Occasionally one may hear that a data model is “over-normalized,” but just what does that mean? Normalization is intended to analyze the functional dependencies across a set of data. The goal is to ...

Is it possible for an AI to be trained just on data generated by another AI? It might sound like a harebrained idea. But it’s one that’s been around for quite some time — and as new, real data is ...

NoSQL database systems continue to gain traction, but they are still not widely understood. There is more than one type of NoSQL database and a large number of individual NoSQL DBMSs. There are more ...

Data models are used to represent real-world entities, but they often have limitations. Avoid these common data modeling mistakes to keep data integrity. Data modeling is the process through which we ...

Most projects benefit from having a data model. This article gives an overview of the most common types. At its heart, data modeling is about understanding how data flows through a system. Just as a ...

The OMOP Oncology Module provides a platform for standardization of cancer data enabling the conduct of observational cancer studies and identifying patient cohorts in a distributed research network.

To feed the endless appetite of generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) for data, researchers have in recent years increasingly tried to create "synthetic" data, which is similar to the ...