Session 2 - Big Data for emergency management

Date: Friday August 31st

Papers:

• Emani, C. K., Cullot, N., & Nicolle, C. (2015). Understandable big data: A survey. Computer science review, 17, 70-81. File:EmaniEtAl2015-UnderstandableBigData-ASurvey-ComputerScienceReview.pdf

Suitable readings:

• Carlos Castillo's book Big Crisis Data chapters 2-11.
• Kitchin chapters 4 and 10.
• Supplementary paper: Big Data: The Management Revolution, by McAfee and Brynjolsson

Topics:

• Introduction
• Follow up:
  • about the themes
  • about the essays
  • about the projects

Student preparations / presentations:

Presentations by you: From Castillo book,

• • chapter 2: volume Johnny Bjånesøy
  • chapter 3: vagueness Malene Gilje Fonnes
  • chapter 4: variety Viktor Hansen
  • chapter 5: virality Yngve Kristoffersen
  • chapter 6: velocity Hanna Maria Kujawska
  • chapter 7: volunteers Sebastian Øverhaug Larsen
  • chapter 8: veracity Marius Falch Lillevik
  • chapter 9: validity Kristoffer Torkildsen Marthinsen
  • chapter 10: visualization Guro Sivertsen Prestegard
  • chapter 11: privacy and ethics Magnus Lyngseth Vestby

From Kitchin book:

• • chapter 10: privacy and ethics Jørgen Lie Toft

Slides:

Session-2: File:S2-intro.bigdata.pdf

Other links:

• Erik Brynjolfsson on YouTube
• Rob Kitchin on YouTube