The National Academies has recently released a prepublication version of a report on Frontiers in Massive Data Analysis; this is available for free downloading at

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18374

This is a really nice survey of much of the state of the art and the current issues involved in so-called big data arising in a variety of different contexts.

And just in time for those needing beach reading!

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI