Big data roadmap and cross-disciplinary community for addressing societal externalities
BYTE Community Overview
Edward Curry
Insight @ NUI Galway
BYTE Work Package 8 Leader
2. BYTE:
Big data roadmap and cross-disciplinary community for
addressing societal externalities
BYTE Community Overview
Edward Curry
Insight @ NUI Galway
BYTE Work Package 8 Leader
BIG Final Event Workshop
Heidelberg, 30 Sept 2014
3. Mobilising found data
Big
data
Data
exhaust
Dark
data
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Found
data
Data
exhaust
Dark
data
4. Project details: BYTE
•Big data roadmap and cross-disciplinarY community for addressing socieTal Externalities (BYTE)
project
•March 2014 – Feb 2017; 36 months
• Funded by DG-CNCT: €2.25 million (Grant agreement no: 619551)
• 11 Partners
• 10 Countries
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5. Key outcomes
•Define research efforts and policy measures necessary for responsible participation in
the big data economy
•Vision for Big Data for Europe for 2020, incorporating externalities
• Amplify positive externalities
• Diminish negative ones
•Roadmap
• Research Roadmap
• Policy Roadmap
•Formation of a Big Data community
• Implement the roadmap
• Sustainability plan
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6. Process for policy recommendations
WP1: Context
setting
WP2: Literature
review of
externalities
WP3: Case
studies
WP4:
Horizontal
analysis
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WP5: Foresight
exercise to
identify future
needs
WP6: Research
and policy
roadmap
Building the BYTE big data community
7. Big data concerns: externalities
• The effects of a decision by stakeholders (e.g., governments, industry, scientists, policy-makers)
that have an impact on a third party (especially members of the public).
• May be positive or negative
Economic
• Boost to the
economy
• Innovation
• Increase efficiency
• Smaller actors left
behind
• Shrink economies
Legal
• Privacy
• Data protection
• Data ownership
• Copyright
• Risks associated with
inclusion & exclusion
Social & Ethical
• Transparency
• Discrimination
• Methodological
difficulties
• Spurious
relationships
• Consumer
manipulation
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Political
• Reliance on US
services
• Services have
become utilities
• Legal issues become
trade issues
8. Case studies: a sectoral approach
Environmental data
• European Space Agency
• Earth observation programme,
Copernicus
Energy
• Statoil
Utilities / Smart Cities
• Siemens
Cultural Data
• The European Library
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Health
•GOSgene Initiative, University
College London
Crisis Response
Transport
•DNV GL
9. Roadmap(s)
Case study insights will be consolidated and used to build two roadmaps:
1. A research roadmap that focuses on what research, knowledge, technologies and skills are
necessary to capture a greater share of the big data market by Europe
2. A policy roadmap for the development, use, re-use and liking of big data
These will be produced in collaboration with stakeholders, especially advisory board members
and members of the big data community.
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10. The big data community
Policy-makers
Big data
community
Industry
Academics
Legal experts
Civil society
organisations
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•Initially comprised of AB
members
•Intended to be as large as
possible
•Final form to be determined
•A virtual and physical presence
is intended
•Possibly organised into
different working groups,
tackling specific questions
•Will implement the BYTE
Roadmap(s)
11. Community building in BYTE
Additional,
external
stakeholders
Partners in
other projects,
initiatives, etc.
Case study
sectors
BYTE
advisory
board
Objectives
◦ To engage different types of stakeholders to
capture the opportunities posed by big data and
address the challenges
◦ To implement the BYTE Roadmap
◦ To identify new challenges and opportunities
posed by big data and mobilise stakeholders to
meet these
◦ To capture a greater share of the big data market
for Europe
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12. Big Data Community:
Bringing together social scientists & industrial practitioners
Energy
Big Data
Community:
Social scientists
& industrial
practitioners
Utilities
Crisis
Response
Environmental
data
Transport
Cultural Data
Health
Stakeholders in the Community
◦ Academics
◦ Social scientists
◦ Civil society organisations
◦ Open data activists
◦ Policy-makers
◦ Project partners
◦ Industry representatives
◦ Practitioners
◦ Computer scientists
◦ Statisticians
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13. Big Data Community dissemination
Big data projects,
initiatives, etc.
BYTE Big
Data
Community
@BYTE_EU www.byte-project.eu
Related projects, initiatives,
standards organisations, etc.
14. QUESTIONS
Any questions?
Key contacts:
◦ Kush Wadhwa, kush.wadhwa@trilateralresearch.com
◦ Rachel Finn, rachel.finn@trilateralresearch.com
Thank you for your participation!
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Notes de l'éditeur
At the present time, big data is largely comprised of two types of data resources:
Dark data – which refers to vast, un-used and un-mined lakes of data
Data exhaust – which refers to the residual data that is the product of the completion of other processes, services, etc. – e.g., location data from navigation services, etc.
Dark data may be comprised of data exhaust, and some data exhaust may lie dormant as dark data.
However, the key to uncovering new information, capturing innovation and identifying efficiencies is to transform these data into Found data.
Found data (adapted from the Financial Times article “Big data: Are we making a big mistake?”, 28 March 2014) – Data elements that, when linked or processed, yield new connections and insights
However, we must always be aware of the negative impacts that could result from these mobilisations – e.g., potential for discrimination, spurious relationship that could lead to poor decision-making, etc.
BYTE aims to support stakeholders in mobilising big data and taking advantage of the associated opportunities, whist diminishing the potential negative externalities that could also result.
Production of a roadmap outlining a plan of action to enable European scientists and industry to capture a proportionate share of the big data market.
Provision of assistance to industry in capturing positive externalities (efficiencies, new business models, etc.) and addressing potential negative externalities before beginning a project, initiative or programme.
A series of clear and precise future research needs and policy steps
Bullet one – how we define an externality – as an “impact”
Public opinion surveys reveal that citizens are concerned about many of these issues, especially privacy and data protection.
The aim of the community is to be as large as possible. As such, we welcome all of the other projects, networks and initiatives into the BYTE big data community.
Bringing together social scientists with practitioners across industrial sectors
BYTE will gather information from big data projects, initiatives, etc. and disseminate this information to other, related organisations, including standards organisations, policy projects, technology initiatives, etc.