1. Big Data Activities at Eurostat Workshop on Statistical Data Collection, 29 Apr – 1 May 2015, Washington D.C, USA Albrecht.Wirthmann@ec.eurostat.eu

2. Eurostat Big Data at Eurostat European Statistical System (ESS) Scheveningen Memorandum Sep 2013 ESS Task Force Big Data Big Data Roadmap and Action Plan 1.0 June 2014 ESS BIGD project ESS Pilots 2016 - 2019

3. Eurostat Activities at Eurostat Within Eurostat Pilots exploring mobile phone data for tourism and population statistics Flight reservation systems for transport statistics Wikipedia page Google search data for nowcasting unemployment

4. Eurostat Within ESS: The BIGD project What? Implement ESS Big Data Action Plan Why? Enable the ESS to gradually integrate big data sources into the production of European and national statistics How? Concrete Big Data Pilots Mobile phone data, websites, … In parallel work on horizontal issues Three time ranges in roadmap Short term2015-2016 Analysis of legislation, Strategy, Ethics, Communication Medium term 2016-2020 Pilots, Partnerships, IT Architecture, Skills Long term >2020 Full integration into official statistics

5. Eurostat Big Data Pilots Communication Mobile phone data Social Media WWW Web Searches Businesses' Websites eCommerce Websites Job Adver- tisements Real Estate Websites Internet Traffic Sensors Traffic LoopsSmart Meters Vessel Identification Satellite Images Webcams Process generated Flight Reservation Systems Supermarket Cashier Data Loyalty Programs Financial Transactions eGovernment Mobile Payments Crowd Sourcing VGI websites (Open Streetmap) Community Pictures Collections Big Data Pilots 2016 - 2019

6. Eurostat The statistical office of the future Data flows in addition to / instead of surveys and censuses Stat. products designer in addition to data collection designer Statistical modelling will be a main activity From descriptive indicators to nowcasting (and forecasting) New answers related to Quality and transparency Privacy and confidentiality Access to third party data sources / data sharing Scientific standards and methodology Professional ethics Skills Trust and Quality is key! New role in teaching digital numeracy Accreditation and certification instead of production Embedded in data flow – statistics 'everywhere'

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