I have been part of a EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR) working group on Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CCI) for a number of years. Recently, this working group completed work on a series of papers covering big data in the campus context which are now available for public access. There are four papers: Laying the Groundwork; Basic Infrastructure Support; Security and Privacy; and Curation. (Disclosure: I served as the lead author on the final paper. )

These are short, high-level surveys that should be helpful for a range of audiences on campus. The series can be found at:

More information on the work of the ECAR-CCI working group is at

Clifford Lynch DIrector, CNI