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DATA INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
Chandan Rajah [ @ChandanRajah ]
“Innovation without commercialisation is like a car without an engine” – Vince Cable

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What’s the Digital Catapult ?
Not for Profit Organisation Funded by Innovate UK
Stimulate the Digital Economy
Unlock Value from DataHelp New Businesses Faster and more Trusted Ways
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One of Seven
Rapidly Advance UK’s best Digital Ideas

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DIMENSIONS OF FOCUS
PERSONAL DATA
AND TRUST
PROPRIETARY AND
DIVERSE DATA
INTERNET OF THINGS CREATIVE INNOVATION

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Digital Catapult Centre

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Personal Data, Privacy and Trust
“Find new ways for technologists to work with data whilst safeguarding individual privacy and security”
Projects
• Energy MiData
• Milton Keynes Citizen MiData Study
• European IT ICT Labs High Impact Initiative on Personal and Trusted Data
Evolution
• Trust Frameworks
• Capability Hub
• Central Consent Broker

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Unlocking Diverse and Proprietary Data
“making information useable by creating new ways for small businesses to exploit the full potential of
diverse, proprietary and closed data sets”
Projects
• Trusted Data Hub *
• Open Health Data Platform
• Manchester Open Data
• Environment Data Hub
Evolution
• Data Exchange and Marketplace
• Simplified Data Licensing
• Ontology and Data Discovery

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Internet of Things
“Accelerating the prototyping of future products and services by giving innovators advance access to
the next generation of connected technologies.”
Projects
• 5G Innovation Centre Access and Fellowship
• Milton Keynes Smart Hub
• Milton Keynes Whitespace
• European 5G PPP Community Engagement
• Euro CPS
Evolution
• Capability Hub
• Innovator Labs and Demonstration Space

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Content Innovation
“Reduce licensing friction using technology to create a new business-friendly online marketplace for re-
use of creative content.”
Projects
• Copyright Hub *
• Capability Hub
Evolution
• Data Rights Management
• Metadata Hub

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Big Data Science and the Value Chain ?
Generation Transport Knowledge Output Value
BIG DATA SCIENCE
Straddles all four Dimensions of Focus

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Data Analytics to Data Discovery ?
data you know
data you don’t know
questionsyou’reasking
questionsyou’renotasking
Data Analyst
Data Scientist
Data
Analytics
Data Discovery
DATA MODELLING
Y  F( X, random noise, parameters)
ALGORITHMIC MODELLING
Y  [ BLACK BOX ]  X

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Health is the next Frontier for Disruption
PEOPLE CONDITION PROCEDURE REMEDY
“£120 billion spent on healthcare in the UK ~ 7% GDP
$1.2 trillion spent on healthcare in the US ~ 10% GDP” - WHO
“$800 billion of value locked in health data
6 – 8% unlocked today” – McKinsey & Co.
Cost Speedl Agilityl Capabilityl

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WORDS OF WISDOM
NOT ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME
TIME VALUE OF DATA KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
I AM AN INDIVIDUAL

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“Innovation without commercialisation is like a car without an engine” – Vince Cable