Transcript Big Data
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division Big Data International Cooperation Steven Vale UNECE [email protected] UNECE Sandbox • Big Data workshop 9 March, Brussels • Produce and release a set of internationally comparable statistics from one or more Big Data sources Satellite event to Eurostat NTTS conference Possible joint event(s) later in the year Scheveningen Memorandum (Sep 2013) Eurostat Task Force Big Data ESS Task Force on Big Data Big Data Action Plan and Roadmap • Part of ESS Vision 2020 portfolio ESSNets / Pilots – 2016-2020 Roadmap and Action Plan Principles • • Stepwise development with regular review Focus on strengths of ESS • Short – medium – long term Pilots • • Coordinate at national and international level Definition of Goals • Partnerships, Legislation, Harmonisation in EU context Data driven approach Hands-on experience Long term Goal: • Full integration of big data sources into statistical information infrastructure Action plan and roadmap: T O P I C S Policy Quality Skills Legislation Experience sharing IT Infrastructures Ethics / Communication Methods Pilots Short-term objectives (1) Official statistics integrated in the Commission big data strategy Identification and analysis of output portfolio of big data sources A number of successful pilot projects on big data applications in official statistics launched and delivering first results The requirements in terms of skills needed for the exploration of big data in official statistics and ESS professional training programmes are established Short-term objectives (2) Research lines on big data relevant to official statistics are included into the 2016-2017 Work Programme of the Horizon 2020 Research Framework Programme Communication to the general public on planned and ongoing big data activities of the ESS with users/policy makers on their needs, and with big data owners on data aspirations Exchange of information with stakeholders within the statistical system and the research community, UNSD International Conference on Big Data for Official Statistics, Beijing, October 2014 • Mobile phones / GPS / other tracking devices • Satellite imagery / geospatial information • Twitter and other social media Global Working Group on Big Data for Official Statistics: Task teams • • • • • • • • Mobile phone data Satellite imagery Social media data Access / partnerships Advocacy / communication Big Data and SDGs Training / skills / capacity building Cross-cutting issues Global Working Group on Big Data for Official Statistics: Deliverables for 2015 (1) • Proposals for training, skills and capacity building to exploit Big Data sources for official statistics • A report on links between Big Data and the sustainable development goals • A strategy on advocacy and communication of the use of Big Data for official statistics • A report of the use of mobile phone data for official statistics Global Working Group on Big Data for Official Statistics: Deliverables for 2015 (2) • A report of the use of social media data for official statistics • A report of the use of satellite imagery and remote sensing data for official statistics • Proposals for access to Big Data sources and partnerships with private sector • A report on cross-cutting issues, classification, frameworks and taxonomy Possible joint actions Calendar of events Communication / advocacy Share training materials Classification of types of Big Data – V2.0 Common web portal Inventory of national Big Data projects Share all outputs - re-purpose What are the priorities for international collaboration on Big Data?