[ontology-summit] FW: Big Data event announcement on-line

["Lucier, Ernie" <Lucier@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Colleagues,

 

Two events of possible interest to the ontology summit 2012 members tomorrow at the Whitehouse. Both are being webcast.

1.      Challenges and Opportunities in “Big Data” (see Attached big_data_flyer)

2.      Obama administration to push big data agenda

Please call or e-mail if you have any questions.

 

Thanks,

 

Ernie

703 292-8723

lucier@xxxxxxxxx

www.nitrd.gov

 

Ernest Lucier

Coordinator, SDP and FASTER (Contractor)

National Coordination Office for

Networking and Information Technology Research and Development

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite II-405

Arlington, VA 22230

 

From: Wigen, Wendy
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:45 AM
To: bigdata
Subject: FW: Big Data event announcement on-line

 

FYI

 

From: Pantula, Sastry G [mailto:spantula@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 4:37 PM
To: Seidel, Edward; Wigen, Wendy - NCO/ITRD; Suskin, Mark; Blatecky, Alan
Subject: FW: Big Data event announcement on-line

 

http://gigaom.com/cloud/obama-administration-to-push-big-data-agenda/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=gigaom
<http://gigaom.com/cloud/obama-administration-to-push-big-data-agenda/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=gigaom>

Obama administration to push big data agenda

By Barb Darrow Mar. 27, 2012, 10:45am PT 1 Comment

 

Big data must really be big to get its own White House-sanctioned research and development push.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will host a  live webcast Thursday at 3 p.m. eastern time to outline how the government can “help big data” with its Big Data Research and Development Initiative.

Here are three things the feds could do right off the bat to promote better use of big data:

• put the government’s own data sets into open formats
• push states to include a data or statistical literacy component in their education plans
• establish ways to continuously collect data on prescribed topics as opposed to relying on temporary snapshots

Speakers at the event will include John Holdren, assistant to the president and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Subra Suresh director of the National Science Foundation, and Marcia McNutt, director of the US Geological Survey.

There has been a focus lately on bulking up big data skill sets to meet the burgeoning demand for data scientists and statisticians, even artists who can help visualize important big data findings in a way that makes sense to lay people. Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering for example, will start offering a masters degree in analytics starting next year.  The big data skills gap was also a hot topic at GigaOM’s Structure: Data conference last week.

Photo courtesy of Flickr user DUCKofD3ATH

 

 

Sastry G. Pantula

Division Director

Division of Mathematical Sciences

National Science Foundation

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1025

Arlington, VA 22230

Phone:  (703) 292-5301

e-mail:  spantula@xxxxxxx

 

 

big_data_flyer.pdf
Description: big_data_flyer.pdf

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