Big data is 'buzzword du jour;' CS academics 'have the best job'

The <i>Communications</i> Web site, http://cacm.acm.org, features more than a dozen bloggers in the BLOG@CACM community. In each issue of <i>Communications</i>, we'll publish selected posts or excerpts.<br /><br /><b>twitter</b><br /><b>Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/blogCACM</b><br /><br /><b>http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm</b><br /><br />Michael Stonebraker analyzes the different varieties of Big Data, while Judy Robertson considers the rewards of teaching computer science.