BIG DATA:

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INTRODUCTION

PROFESSOR DR. R. LOGESWARAN SMIEEE

Big Data Analytics
Seminar 2016
@ APU Data Science
Week 2016
14 Sept 2016

Secretary, IEEE Signal Processing Society

Malaysia Chapter
Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies, APU
(Malaysia)

Outline
Big Data definition
The 3 Imperatives
Talent Creation
Demand, Education, Professional Development

Open Data
Open Innovation
Big Data applications

Some Activities in Big Data

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Acknowledgement
Malaysia Digital Economy
Corporation Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia
Asia Pacific Centre of
Analytics (APCA),
APU, Malaysia
Other online resources incl.:
EMC, Gartner, Edureka, Active Informatics,
Revolution Analytics, Labour Insight, LinkedIn,
Binary Briyani, IEEE Spectrum, etc.
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What is
Big Data?
Oxford English Dictionary:
data of a very large size,
typically to the extent that its
manipulation and management present
significant logistical challenges
2011 big data study by McKinsey:
datasets whose size is beyond

the

ability of typical database software tools to

capture, store, manage, and analyze
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BIG DATA ANALYTICS

Big data is defined by the high

Volume, Velocity, Variety, Veracity and Value

of data generated every day
Growing data

Broadening data

VOLUME

VARIETY

90% of worlds data

generated
over last 2

years

Turning
big data into

Value

80% of the worlds data is

unstructured (text, geospatial,

audio, video)

ECONOMIC
BENEFITS

Establishing the

Increasing data

VELOCITY

GOVERNMENT
BENEFITS

175,000

SOCIETAL
BENEFITS

tweets per
second

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VERACITY
of big data sources
Big Data technology allows us to
establish quality and accuracy
especially in unstructured data

Big Data
expanding on the 4 fronts
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Focus @ My
#1Talent

TALENT CREATION

1. Forecasted BDA talent demand Data Professionals

2014

2020 (Malaysia)

4,088

16,000* (incl. of 1,500 Data Scientists)

Source:
IDC

*expected to be revised to 25,000 soon with inclusion of the agricultural sector

2. Universities offering BDA courses

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3. Professional Development
Game changing 8 week
intense data scientist
acceleration programme.
Top Data Accelerator globally
(Backed by Cornell Uni.)
Massive Open Online Course
(MOOC) with blended
approach - Highest sign up for
Coursera Data Science
MOOC globally for 2015.

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1. Forecasted BDA talent demand Data Professionals

Skills of a Data
Scientist

Local demand
(Malaysia)

Curious &
Creative
Technical
Quantitative
Skeptical
Communicative
& Collaborative
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Global Demand for Big Data Jobs

Analytics Jobs

Business Intelligence Jobs

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Big
Data
Jobs

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High Salaries & Prospects

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Big Data Jobs

not filled due to
lack of Skilled
Professionals

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Where are Data Science

Professionals needed
Management Consultancy
Retail Sale
Public Administration
Tertiary Education
Banks
Biotechnology R&D
Manufacturing
Insurance
Brokerage
Data Processing & Hosting
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Source: EMC
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Skills needed by Start-ups in India

Less than 4% of engineers who graduated in
2015 have the skills to be employable in a
technology startup
Top skills required for technology startup-ready
roles, according to the National Employability
Report, include:
technical skills
problem-solving skills
work management and prioritisation
Source:
learning attitude
IEEE Spectrum
Feb 2016
communication skills
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1st University in Malaysia to Offer

Postgraduate Data Science
Programme

2. Universities offering BDA courses

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Business,
Statistics, etc.

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3. Professional Development

Expertise in Technologies & Tools

* Basic Flow / Process / Methodology for Data Analytics

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Tools

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Tools

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Tools

Tools

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Tools

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Tools

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Software Skills for Data Scientist

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Dashboard Visualisation

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Focus @ My #2

Open Data

2013

MALAYSIA IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS

IN OPEN DATA
2014

2020
(Target)

ST

NA

MY

41

UK

US

MY

15,000
Datasets

157,000
Datasets

RD
ST

30

TH

MY

117
Datasets

2014 Open Data Barometer Findings

High in
government
readiness
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Low in quality datasets which impacts social

& economic, and therefore low in citizens &
civil society engagement
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Open Data
Malaysia Government Open Data Partoal
(2014): Data.gov.my
United States Open Government Initiative
(2009): Data.gov
United Kingdom (2010): Data.gov.uk
Kenya Open Data Portal (2011)
Ghana Open Data Initiative (2012)
Japan Open Data Initiative (2013)
Others: United Nations, World Bank, EU Open
Data Portal, etc.
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DATA.GOV.MY
Number of Datasets

As at
12/12/15

As at
05/09/16

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Focus @ My #3

Open
Innovation

ACCELERATING INDUSTRY-DRIVEN
COEs FOR IMPACTFUL USE CASES

4 CENTRES OF
EXCELLENCE
formed with MDeC to
create national highimpact
BDA solutions

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Some BDA solutions developed:

o Extreme weather projection &
visualization
o Sustainable budget & optimizing
nations financial health
o Dengue hotspot prediction
o Smart manufacturing
o Customer spending behaviour
analysis to increase bank revenue
o Increasing retail revenue
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Flood and Flood Disaster:

Integrated Mobile Solution for
Alert-Search & Rescue (A-SaR)

PRGS
2015

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The Congestion and Accident

Prediction (CAPS)

BIG App
Challenge
2015

- Predicting road congestions on designated

journey.
- Predicting possible accidents at identified
location
- By time
- By weather
- By event
- Proposing alternative routes for safe and fast
journey
Project under discussion for full fledge development
Client: DBKL

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Other Application Opportunities

Education curriculum, job matching, training
Food production, weather, demand, crop cycle
Crime - efficient police deployment, real-time
Energy forecast demand surge, hydroelectric
supply (e.g. based on weather)
Health patients, environment, spread, multimodality examinations, history

and many, many, many more.

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Some Big Data Activities in Malaysia

Big Data Week

Kuala Lumpur

Big Data & Analytics

Innovation Summit, Kuala
Lumpur, 2015

The Open Government

Partnership Seminar & Exhibition

Teradata CTO
Roadshow 2015

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CONCLUSION
Huge opportunities
Very good job prospects
employment, research, development etc.
Government & industry willingness,
effort and funds required
More open data initiatives required for
community-based applications
Increase activities create more
awareness
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