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- 1. big data people, technologies, jobs and hong kong scott brady drummonds scott@infoincog.com
- 7. the real challenge: what to do with all these data?
- 8. components: creating value from data servers traditional dbms visualization storage columnar db’s network s hardware software nosql platforms hadoop appliances people traditional it platform architects comp. scientists stats. people
- 10. applications
- 11. a few examples
- 15. why now? • • • • cheap storage unbounded compute data accessibility and world datafication internet scale: Yahoo! and Google – offspring of Hadoop
- 16. visibility/expectations adapted from gartner hype cycle time trigger inflated disillusionment productivity expectations enlightenment
- 17. big data: where are we today? adapted from gartner hype cycle visibility/expectations this will be caused by a lack of data scientists time trigger inflated disillusionment productivity expectations enlightenment
- 18. asia
- 19. enterprise it adoption global usa business interest asia hong kong time http://www.infoincog.com/big-data-in-asia-pacific/
- 20. Hong Kong
- 27. thinking about work? cs and ds skills most valued ($$$) us, most disruptive (fun!) techs it tough to manage visa us or hk it or other consider grad school for visa and route to employment cs skills not valued; ds skills valued ($$) us, non-disruptive tech; back-end support non-it tough to manage visa us companies hiring sales teams, not developers hk, very few it companies based in hk it few skilled people, skills not heavily in demand many jobs in finance hk, non-disruptive tech; back-end support non-it easiest path to stay in hk consider start-up
- 28. want to get involved? • want to learn more? – join hkbd* community, ask scott for reading recommendations • want to meet other developers? – come to odhk meetings and hkbd meetings • want a project for fyp, to build your resume, or just for fun? – datasets and software projects are everywhere! as scott for more info • want a job? – scott knows some recruiters and hiring businesses (*) Hong Kong Big Data on Google+
- 29. want more? Google+: Hong Kong Big Data http://www.infoincog.com/ scott@infoincog.com all content by Scott Brady Drummonds – scott@infoincog.com
Editor's Notes
- $6.3B in 2012, $48.3B by 2018, CAGR 40.5% (http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/7/prweb10905352.htm)
- 2009: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v457/n7232/full/nature07634.htmlCDC, 60 years old, dept. of health and human services
- Gartner, 2001, three v’s. veracity added by others later.
- “too big from which to derive value”
- 76% of analysts use MS Excel: http://www.billingviews.com/microsoft-excel-king-analytics-hill/
- http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/communications/internet-minute-infographic.html
- Retail:CRM – Customer Scoring,Store Siting and Layout,Fraud Detection / Prevention,Supply Chain OptimizationFinancial Services:Algorithmic Trading,Risk Analysis,Fraud Detection,Portfolio AnalysisManufacturing:Product Research,Engineering Analytics,Process & Quality Analysis,Distribution Optimization (GE and Wikibon think manufacturing/industrial growing 2x faster than any other segment: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130618-908554.html)Government:Market Governance,Counter-Terrorism,Econometrics,Health InformaticsEnergy:Smart Grid,ExplorationHealthcare & Life Sciences:Pharmaco-Genomics,Bio-Informatics,Pharmaceutical Research,Clinical Outcomes ResearchAdvertising & Public Relations:Demand Signaling,Ad Targeting,Sentiment Analysis,Customer AcquisitionMedia & Telecommunications:Network Optimization,Customer Scoring,Churn Prevention,Fraud Prevention
- http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp
- Doug Cutting and Mike Cafarella in 2005
- US leads the globe by about six months.Asia trails the US by about 18 monthsHong Kong trails Asia by about six months
- http://www.gov.hk/en/theme/psi/datasets/questions:what is the relationship between traffic and air pollution? (data joining)how does property value lead/trail changes in population (historical analysis)what are the trends for weather-related closures (trending)
- http://www.gov.hk/en/theme/psi/datasets/questions:what is the relationship between traffic and air pollution? (data joining)how does property value lead/trail changes in population (historical analysis)what are the trends for weather-related closures (trending)
- 博文约礼
- http://www.gov.hk/en/theme/psi/datasets/questions:what is the relationship between traffic and air pollution? (data joining)how does property value lead/trail changes in population (historical analysis)what are the trends for weather-related closures (trending)
- * Hong Kong Big Data