Text taken off http://ict4peace.org/?p=3106 ICT4Peace’s Sanjana Hattotuwa has been invited to give a lecture on 27 March 2014 at the International Security Network (ISN) of ETH Zurich on “Big Data, ICTs and New Media in Times of Crisis“. The International Relations and Security Network (ISN) is one of the world’s leading open access information services for both professionals and students who focus on international relations (IR) and security studies. Established in 1994, its mission is to facilitate security-related dialogue and cooperation within a trusted network of international relations organizations, professionals and experts, and to provide open-source international relations and security-related tools and materials in accessible ways.The ISN is a project of the Center for Security Studies (CSS), at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich).

1. Big Data
a glimpse of today’s state of play
Sanjana Hattotuwa
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TED Fellow
Special Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation

3. global pulse A global nervous system

5. boston marathon social media
http://trendsmap.com

6. MetaLayer: sentiment analysis on twitter
http://dev.geosprocket.com/vtirenecarto.html#

7. twitter sentiments
http://mashable.com/2014/03/10/twitter-data-hungover/

8. twitter sentiments
http://mashable.com/2014/03/10/twitter-data-hungover/

9. big data Massive, often open data

10. public data: free portals

11. public data: cities

12. open cities data: US
http://us-city.census.okfn.org

13. open data: zurich
http://opendata.ch/category/zurich/

14. drones: rendering new perspectives
http://drones.pitchinteractive.com

15. check-ins locating self & others

16. NewYork

17. Europe

18. Flickr andTwitter: geo-tagged
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664462/infographic-of-the-day-using-twitter-and-flickr-geotags-to-map-the-world

19. herefeed | instagram geo-tagged
http://herefeed.com

20. city map
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/5926358324/sizes/l/in/photostream

21. foursquare: check-ins
https://foursquare.com/infographics/500million?

22. foursquare checkins: geo-tagged pulse
http://vimeo.com/62289901

23. foursquare checkins: Hurricane Sandy
https://vimeo.com/52883962

24. sightsmap: Panoramio geo-tagged
http://www.sightsmap.com

25. big data & media data driven journalism

26. data driven journalism: Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/data

27. poverty and unrest: Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/interactive/2011/aug/16/riots-poverty-map

28. social media & rumours: Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/interactive/2011/dec/07/london-riots-twitter

29. big data & aid Data driven relief ops

31. humanitarian response: CODs & FODs
http://cod.humanitarianresponse.info

32. situational awareness
http://corp.geofeedia.com

33. mobile network data & cdr’s
http://www.unglobalpulse.org/Mobile_Phone_Network_Data-for-Dev

34. mobile network data & cdr’s
http://www.unglobalpulse.org/Mobile_Phone_Network_Data-for-Dev
•Population migration during the Haiti earthquake
•Mapping malaria in Kenya
•Combatting H1N1 flu in Mexico
•Socio-economic indicators in the UK, disaggregated by region
•Poverty levels in Cote d’Ivoire
•Optimising transportation networks in Abidjan

35. digital humanitarians | new communities
http://digitalhumanitarians.com

36. digital humanitarians
http://digitalhumanitarians.com

37. digital humanitarians
http://digitalhumanitarians.com

38. digital humanitarians
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39. digital humanitarians
http://bit.ly/Is7yaE

40. parcelling out large data analytics
http://tomnod.com

41. parcelling out large data analytics
http://tomnod.com

42. digital command operations centre
http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/corporate/case-studies/en/Documents/2012-red-cross-10011336.pdf

43. digital command operations centre
http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/corporate/case-studies/en/Documents/2012-red-cross-10011336.pdf

44. policymaking Data driven governance

45. Post-2015 Conversations onTwitter
http://post2015.unglobalpulse.net

46. challenges big data brings big challenges

47. The challenge: from information to intelligence
• velocity
• volume
• variety
• veracity

48. a dystopian future the circle
http://www.amazon.com/The-Circle-Dave-Eggers/dp/0385351399

49. a sobering present social physics
http://www.amazon.com/Social-Physics-Spread%C2%97The-Lessons-Science/dp/1594205655

50. big data vs. rights
more data, more access vs. bounded use, sunset clauses

51. privacy as a luxury
commodification of human rights

52. platforms vs end users
cost of access determines ways of use

53. process
event

55. frequency vs. value
Is more always better?

56. @ReallyVirtual

57. ict4peace report
http://ict4peace.org/updates/the-potential-and-challenges-of-open-data-for-crisis-information-
management-and-aid-efficiency-a-preliminary-assessment

58. flipboard magazine on big data
https://flipboard.com/section/big-data-b94t1n

59. tiki toki timeline on big data
http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/132920/Big-Data

60. iccm 2013 panel on big data
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M8Hq948Gv8

61. thank you
sanjanahattotuwa@ict4peace.org