Partnerships across industry, academia, nonprofits, and government Meredith M. Lee Executive Director | West Big Data Innovation Hub NIWR Annual Meeting | Feb 27, 2017
2012: US Federal Big Data R&D Initiative $200M 2014: 2015: 2016:
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE Critical Techniques & Data Infrastructure Technologies for Big Data Building Blocks (DIBBS) (BIGDATA) PARTNERSHIPS EDUCATION Big Data Regional National Research Innovation Hubs Traineeship (NRT) (BD HUBS + SPOKES)
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partnerships across industry, academia, nonprofits, government
Bridging industry, academia, nonprofits, govt Building Data Science Capacity: Organizational Change Convened over 125 enthusiasts to share resources, perspectives White House, NSF, DHS, state/local gov, large companies, startups “Vote with your feet” discussion on culture, tech, policy, governance “Asks” and “offers” from diverse community Nation-wide survey (bit.ly/datahubs) and white paper
The Science of Data-Driven Storytelling #datascistories How to develop compelling data-driven narratives to spark engagement Over 700 participants: 60% industry, ~38% academia LA Times, NY Times, UCLA, USC, City of LA, LA DOT, Polygraph.cool 25+ states and 15+ countries Partnered with Data Science Inc and Computing Community Consortiu Materials available: bit.ly/WBDIHyoutube
West Hub Priority Areas PRECISION METRO / URBAN MEDICINE Smart Cities, Diagnostics, Transportation, Treatment, Genomics, Housing, Police Data, Environment/ Exposome Economic Development SCIENTIFIC NATURAL DISCOVERY RESOURCES & LEARNING & HAZARDS Open science & Water, energy, reproducibility, agriculture, disaster response, sustainability education, workforce Convene Curate • Communicate • • • • 8
Collaborative Spoke Projects PRECISION METRO / URBAN MEDICINE Smart Cities, Diagnostics, Transportation, Treatment, Genomics, Housing, Police Data, Environment/ Exposome Economic Development SCIENTIFIC NATURAL DISCOVERY RESOURCES & LEARNING & HAZARDS Open science & Water, energy, reproducibility, agriculture, disaster response, sustainability education, workforce Convene MetroInsight Spoke Curate Communicate http://westbigdatahub.org/spoke- 9 projects
Use cases: Who needs what data to make what decision? Groundwater management Water use / productivity WEST MIDWEST Food/Energy/Water NORTHEAST Education … SOUTH Need compelling Problem Statements Hub PI institution + teams for collaborative pilot projects Past events Upcoming Potential National Data Sci Challenge
Convene
Identify compelling collaborations Scale our successes | Spark sustainable partnerships
Contact Us westbigdatahub.org info@westbigdatahub.org @westbigdatahub #BDHubs Meredith Lee, Executive Director mmlee@berkeley.edu @mmlee
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