[OpenSpending] Fwd: FP7 research project on Big Data

Wed Dec 5 23:29:04 UTC 2012

We've got hundreds of millions of rows... ;-)

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On 5 December 2012 18:42, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Does anyone on this list use Big Data as part of their work on
> Financial transparency? Does the size of the data which we work with
> (sometimes many millions of rows) count?
>
> OKFN-De are engaged in a Big data research project and want to hear
> from us on whether there is anything they should be looking into.
> Would love to hear from you,
>
> Lucy
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Eva Panek <eva.panek at okfn.org>
> Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 8:43 AM
> Subject: FP7 research project on Big Data
> To: lucy.chambers at okfn.org, maurizio.napolitano at okfn.org,
> pieter.colpaert at okfn.org
> Cc: Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>, Pablo Mendes
> <pablomendes at gmail.com>
>
>
> Dear WG-Coordinator,
>
>
>
> OKF Germany is engaged in an FP7 research project (Grant agreement
> no.: 318062) called BIG - Big Data Public Private Forum. [1]
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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:
>
>
> 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?
>
> 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?
>
> 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?
>
> 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?
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> 1. http://www.big-project.eu/
>
> 2. http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/
>
> --
>
> Eva Panek
> Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin // Research Assistent
>
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> D-10997 Berlin
>
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>
>
>
> --
> Lucy Chambers
> Project Coordinator,
> School of Data & OpenSpending
> Open Knowledge Foundation
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