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A Little Bit More About Big Data

#Big #Data #Privacy

Big Data just keeps getting bigger, and it may be that we have gone past a tipping point on applications.

What if you could cross connect thousands of data points on every person in the U.S.? What f you

could run human medical/psychological tests on thousands or millions of volunteers without

any "human subject review committee?". What if you could target custom ads at each individual,

knowing their preferences, purchasing history, and personality traits? What if examining a few pictures

of a persons face you would have a high probability of accurately associating them with a capital offense?

What if connecting the gun purchasing database into other data stores could identify highly likely suicide or violent

offenders? All but the last one of these potential applications is "so last year." It is time to be

aware of the uses, and potential abuses of big data, and consider what it means for our future.

(Based on a recent life long learning class: Little Issues with Big Data and AI, Syllabus for said class has links to relevent resources)

3:30 Coffee and Cookies

4PM Presentation followed by discussion, questions, concerns, whatever

Please use the Wood Street Gate. To assist us in planning this meeting, please pre-register at http://www.ieeeboston.org/Register/