This column introduces seven invited position papers about the challenges and opportunities in near-data processing. "Near-Memory Data Services" by Babak Falsafi, "Automata Processing: The Memory Is the Processor!" by Mircea Stan, Kevin Skadron, "Overcoming Challenges to Near-Data Processing" by Nuwan Jayasena, "Near-Data Processing of Neural Networks" by Yunji Chen, Jinhua Tao, "The Active Memory Cube" by Ravi Nair, Jaime Moreno, "In-Situ Computing Through an Analog Dot-Product Engine" by Naveen Muralimanohar, "Memory Processing Units" by Karthikeyan Sankaralingam, Cristian Estan.