"Other countries are old and rich, " said Albert Park, a professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and another survey leader.

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The company has created a community of over 85, 000 data scientists that compete with one another to create algorithms that solve complex life science, financial service, energy, information technology, retail and other issues.

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This is another demonstration of how the public relations business is morphing even more so into a science of behavior, technology and communications.

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Another newcomer is Anna Birules, a former head of a telecoms company, who is to run a new science and technology ministry.

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