STS Forum 2016

1. September 08, 2016 STS Forum Sri Lanka, 2016
Big Data For Development
Janaka R. Abeysinghe
General Manager – Enterprise & International Sales Division
Sri Lanka Telecom PLC

2. Big Data For Development
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Data Generation
• Data Exhaust
Financial services
Communications services
Information services
• Online Content
Public social media content
Publicly accessible blogs
Forum posts
Comments
Online news sources
Online advertising
E-commerce sites
• IOT devices
Smart meters
Smart wearables
CCTV
GPS devices
Other Sensors …
Big Data Analytics
• Useful insights for Policy
makers:
• Early warning
• Real-time awareness
• Real-time feedback
• Forecasts
Insights
Traditional data
(Census, Survey …)
Compare/ Correlate
What people do
What people say
Information about
humans
machines
Environment

3. Post-analysis of Population Migration
During The Haiti Earthquake
Source: United Nations Global Pulse (October 2013) Mobile Phone Network Data for Development.
Mobility patterns identified by analyzing CDRs, 19 days after the earthquake

4. Tracking Population Movement To
Predict Cholera Outbreak in Heiti
Source: Bengtsson L, Lu X, Thorson A, Garfield R, von Schreeb J (2011) Improved Response to Disasters and Outbreaks by Tracking
Population Movements with Mobile Phone Network Data: A Post-Earthquake Geospatial Study in Haiti. PLoS Med 8(8): e1001083.
doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001083
http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001083

5. Big Data Implementation Challenges
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Transport
Energy
City Authority
City Authority
City AuthorityPublic Safety
Multiple Systems
Disconnected Departments
Network Service Delivery
Platform
Government Cloud
/Big Data Analytics
Citizens
City Managers
Multiple Applications/ Multiple Devices
Connected City Authorities
Sensors/
Terminals
Real-time data transfer for
collaboration across city agencies
(water, electricity, transport…)
Network
Network
Present Future

6. Thank You
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