1. Data Science for the National Big Data R and D Initiative Dr. Brand Niemann Director and Senior Data Scientist/Data Journalist Semantic Community http://semanticommunity.info/ http://www.meetup.com/Virginia-Big-Data-Meetup/ http://www.meetup.com/Federal-Big-Data-Working-Group/ http://www.meetup.com/Northern-Virginia-Semantic-Web-Meetup/ http://semanticommunity.info/Data_Science/Federal_Big_Data_Working_Group_Meetup February 2, 2015 1

2. Introduction Welcome: – Federal Big Data Working Group Meetup – Virginia Big Data Meetup – Lotico Northern Virginia Semantic Web – Other? Government Technology & Innovation Incubator for Big Data Analytics, January 27, 6:30 p.m. – Purpose and Opportunity: Time Critical Because of Eastern Foundry Small Business/Start-Up Benefits and Challenge Cup Opportunity – Eastern Foundry: Veteran owned incubator for startups and small businesses interested in the government contracting industry. Sen. Mark Warner cuts ribbon at Eastern Foundry opening ceremony December 16, 2014. The Crystal City incubator opened its doors December 1st and already has 33 companies in their space. – Handouts: Eastern Foundry, Government Contracting BootCamp, February 23- 27, and Data Society Community Data Science Courses. 2

3. Federal Big Data Working Group Meetup Federal: Supports the Federal Big Data Initiative, but not endorsed by the Federal Government or its Agencies; Big Data: Supports the Federal Digital Government Strategy which is "treating all content as data", so big data = all your content; Working Group: Data Science Teams composed of Federal Government and Non-Federal Government experts producing big data products (see Possible Team Presentations below); and Meetup: The world's largest network of local groups to revitalize local community and help people around the world self-organize like MOOCs (Massive Open On-line Courses) being considered by the White House 3

4. The Profit and Data Enterprises Marcus Lemonis (born November 16, 1973) is a Lebanese-born American businessman, investor, television personality and philanthropist. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Camping World and Good Sam Enterprises, and the star of The Profit, a CNBC reality show about saving small businesses through People, Process, and Products. – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc us_Lemonis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc us_Lemonis The Federal Big Data Working Group Meetup is also about helping government agencies develop: – People – Data Scientists – Process – Data Infrastructure – Products – Data Publications Some examples: – EPA – FDA – NOAA – HHS – Eastern Foundry And provide MOOCs for training and networking. (Massive Open Online Courses) 4

5. Five MOOCs for Big Applications and Analytics Practical Data Science for Data Scientists by Niemann Based on Schutt and O’Neil Book Data Science for Data Mining by Niemann Based on North Book and Borne Class Federal Big Data Working Group Meetups by Niemann and Goodier Tackling the Challenges of Big Data, MIT ProfessionalX Online Course by Niemann Based on Rus and Madden MOOC Data Science for Big Data Application and Analytics MOOC by Niemann Based on Geoffrey Fox MOOC Data Science for ​Mining of Massive Datasets by Niemann Based on Stanford MOOC (IN PROCESS) 5 See: Top 5 MOOCs for Data ScienceTop 5 MOOCs for Data Science

6. Data Science for Mining of Massive Datasets (IN PROCESS) 6 Data Science for Mining of Massive Datasets

7. Calendar Data Science for MyFamilySearch.org, February 16 th ? (Presidents Holiday) Data Science for Big Data Application and Analytics MOOC, March 2, 2015 5 th Annual Government Big Data Forum, March 12, 2015 USDA CIO and ACDO on Open Data Plan and Roundtable, March 16, 2015 Data Science for HealthData.gov Developers & Family Caregivers. April 6, 2015 Data Science for Natural Medicines and Genetic Data (in planning), May 4, 2015 7

8. Agenda 6:30 p.m. Welcome and Introduction (New Tutorial and Mentoring) Slides Slides Data Science for the National Big Data R and D Initiative and 2015 NITRD Big Data Strategic Initiative Workshop SlidesSlides Data Science for the National Big Data R and D Initiative2015 NITRD Big Data Strategic Initiative WorkshopSlides 7:00 p.m. Brief Member Introductions 7:15 p.m. Wendy Wigen, National Coordinating Office, Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Big Data Senior Steering Group (invited) See: Request for Input (RFI)-National Big Data R&D Initiative SlidesRequest for Input (RFI)-National Big Data R&D InitiativeSlides 7:45 p.m.​ Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri, Program Manager, Systems Integration Division, Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology., See: From Data to Insight: Big Data and Analytics for Smart Manufacturing Systems and Big Data in Materials Research and Development SlidesDr. Sudarsan RachuriSystems Integration DivisionFrom Data to Insight: Big Data and Analytics for Smart Manufacturing SystemsBig Data in Materials Research and DevelopmentSlides 8:30 p.m. Open Discussion 8:45 p.m. Networking 9:00 p.m. Depart 8 http://www.meetup.com/Federal-Big-Data-Working-Group/events/218868025/

9. Chronology National Big Data R&D Initiative launched in March 2012 Have Knowledge Base for 2012-2013 Big Data in Materials Research and Development, NAS Workshop February 5-6, 2014 and Report – Session 2: Big Data Issues in Materials Research and Development – Session 3: Big Data Issues in Manufacturing – See Also: IEEE Big Data Conference (Joan Aron Joint Paper in NIST Session). Led to inviting Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri to present tonight GovLoop on Analytics and Big DataGov – Loop serves a community of more than 100,000 government leaders by helping them to foster collaboration, learn from each other, solve problems and advance in their government careers September 30, 2014 9

10. Chronology (continued) The National Big Data R&D Initiative PRE- DECISIONAL DRAFT September 26, 2014 Request for Input (RFI)-National Big Data R&D Initiative October 2, 2014 Submissions received to the RFI on National Big Data R&D Initiative – 36 Responses Received including from Brand Niemann Symposium on the Interagency Strategic Plan for Big Data: Focus on R&D October 23, 2014 – Session chair: Clifford Lynch, CNI – Overview Presentation: Allen Dearry, NIH 10

11. Chronology (continued) Access and Use of NASA and Other Federal Earth Science Data, ESIP November 11, 2014 – Lead: Ethan McMahon, NASA Detail and back to US EPA – See Meetup: USDA CIO and ACDO on Open Data Plan and Roundtable, March 16, 2015 NITRD: National Big Data Strategic Plan-Summary of Request for Information Responses Early 2015 – Response Coordination Team NSF AAAS Fellows: Renata Rawlings-Goss, Alejandro Suarez, Martin Wiener, Lida Beninson NSF Staff: Fen Zhao, Dana Hunter NITRD Staff: Wendy Wigen 11

12. Chronology (continued) Data Science Seminar Series @ NSF, January 21, 2015 – Big Data, Data Science, and other Buzzwords that Really Matter – Michael Franklin, UC Berkeley Computer Science 2015 NITRD Big Data Strategic Initiative Workshop, January 22-23, Washington, DC – Video Broadcast and My Slides Tonight 12