La globalizzazione, lo sviluppo delle tecnologie ed il moltiplicarsi delle interazioni sociali virtuali stanno delineando, in maniera sempre più chiara, i tratti di quella che è definita “l’era della complessità”. In tale contesto il volume di dati prodotti dai social networks, dalle reti di sensori intelligenti e dai log dei sistemi informativi aziendali (a cui deve essere aggiunto l'output del processo costante di digitalizzazione della conoscenza) si configura come asset imprescindibile per tutti i settori di attività (i.e. pubblica amministrazione, industria, etc.). D'altra parte un anno di "hype mediatico" attorno al tema ha efficacemente dimostrato come la disponibilità dei dati grezzi non sia fonte diretta di valore: "data don't speak from themselves"! L'intervento mira a sensibilizzare i partecipanti sul tema, sottolineando la necessità immediata di "use cases" e definendo una catena del valore per i (BIG) DATA. In chiusura sarà presentata l'esperienza di Big Dive: corso di formazione per data scientist organizzato a Torino, giunto quest'anno alla sua seconda edizione.

1. BIG DATA: HACKING COMPLEXITY
Leonardo Camiciotti / Christian Racca TOP-IX May 2013

2. @pendolare
@i_realize
@digital_fest
#BIGDIVE2013
Christian Racca
Design Engineer
@ TOP-IX
Leonardo Camiciotti
Devt. Program Manager
@ TOP-IX
#BIGDATA

3. Data is the new oil.
Big data is different1.
Big data is a management revolution2.
Big data is the next frontier for innovation,
competition, and productivity3.
Big data makes the scientific method obsolete4.
BIG DATA IS HYPE
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4. WHAT LIES
BEYOND THE
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PEAK OF
EXPECTATION ?

5. A complex system is a system composed of
interconnected parts that as a whole
exhibit one or more properties (behavior
among the possible properties) not obvious
from the properties of the individual parts.
[Wikipedia]
LET’S JUMP INTO SCIENCE
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6. WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF
COMPLEX SYSTEMS
(AND WE ARE PART OF IT)
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7. BUT WE KNOW BY CREATING
AND CONNECTING SINGLE
FRAGMENTS OF REALITY
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8. BIG DATA (REVOLUTION) IS
MAKING EXPLICIT INTRINSIC
COMPLEX TEXTURES AND
BEHAVIOURS
writing printing digitalization
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9. TOP-IX / DIGITAL FESTIVAL 2013
THE SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGE
IS NOW TO CREATE
MEANINGFUL MOSAICS BY
MASTERING DIGITAL DATA.

10. BIG DATA IS TOO BIG TO IGNORE
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11. WHY NOW?
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FORCES
HPC / High Performance Computing
Cloud
Open Source
Storage cost reduction
The rise of Data Science
SOURCES
The always-on consumer
Social Networks
The Open Data movement
Smart Cities monitoring
Knowledge digitalization process

12. BIG DATA
Business intelligence
Energy Public
Administration
Education
Crime
Logistics
Internet of things
Finance
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13. WITH ENOUGH DATA,
THE NUMBERS SPEAK
FOR THEMSELVES
(CHRIS ANDERSON)
DEMYSTIFYING BIG DATA
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TRUE
FALSE

14. DATA
IS NOT
A BUSINESS MODEL
DEMYSTIFYING BIG DATA
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TRUE
FALSE

15. BIG DATA IS ABOUT
THE SIZE OF THE
DATASET
DEMYSTIFYING BIG DATA
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TRUE
FALSE

16. BIG DATA
CAN CONNECT DATA
AND DECISIONS
DEMYSTIFYING BIG DATA
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TRUE
FALSE

17. It took 50 years for organization to fully
leverage transaction systems... we can't
imagine that data revolution happens in a
while.
40% of major business decisions are based on
instinct and not on data - Accenture study
REVOLUTIONS TAKE TIME
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18. BIG DATA NEEDS
STANDARDS/COLLABORATION
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
LOTS OF STARTUPS
DATA SCIENTISTS
DEVELOPMENT
VISUALIZATION
SCIENCE
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21. BIG DIVE 2012
FIRST EDITION HIGHLIGHTS
8 DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES
90% OF DIVERS RECOMMEND BIG DIVE
20 DIVERS

22. THE
END

23. 1 Thomas H. Davenport, Paul Barth, and Randy Bean. “How Big Data is Different," MIT Sloan Management Review, July 30, 2012
2 Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson. “Big Data: The Management Revolution”, Harvard Business Review, Octo- ber 2012
3 “Big Data: The Next Frontier for Innovation, Competition, and Productivity,” McKinsey Global Institute.>.
4 Chris Anderson. “The End of Theory: Big Data Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete,” Wired, June 2008.
BOOK
The Business Case for Big Data by Phil Simon. Published by John Wiley & Sons, March 2013.
PAPER
Too Big to Ignore by By James Guszcza, David Steier, John Lucker, Vivekanand Gopalkrishnan, Harvey Lewis Published January 31, 2013
USEFUL LINKS
http://blogs.gartner.com/svetlana-sicular/big-data-is-falling-into-the-trough-of-disillusionment/
http://wikibon.org/blog/big-data-infographics/
VIDEOS
http://www.google.com/glass/start/how-it-feels/