1. Small Data and
Big Analytics: In the Supercomputing Dojo
Richard Beckwith, Adam Laskowitz, and ken anderson
SC13 Denver, CO
November 18, 2013
User Experience Research, Intel Labs
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2. People need a simple way to collect and consume
data
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3. Big data doesn’t matter for the Little Guy
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4. Big analytics matter for the Little Guy
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5. Full Bleed Image
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10. Sometimes data can be oversimplified
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14. Simplicity with Adequacy
“It can scarcely be denied that the
supreme goal of all theory is to
make the irreducible basic
elements as simple and as few as
possible without having to
surrender the adequate
representation of a single datum
of experience.”
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Albert Einstein, From “On the Method of Theoretical Physics,”
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15. Simplicity Takes Work
Adequacy requires:
 Lidar data for community
 Wind speed and direction
 As many sources as possible
 Pollen models based on geo-located source information
 All relevant sources
 Air pollution measurements
 All species of pollutants deemed interesting
 Pollution source maps by pollutant
 Including traffic data
 Monte Carlo modeling for various proposed accountings for measured data
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16. Simplicity Could Use a Supercomputer
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17. Intel Confidential — Do Not Forward