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Knights of Columbus Building - Meeting Room, 1114 American Blvd West, Bloomington, MN
June 15 2013
Technology Futures
Title: Are We Ready For Big Data?
Speakers: Brian Toren and Hank Lederer
Abstract:
Big Data is here. Organizations have been using Big Data for quite some time. Using Big Data Google and Yahoo and Facebook can track you and send you specific advertisements based on your likes and dislikes, and your searches on the web. Big data can also be tremendous invasion of your privacy and used for nefarious reasons. It is the ultimate in data mining.
In examining Big Data in this SIG we will explain, what “Big Data” is, and how it is being used to solve real world problems. We illustrate the need for more hardware, software and analysis. The job opportunities and education requirements (many not taught today) will be discussed. Real world cases are provided from monitoring epidemics, to solving a flying manhole cover problem, to finding the God particle (the Higgs boson). The potential threats and abuses will also be discussed. The participants will be polled to harvest their ideas of new uses for big data and compared with the literature.
Book Review "Who Owns The Future" http://tinyurl.com/c9aarn4
Fighting Words Against Big Data, by Jaron Lanier, author of "You Are Not A Gadget".
Using Metadata to Find Paul Revere - HTom Trites - http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/06/prism_metadata_analysis_paul_revere_identified_by_his_connections_to_other.html
Five ways to protect yourself from government surveillance - article in Christian Science Monitor (David K) http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2013/0612/Five-ways-to-protect-yourself-from-government-surveillance
Info and video from recent Data Analytics conference http://minneanalytics.org/ (watch videos you missed) opens full conference schedule.
How are Nasa And Others Collecting and Using Our Data
http://tinyurl.com/lhgktpw
More on Big Data: Trust Us, We're From Silicon Valley
http://tinyurl.com/l9pfh27
June 22, 2013
Society, Management and Education Futures
Title: The Future of Thinking to 2038
Speakers: Julie Wilgen & Bill Peter
Abstract: Julie will challenge our thinking by discussing how her brain works. She will have a conversation with Bill Peter for 45 minutes, and then we will all have a 45 minute Q/A period to discuss the implications of her thinking patterns on The Future of Thinking to 2038.
Julie Wildgen is an artist out of necessity. The need to paint began as a balancing act – an attempt to offset the heavy demands of an analytical, left-brain job in the financial services industry against the fidgety, ethereal desire to create. With little formal art training and the desire to explore the possibilities of the mind, Julie will discuss how she utilizes intuitive “mental clues” given to her to help break through various personal barriers.
This method produced a painting of General Eisenhower speaking to the 101st Airborne on the eve of D-Day. It came to the attention of the surviving members of Easy Company, famously portrayed in the mini-series “Band of Brothers”, and several signed prints of the painting for a military charity.
Reminder
June 29, 2013
Annual Meeting
Election of Officers
Continued discussion of Future of MN Futurists
July 5 - NO MEETING - Happy Holiday
July 13
Economic Futures
Title: Economics of Internet Security (Part II)
Moderator: Roger Rydberg
Speakers: Arnold Kwong & Bruce Healton
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Topics Pending for 2012
Future schedule work in progress
Roundtable: Tech Breakthrough Forecasts for 2015-2020
See topics awaiting dates above.
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