Bite sized Big Data

Just after I moved to Seattle after over five years in San Diego (the longest I’ve ever stayed in one place for a stretch), I got a chance to attend an event that convinced me that I had made the correct decision. Ignite Seattle was fun, geeky, creative and had great energy and has since become a key attraction at many a geek event. The two chances I have had to speak there were among the most fun experiences of my life. Due to travel, I missed the last Ignite Seattle, but this time I plan to be there, especially since I was lucky enough to get another opportunity to speak.

Here’s the Title and Abstract that I submitted

Big Data and the networked future of science
New instruments, sensors, distributed scientific collaboration, informal publication channels = lots of data. How do we crunch it? How do we share it? How do we distribute it? This talk will dive into (a very very fast dive) into the challenges and solutions of the big science of today and tomorrow. Exascale anyone?

A topic near and dear to my heart. It’s going to be an adventure trying to distill my thoughts into 20 slides in 5 minutes. In the meantime, here are my two previous Ignite talks

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