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IBM Academic Initiative Skills for a Smarter Planet
John Schilt Lead, IBM Academic Initiative Skills for a Smarter Planet Presentation RMIT University September 28, 2011
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Topics 1 2 3 4 Smarter Planet Skills for a Smarter Planet
T Shaped Skills Soft Skills Technical Skills Tools and Resources developerWorks 2 3 4 Q & A Panel
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We are experiencing the reality of global integration.
The world is connected ECONOMICALLY. SOCIALLY. TECHNICALLY. A series of shocks: Climate change Energy geopolitics Global supply chains Financial Crisis Plus rapidly evolving and ongoing significant trends: Changing demographics Empowered consumers and citizens Impact of technology
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…because intelligence is being infused into the way the world works.
Our world is becoming INSTRUMENTED. Our world is becoming INTERCONNECTED. Virtually all things, processes and ways of working are becoming INTELLIGENT.
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We now have the ability to measure, sense and monitor the condition of almost everything.
30 billion 1 billion 85% 30 billion RFID tags are embedded into our world and across entire ecosystems. There are more than 1 billion camera phones in existence. Nearly 85% of new automobiles contain event data recorders. Instrumented Interconnected Intelligent
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2 billion 4 billion 1 trillion
People, systems and objects can communicate and interact with each other in entirely new ways. 2 billion 4 billion 1 trillion There are an estimated 2 billion people on the internet. There are an estimated 4 billion mobile phone subscribers worldwide. Soon, there will be 1 trillion connected devices in the world, constituting an “internet of things.” Instrumented Interconnected Intelligent
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15 petabytes 1 petaflop 1 square kilometer
We can now respond to changes quickly and accurately, and get better results by predicting and optimizing for future events. 15 petabytes 1 petaflop 1 square kilometer Every day, 15 petabytes of new information are being generated. This is 8x more than the information in all U.S. libraries. Scientists are working to prevent influenza pandemics by modeling the viruses with a supercomputer that can operate at one petaflop, or one quadrillion operations per second. New analytics enable high-resolution weather forecasts for areas as fine as 1 to 2 square kilometers. Instrumented Interconnected Intelligent
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An opportunity to think and act in new ways.
+ + = An opportunity to think and act in new ways.
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Source : IBM Economists survey 2009 ; n=480
Why do this ?
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Smarter cities are working to infuse intelligence into each of their core systems.
Government Services Transportation Public Safety Education Energy and Utilities Healthcare Telecommunications
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Smarter transportation: An opportunity to improve the transit experience, reduce congestion and encourage a modal shift among users In one section of Los Angeles, looking for parking generated the equivalent of 38 trips around the world, burned 47,000 gallons of gas, emitted 730 tons of carbon dioxide in 1 year ! Congested roadways cost $78 billion annually in the form of 4.2 billion lost hours and 2.9 billion gallons of wasted gas.
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Smarter transportation: Influence traffic patterns and increase use of public transportation
The Innovation: A smart toll system uses cameras and sensors positioned throughout the city, along with a central computing system that processes vehicle identification data, to charge drivers varying rates depending on the time of day. Embed transponders in vehicles. The Benefits: • Less traffic • Lower emissions • Increased city revenue • Greater use of public transit • Increased roadway safety Record license plate numbers, time of day and toll rates. Process data and charge drivers accordingly.
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Smarter transportation: Client transformations
Stockholm implemented an intelligent toll system in the city center, which resulted in 20% less traffic, 40% lower emissions and 40,000 additional users of the public transportation system. To encourage citizens to use multiple modes of transportation and make it easier to align the cost of transit with its impact on the environment, the Singapore Land Transport Authority implemented fare management with smart cards that can be used to pay for buses, trains, taxis, road-use charging and parking.
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Smarter energy and utilities : transformations
CenterPoint Energy in Houston is installing over 2 million smart meters and in some cases an energy controller for household devices. Homeowners will be able to access their usage information in home displays or on a personal website to make smarter consumption decisions. DONG Energy in Denmark installed monitoring devices across their distribution network. The increased insight into the grid’s performance will potentially lessen outage times by up to 50% and reduce maintenance investments by up to 90%.
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Smarter healthcare: Client Transformations
A regional healthcare provider in France, created a regional information communication and management solution that improved the efficiency of patient care, reduced the risk of medical error and improved emergency response coordination. A public healthcare organization, Servicio Extremeño de Salud in Spain, has built a regionally integrated system that lets patients go to many health centers within the region, knowing a doctor there can have the patients’ complete, up-to-date records for faster and more accurate treatment.
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Smarter education: Client transformations
North Carolina State University provides computing lab resources to schools and colleges throughout the state via a central service. Students, faculty and teachers are able to receive a customized image of the content and applications to meet their learning needs. A leading research group at a prestigious university in Massachusetts obtains the powerful computing environment it needs when it leverages the IBM-powered World Community Grid to perform its innovative energy research..
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Our world is becoming … INSTRUMENTED We now have the ability to measure, sense and see the exact condition of everything. INTERCONNECTED People, systems and objects can communicate and interact with each other in entirely new ways. INTELLIGENT We can respond to changes quickly and accurately, and get better results by predicting and optimizing for future events. WORKFORCE MANUFACTURING SUPPLY CHAIN CUSTOMERS TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES IT
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The world is SMALLER. The world is FLATTER. The world is about to get a whole lot SMARTER.
