Entity Information Life Cycle for Big Data

Acknowledgements

This book would not have been possible without the help of many people and organizations. First of all, Yinle and I would like to thank Dr. Rich Wang, Director of the MIT Information Quality Program, for starting us on our journey to data quality and for writing the foreword for our book, and Dr. Scott Schumacher, Distinguished Engineer at IBM, for his support of our research and collaboration. We would also like to thank our employers, IBM Corporation, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and Black Oak Analytics, Inc., for their support and encouragement during its writing.

It has been a privilege to be a part of the UALR Information Quality Program and to work with so many talented students and gifted faculty members. I would ...