users in an interactive and visual way, thereby helping users to achieve effective and professional data analysis.

51CTO: What will be the major advances or hot topics in data analysis and visualization in 2027?

Zhang Dongmei: In 2027, advances in data analysis and visualization will make cross-data source and cross-domain analysis possible at different semantic levels. Users will be able to use more convenient interaction mechanisms such as natural language to quickly and effectively obtain extensive and in-depth information related to all aspects of business and life from data.

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