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2014 Conference on Big Data from Space BiDS'14 Summary and Recommendations

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Big Data from Space refers to Earth and space observation data collected by space-borne and ground-based sensors. Whether for Earth or space observation, they qualify being called ’big data’ given the sheer volume of sensed data (archived data reaching the Exabyte scale), their high velocity (new data is acquired almost on a continuous basis and with an increasing rate), their variety (data is delivered by sensors acting over various frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum in passive and active modes), as well as their veracity (sensed data is associated with qualified uncertainty and accuracy measurements). Last but not least, the value of big data from space depends on our capacity to extract information and meaning from them. Big Data from Space is an emerging domain given the recent sharp increase in all three main dimensions of big data: volume, velocity, and variety. Fortunately, this increase is paralleled by tremendous amount of new developments related to big data in other fields and enabled by technological breakthroughs and new challenges in hardware and software developments, multi-temporal data analysis, data management and information extraction technologies. In addition, the recent multiplication of open access initiatives to big data from space is giving momentum to the field by widening substantially the spectrum of users as well as awareness among the public while offering new opportunities for scientists and value-added companies. The ambitious and unique European Union Copernicus programme whose Sentinel missions operated by the European Space Agency will deliver free and open access to global data in the microwave and optical/infrared ranges. The first one, Sentinel-1A, has been launched on the 3rd of April 2014 and is already delivering high resolution SAR global data every 12 days at a daily rate of 2.5 TB. The Conference has permitted to highlight new and emerging areas, as well as areas requiring special attention such as collaborative environments, the federation of processing capabilities, harmonization and standardization of access, and processing mechanisms allowing for the seamless deployment of approaches exploiting the full spectrum of Big Data from Space, so as to foster the generation of new and reliable meaningful information. Concerning future opportunities for business development, some key-issues have been identified, namely: quality of data (data veracity) leading to quality information for end-users; the future of space open data (data value); the identification of value chain segments; Data Public Private Partnership (cPPP) between EC and Big Data Value Association. Priorities for Research and Technology Development have been also derived, aligning with EU’s views on a data-driven economy. A preliminary list of recommendation for ESA to drive future activities in the field has been finally drawn. ESA, JRC and SatCen confirmed their availability to organise the next BiDS Conference in Spring 2

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Summary  and  Recommenda.ons        

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Main  Objec+ves  •  Widen  competences  and  exper.se  of  universi+es,  research  

ins+tutes,  labs,  SMEs,  and  industrial  actors  •  Foster  networking  of  experts  and  users  towards  be>er  access  and  

sharing  of  data,  tools,  and  resources  •  Leverage  innova+on,  spin  in/off  of  technologies,  and  business  

development  arising  from  research  and  industry  progress  •  Contribute  towards  the  iden+fica+on  of  the  priori.es  for  a  ’Big  

Data  from  Space’  research,  development  and  innova.on  agenda  

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Competences  and  Exper.se    

•  Architectures  and  plaKorms  •  Data  storage  management  •  Harmonisa+on  and  standards  •  Open  and  linked  data  •  Data  assimila+on  •  Data  visualisa+on  •  Data  processing  (HW  &  SW)  •  Mul+-­‐mission  and  mul+-­‐source  data  

processing  •  Data  mining  

Achieving  the  main  objec+ves    

•  Content  based  image  retrieval  •  Mul+-­‐temporal  analysis  •  Collabora+ve  environments  and  

federa+on  of  processing  capabili+es    •  End-­‐to-­‐end  system  design  •  Ci+zen  cyberscience  &  

crowdsourcing    

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Networking    

•  More  than  400  par+cipants  and  authors,  from  28  different  countries  •  Interna+onal  Organiza+ons  (ESA,  JRC,  EU  SatCen)  •  Na+onal  Organiza+ons  (CNES,  DLR,  ASI,  NASA,  NOAA,  …)  •  Research  ins+tutes,  universi+es  and  industry  •  Domains  covered:  Earth  Science,  Climate  Science,  Astronomy,  Resource  

Management  •  Technologies  covered  (see  previous  slide)  •  High  interac+on  during  industry  demonstra+on  sessions  

Achieving  the  main  objec+ves  

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Business  development    

Main  issues:  •  Quality  of  data  (Veracity),  leading  to  quality  informa+on  for  end  user  •  The  future  of  space  open  data  •  Iden+fica+on  of  value  chain  segments  •  Commodi+sa+on  of  big  data  infrastructures  •  Legisla+on  framework  (interoperability,  data  protec+on,  IPR)  •  Big  Data  Public  Private  Partnership  (cPPP)  between  EC  and  Big  Data  Value  

Associa+on  

Achieving  the  main  objec+ves  

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Research,  Technology  Development  and  Innova.on  Priori.es    

Alignment  with  EU’s  views  on  a  data-­‐driven  economy:    

•  Availability  of  good  quality,  reliable  data  (Veracity)  •  Availability  of  interoperable  datasets  and  enabling  infrastructure  (Volume  &  

Variety  &  Velocity)  •  Usability  of  data  for  decision-­‐making  processes  •  Improved  framework  condi+ons  that  facilitate  value  genera+on  from  datasets,  

 coopera+on  among  “players”  and  sharing  of  solu+ons  •  Exis+ng  (EO,  Science,  SSA,  Space  engineering,  …)  and  future  applica+ons  areas  

where  improved  big  data  handling  can  make  a  difference  

Achieving  the  main  objec+ves  

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Big  Data  

Volume  • Mul+  mission  • Historical  • Processed    • …  

Velocity  • Sensor  • Processing  (HW/SW)  

• User  access  (Cloud)  

Variety  • Sensor  /  systems  • Processing  • Applica+ons  • …  

Veracity  • Cri+cal  applica+ons  • Societal  needs  • Business  needs  • Policy  needs  

R&D&I  priori.es      

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1.  Establish  a  research,  technology  development  and  Innova+on  agenda  in  the  field  of  Big  Data  from  Space  with  several  well  coordinated  (and  unified)  concept  and  ac+vity  streams,  in  close  and  permanent  dialogue  with  the  key  industry  /SMEs  actors  

2.  Foster  research  ac+vi+es  and  innova+ve  solu+ons  in  the  “Data  Science”  domain,  in  view  of  future  downstream  services    

3.  Coordinate  the  European  efforts  (programma+c  and  technical)  for  developing  and  promo+ng  new  models  and  plaKorms  for  Big  Data  from  Space  exploita+on  (from  data-­‐to-­‐user  to  user-­‐to-­‐data)  

4.  Contribute  to  the  explora+on  and  implementa+on  of  new  “partnership  models”  for  the  actual  exploita+on  of  future  Big  Data  flows  

5.  Include  in  technology  programmes  ac+vi+es  suppor+ng  the  development  in  cross-­‐sectorial  Big  Data  fields  

Drak  Recommenda+ons  (to  ESA)