Event on "Big Data"

Colleagues, many you have raised an interest in the idea of "big data," which involves the collection, storage, curation, and analysis of very large sets of data. Big data ideas are important to commerce and industry, but also to government, national security, social service provision, and, indeed, any human endeavor (including the humanities).

This announcement is taken direction from The Bulletin, at http://bulletin.ncsu.edu/2013/03/big-data-event/

The text of that announcement is listed below. If you attend this event, or any part of it, please let me know what you learned.

Tom

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Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend an informational program on big data analytics next month that kicks off the spring meeting of the Center for Innovation Management Studies. “Big Data for Fun & Profits: Your Guide to Top-Line Growth in the 21st Century” will be held 9–11 a.m. Tuesday, April 16, in the Hunt Library.  Register in advance for the free event.

The program includes:

• Big Data and Disruptive Innovation
  Paul Mugge, CIMS executive director
  Through a unique collaboration and novel use of both software technology and diverse hardware systems, NC State has been able to discover new markets and answer traditionally tough or unanswerable business questions with the Big Data Analytics Platform and Natural Language Processing technology.
• Big Data Industry Success Stories
  Michael Kowolenko, teaching assistant professor, and Stephen Markham, associate professor, Poole College of Management
  Presentation of three recently completed industry cases: Air Products and Chemicals, Kelly Services and PRA.
• Big Data as a Commodity Product
  Presented by Vincent Freeh, associate professor of computer science
  Freeh will speak about his department’s partnership and support of the Big Data Analytics Platform. He will also discuss the available software, how to create customized software stacks from commodity components, and how to deploy stacks on diverse hardware systems.