September 08, 2016 STS Forum Sri Lanka, 2016

Big Data For Development

Janaka R. Abeysinghe General Manager – Enterprise & International Sales Division

Sri Lanka Telecom PLC

Big Data For Development

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Data Generation

• Data Exhaust Financial services Communications services Information services

• Online Content Public social media content Publicly accessible blogs Forum posts Comments Online news sources Online advertising E-commerce sites

• IOT devices Smart meters Smart wearables CCTV GPS devices Other Sensors …

Big Data Analytics

• Useful insights for Policy makers: • Early warning • Real-time awareness • Real-time feedback • Forecasts

Insights

Traditional data (Census, Survey …)

Compare/ Correlate

What people do

What people say

Information about humans machines Environment

Post-analysis of Population Migration During The Haiti Earthquake

Source: United Nations Global Pulse (October 2013) Mobile Phone Network Data for Development.

Mobility patterns identified by analyzing CDRs, 19 days after the earthquake

Tracking Population Movement To Predict Cholera Outbreak in Heiti

Source: Bengtsson L, Lu X, Thorson A, Garfield R, von Schreeb J (2011) Improved Response to Disasters and Outbreaks by Tracking Population Movements with Mobile Phone Network Data: A Post-Earthquake Geospatial Study in Haiti. PLoS Med 8(8): e1001083. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001083 http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001083

Big Data Implementation Challenges

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Transport

Energy

City Authority

City Authority

City Authority Public Safety

Multiple Systems Disconnected Departments

Network Service Delivery Platform

Government Cloud /Big Data Analytics

Citizens

City Managers

Multiple Applications/ Multiple Devices Connected City Authorities

Sensors/ Terminals

Real-time data transfer for collaboration across city agencies (water, electricity, transport…)

Network

Network

Present Future

Thank You

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