Little Issues with Big Data

Life Members

Speaker: Jim Isaak, Past President IEEE Computer Society, 2016 VP IEEE Society on the Social Implications of Technology, 2003-4 IEEE Board of Directors, and retired from the Industry.

Big Data is one of the areas in computing that is just, well, getting bigger. However it exposes a number of issues that folks doing “Data Engineering” need to consider – from bit rot to legal issues like ownership, privacy, disclosure and liability. Presidential elections since 1960 have triggered big data driven investments. Consumer behavior is now tracked at the individual level, and tracking many more “data points” than you might anticipate. But Big Data is also a path towards environmental protection, detecting emergence of disease, and validating medical research.
Jim will provide some historical context that shines a light on recent, current and future issues facing corporations, software developers, but also managers, lawyers and the public in general.

Jim is currently Blog mister for SSIT, Chair NH Life Member group, policy gadfly, and prescient skeptic. For additional background, visit www.JimIsaak.com.

The meeting will be held at the Lincoln Lab Auditorium, 244 Wood Street., Lexington, MA at 4:00 PM. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM. Registration is in the main lobby. Foreign national visitors to Lincoln Lab require visit requests.

Please pre-register by e-mail to reception@ll.mit.edu and indicate your citizenship.

Please use the Wood Street Gate. For directions go to http://www.ll.mit.edu/; for other information, contact Steve Teahan, Chairman, at (978)763-5136, or Steve.F.Teahan@raytheon.com

Meeting Location: Lincoln Lab Auditorium, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, MA 02421, USA

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