Data: The Big Picture

Kshitiz Khanal

Rate of break-ups

What is

Data?

value assigned to a thing

Big Data

Big is a relative term.

How big is BIG Data?

2.5 Quintillion

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FIFA Ranking of Nepal

While a picture is worth a thousand words,

a prototype is worth 10,000.

And a visualization is worth more than megabytes.

5 Ways Big Data Will Change the World

Medicine

Security

Urban Planning

Consumer Products

ElectionsCourtesy: Steve Ernst

Medicine

Worldwide case history

Security

Facebook tagging

Urban planning

Traffic control

Consumer products

Custom suggestions

Election campaigns

Predictions

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You!

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Some interesting resources

GapMinder.org

FlowingData.com

DataScienceMasters.org

Coursera.org

Udacity.com

Data and Nepal