Promoting Skills for the Data 
Driven Economy 
Devdatt Dubhashi 
Dept. of Computer Science and Engg. 
Chalmers and Gothenburg University 
Sweden
Data Intensive Science
The Second Machine Age 
• “Bounty” of ICT and 
AI (Auto cars, 
natural language 
technology …) 
• “Spread” : uneven 
distribution of gains 
• ICT as a general 
purpose tech. and 
other tecnologies
Image and Intervention Center 
Sahlgrenska 
• Vastra Gotalands Region 
• Sahlgrenska Hospital 
• Sahlgrenska Academy 
• Chalmers 
• Gothenburg University
Business Intelligence: the 
Internet as Crystal Ball
Data Science 
• Foundational Research 
• Technolgogies 
• Application Areas
Data Science: Foundations 
• Probability and Statistics: Graphical models, 
inference, topic models, non-parametric statistics … 
• Optimization: convex optimization 
• Parallel and distributed algorithms: ADMM, GraphLab
Data Science: Technologies 
• Non-structured databases: MongoDB, Hbase, 
Cassandra 
• Hadoop technologies 
• Cloud technologies 
• High Performance Comptuing
Data Science: Applications 
• Life Sciences 
• Business Intelligence 
• Natural Language technologies 
• Highenergy physics 
• Transport; automated vehicles 
• Energy: smart grids 
• Urban Futures; smart cities 
• …
ICTBioMed – a Consortium of HPC Centers 
Chalmers 
Gothenburg, Sweden 
PSNC 
Poznan, Poland 
CDAC 
Pune, India 
Notre Dame 
South Bend, IN USA
Public-Private Consortia 
• Academia : foundational research 
• Industry: engineering and commercialization.
ICTBioMed Cloud
The Second Machine Age

Devdatt Dubhashi gfke 2014

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    Promoting Skills forthe Data Driven Economy Devdatt Dubhashi Dept. of Computer Science and Engg. Chalmers and Gothenburg University Sweden
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    The Second MachineAge • “Bounty” of ICT and AI (Auto cars, natural language technology …) • “Spread” : uneven distribution of gains • ICT as a general purpose tech. and other tecnologies
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    Image and InterventionCenter Sahlgrenska • Vastra Gotalands Region • Sahlgrenska Hospital • Sahlgrenska Academy • Chalmers • Gothenburg University
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    Business Intelligence: the Internet as Crystal Ball
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    Data Science •Foundational Research • Technolgogies • Application Areas
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    Data Science: Foundations • Probability and Statistics: Graphical models, inference, topic models, non-parametric statistics … • Optimization: convex optimization • Parallel and distributed algorithms: ADMM, GraphLab
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    Data Science: Technologies • Non-structured databases: MongoDB, Hbase, Cassandra • Hadoop technologies • Cloud technologies • High Performance Comptuing
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    Data Science: Applications • Life Sciences • Business Intelligence • Natural Language technologies • Highenergy physics • Transport; automated vehicles • Energy: smart grids • Urban Futures; smart cities • …
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    ICTBioMed – aConsortium of HPC Centers Chalmers Gothenburg, Sweden PSNC Poznan, Poland CDAC Pune, India Notre Dame South Bend, IN USA
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    Public-Private Consortia •Academia : foundational research • Industry: engineering and commercialization.
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