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Skills for a Smarter Planet
T – shaped skills Soft Skills Technical Skills
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T-Shaped Skills
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What are T – Shaped skills ?
Complimentary skills Project Management Business / Management Accounting / Finance Politics Selling Legal Specific Skills Deep Technical Specific to trade or profession Certification Professional recognition What shape are you ?
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Soft Skills Aptitude Attitude It’s about As well as Communication
(the what and the how) Communication Presentation Leadership / Teaming Persistence Passion Longing for learning Confidence (*) Listening Ability to accept feedback Organisation Selling / Negotiation “Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion” Hegel,
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What are the right skills for this economy ?
Technical Skills What are the right skills for this economy ? Too generic Well balanced Too technical
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Technology – Alphabet Soup
PHP .NET Java JEE XML HTML DHTML XHTML Ruby on Rails PERL Python CSS USB 3.0 W3 RDBMS Web Services ReSTFul Services Open Source FOSS Linux IDE DHCP, DNS Frameworks MVC Cloud Computing Software as a Service Platform as a Service IP V6 ERP SCM Web 2.0, Web 3.0 VOIP Javascript AJAX Always need to be in the know – be aware of what is happening in your industry, in your area of expertise.
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Jobs at indeed.com.au (12/9/2011)
Number of hits 2010 (*) Number of hits 2011 Java 2439 4375 C# 1830 2766 HTML 1781 3555 Javascript 1276 2942 Ajax 744 1035 PHP 639 1620 C++ 716 1712 Perl 446 1104 Python 127 747 Android na 309 iPhone 710 CSS 2511 (*) 26 February, 2010)
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Career Roadmap: Information Management and Analytics: The number of roles are rapidly expanding. Few schools are preparing students for these job roles DB Admin Content Admin Application Developer Data Analyst Technical Specialist Warehouse Content on Web Data Architect Content Architect Governance Architect CIO, CTO Enterprise C-level Architect Information Architect Management Structured and Semi-Structured Data Analytics Applications Information Governance Line Management Business Analyst Solution Developer Information Integrator ETL Analytics Architect Application and Solution Architect Master Data Mgmt Data Quality Director Enterprise Solutions Architect Enterprise Analytics Architect VP GM Metadata Design Security Team Lead Current focus area
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Trends in Analytics, Types of Analytics
Degree of Complexity Competitive Advantage Standard Reporting Ad hoc reporting Query/drill down Alerts Forecasting Simulation Predictive modeling Optimization What exactly is the problem? What will happen next if ? What could happen … ? What if these trends continue? What actions are needed? How many, how often, where? What happened? Stochastic Optimization Descriptive (Cognos) Prescriptive (ILOG) Predictive (SPSS) How can we achieve the best outcome? How can we achieve the best outcome including the effects of variability? Cognos – descriptive (necessary for any of the others. Know data, know what is there, what is real, correct. facts… REQuIRED. Use SPSS Or SAS to pull out patterns for new relationships - % of customers in this zip code who respond to postcard coupon; what is predicted revenue. Plan for optimize revenue. Looked at data, generate prediction and constraints to prescribe a plan. SPSS – predictive ILOG - Prescription Keyboard materials, marketing, pricing, call centers, - inferred if you drop price rev goes up – trial and error (not causality), refine model ‘cause don’t … use technique. How take advantage of appearing to be true. Predictive modeling: Classification Simulation: Also physical modeling, “What will happen if … ?” Forecasting: Time series analysis Alerts: Current conditions suggest problem is or will occur Based on: Competing on Analytics, Davenport and Harris, 2007
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Additional Resources developerWorks developerWorks Communities
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ibm.com/developerworks
developerWorks: IBM’s community of developers, IT Professionals, & students What we offer IBM developerWorks is the destination on the web for developers and IT professionals to stay on the cutting edge and develop their skills on open standards technologies and IBM products. Delivers the deep technical code, content, and community you need and depend on to get answers to your tough technical questions. Delivers unparalleled content in over 4 languages, including articles, tutorials, demos, events and more. Key Statistics: Over 1M skill activities per year 34 industry awards Serves 200 countries 4 local language sites ibm.com/developerworks
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developerWorks Communities…
a professional network and knowledge base that connects the developer community worldwide to share and collaborate Join today! ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks Build a profile Add comments Personalize My home Connect with colleagues Join or create a group Tag, rate & recommend content Start an activity Track bookmarks Contribute to a wiki Listen to a podcast Write a blog entry Post to forums The what, the why and when developerWorks Communitiess on b IBM Connections. Shortened url : ibm.co/IBMRMIT 34
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Whatever you decide, remember to develop a range of skills
Technical Skills Whatever you decide, remember to develop a range of skills … improve your chances of Getting a job Earning a good living, getting ahead in life Developing a career Open to opportunities
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Skills for a Smarter Planet
Our world is becoming INSTRUMENTED. Our world is becoming INTERCONNECTED. Virtually all things, processes and ways of working are becoming INTELLIGENT.
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Topics 1 2 3 4 Smarter Planet Skills for a Smarter Planet
T Shaped Skills Soft Skills Specific Skills Tools and Resources developerWorks 2 3 4 Q & A Panel
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