The Science behind the Service - a view from AT&T Labs

Organizer

American Chamber of Commerce
in the Czech Republic

When

19.06.2014, 09:30 - 19.06.2014, 11:00

Where

Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics – auditorium D2, Botanická 554/68a, Brno Show on map

What

Simon Urbanek, a leading researcher in analytics and visualization from the world-famous AT&T labs will highlight how the latest communications and data technology is shaping and changing business the world over and enabling new innovative ways to improve our everyday life. Date: June 19, 2014 Time: 9.30-11.00 am Venue: Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics - auditorium D2, Botanická 554/68a, Brno Working language: English Big Data poses many opportunities to learn. The richness of the data allows for new innovative ways to improve our society, increase efficiency and answer new questions. Big Data also requires new approaches to computing, visualization and data analysis along with the development of new tools. Simon Urbanek will highlight methodologies and tools developed at AT&T Labs in his presentation - Research to tackle the challenges of Big Data. This includes open-source tools such as Nanocubes - interactive visualization of billions of data points and RCloud - collaborative environment for analysis of large data based on R. He will also illustrate the potential of Big Data on practical applications, including how cellular network data has the potential to revolutionize the study of cities and help urban planners. Event is free of charge. Please register at veronika@amcham.cz. Contact person: Veronika Szentiványiová, +420 602 790 012