[open-economics] FP7 research project on Big Data

Thu Dec 6 18:52:21 UTC 2012

Dear group,

Please see the email below about "big data" projects and let Eva know
whether you have some thoughts on the raised questions.

Looking forward to your feedback,

-- 
Velichka Dimitrova
Coordinator of the Open Economics Working Group
Open Knowledge Foundation
http://okfn.org | http://openeconomics.net

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Eva Panek <eva.panek at okfn.org> wrote:

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> Dear WG-Coordinator,
>
>
> OKF Germany is engaged in an FP7 research project (Grant agreement no.:
> 318062) called BIG - Big Data Public Private Forum. [1]
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> The aim of the project is to understand the specific needs from various
> stakeholders in various sectors such as public sector, energy and
> transport, finance and insurance, telco, media and entertainment and to
> establish best practices in the domains of data acquisition, - analysis, -
> curation, - storage and - usage. Based on this understanding the project
> aims to a) build a big data community in Europe, b) develop a consolidated
> roadmap for policy formulation and the commission's investments in research
> and innovation in the field of big data. The outcomes of this project will
> be used as input for Horizon 2020, the EU framework programme for research
> and innovation. [2]
>
>
> As one of our tasks is to consolidate the research roadmaps, which will be
> developed in the individual technical working groups, we are very
> interested to learn what big data means to you in terms of your field of
> research and project activity.
>
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> Big Data is a nascent topic, and still requires a more mature
> understanding before moving into the space of well understood problems.
> Therefore, there is an opportunity to build upon your experiences in your
> WG, as well as use the work in BIG to deepen the understanding of Big Data
> problems in your area.
>
> We could use this opportunity to sharpen our approach to the project with
> respect to the possible synergies it could have for the work OKF is doing.
>
> In order to do so, we would like to ask you a few questions:
>
>
>    1.
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>    Does your WG deal with data that is challenging due to volume (you
>    have too much data), variety (you have too many sources of data) or
>    speed (data comes at you too fast) and hence are interested in the
>    research activities and outcomes of BIG?
>    2.
>
>    Which of BIG’s technical groups (acquisition, storage, analysis,
>    curation and usage) or sectors (public sector, energy and transport,
>    finance and insurance, telco, media and entertainment) are particularly
>    interesting for your WG?
>    3.
>
>    Are there currently any WG-research projects that have a direct or
>    indirect connection to Big Data and that could capitalize from the research
>    results?
>    4.
>
>    Which eu-policies would be favourable for the WGs in the field of Big
>    Data? Is it possible to give the roadmap a shift towards these preferences?
>
>
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> Since we are interested in a first assessment from the WG on how relevant
> this topic might be for them and their work, we are contacting you as the
> coordinator of the WG first. If you think this is relevant for your WG we
> would be happy to hear your feedback and proposals. Also, we would be
> delighted to send the questions to the rest of the WG.
>
>
> We will subsequently extend an invitation to you and to any interested
> parties in the WG to join the discussions in the BIG project and to help
> steer the discussion towards topics that are important to your OKF WG.
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Eva Panek
>
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> 1. http://www.big-project.eu/
> 2. http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/<http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm>
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> Eva Panek
> Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin // Research Assistent
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> Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e.V.
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> D-10997 Berlin
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