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Ubiquitous Computing
and Cultural Analytics
Prof. Lily Díaz-Kommonen,
Department of Media
DOM-E5103, Advanced topics in visualization
31 January, 2017
Satya Nadella, CEO – Microsoft
http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2014/04/15/a-data-culture-for-everyone/
http://vimeo.com/34182381
Jason Silva, Microdocumentaries
A sensing network…
Positive aspects of data ‘avalanche’?
Knowledge about
Results in
Energy consumption
habits
customized energy plans
for consumers
Grocery buying habits
new types of foods
according to dietary needs
Predictive life event data
new products more relevant
to financial needs
Home appliance use
predict obsolescence
Health
wearable devices that can
transmit data about patients
Legal
ability to predict lawsuits
Source: Taves, Max, The Wall Street Journal, Monday,
March 24, 2014.
Ability to exploit big data
Competitive advantage
Strongly
disagree
1%
Neutral
Somewhat
13%
disagree
3%
Strongly
agree
42%
Somewhat
agree
41%
Source: Survey of 2022 managers in various industries globally conducted in October 2013
by MIT Sloan Management Review in partnership with SAS institute, in Max Taves, The Wall Street Jo
Monday, March 24, 2014.
United States media consumption growth
74
2015
15.5
63
2012
13.6
33
2008
11
Gigabytes
Hours per day
Media consumption to average 15.5 hours daily by
2015
Science Daily, October 30, 2013.
Law of diminishing returns
on information and knowledge
Photographic memory for all
http://getnarrative.com
?
Lev Manovic
Cultural Analytics
Lev Manovic, Cultural Analytics, 2005
Cultural analytics
Data mining techniques
Focus on large datasets
Gigapixel sized images
Image processing
Information visualization
Montage
New media art and design
Realtime interaction
On Broadway
Daniel Goddemeyer, Moritz Stefaner, Dominikus Baur, and Lev Manovich
2015