1. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. …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.

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. An opportunity to think and act in new ways.+ + =
An opportunity to think and act in new ways.

11. Source : IBM Economists survey 2009 ; n=480
Why do this ?

12. Smarter cities are working to infuse intelligence into each of their core systems.
Government Services
Transportation
Public Safety
Education
Energy and Utilities
Healthcare
Telecommunications

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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%.

17. 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.

18. 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..

21. 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

22. The world is SMALLER.
The world is FLATTER.
The world is about to get a whole lot SMARTER.

23. Skills for a Smarter Planet
T – shaped skills
Soft Skills
Technical Skills

24. T-Shaped Skills

25. 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 ?

26. 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,

27. What are the right skills for this economy ?
Technical Skills
What are the right skills for this economy ?
Too generic
Well balanced
Too technical

28. 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.

29. 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)

30. 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

31. 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

32. Additional Resources
developerWorks
developerWorks Communities

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35. 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

36. 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.

37. 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

38. Questions ?