BBD 2016

Date

Wednesday, November 30th, 2016

Duration

8:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Agenda

Registration

8:30 a.m.

Opening

9:00 - 9:10 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
Speakers:
Hesham Ali, Dean of The College of Information Science and Technology, UNO
Dan Linzell on behalf of Lance Perez, Dean of The College of Engineering, UNL

9:10 - 9:25 a.m.
Bridging Big Data Project Goals and Objectives
Slides
Speakers:     Robin Gandhi, Chungwook Sim, Brian Ricks,
Dan Linzell, Deepak Khazanchi

9:25 - 9:30 a.m.
Midwest Big Data Hub: Accelerating the Big Data Innovation Ecosystem
Slides
Speakers:
Melissa Cragin, Executive Director of MBDH

Keynote 1

9:30 – 10:15 a.m.
Real-time sharing of Data in the Airline Industry
Abstract:
Big data is usually associated with large NO-SQL, column based databases, pure data science and machine learning. As the internet of things (IoT) is proliferated more and more into transportation infrastructure and vehicles include ever-increasing number of sensors, computational intelligence with communication, and IoT capabilities Big Data is moving rapidly into the transportation related fields. It is usually forgotten that Big Data is not only identified by large volume high speed data but alternatively, and this is the case in the transportation related big data field, by highly complex data from a large variety of sources. Smaller volume but complex data with larger data source variety pose challenges in the application of Big Data techniques. These challanges require in addition to, or in many cases instead of, pure data science and machine learning, the elaborate use of physical/engineering subject matter knowledge to unlock the potentials of Big Data applications. This presentation will illustrate in details using a real life commercial application the use of vehicle and infrastructure knowledge in a Big Data application that uses commercial revenue passenger aircrafts in assessing runway conditions real time and monetizing the collected and analyzed data.
Speaker:
Zoltan Rado
Moderator:
Dan Linzell

Break

10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Networking Break (Coffee provided)

Keynote 2

10:30 – 11:15 a.m.
Open Data and Bridges: Reflections on Data Stewardship and Wide, Safety Critical Data
Abstract:
Twenty years ago Dr. Goggins was hanging off of railroad bridges and testing handheld bridge inspection software he was designing for a railroad bridge engineering firm. Fast forward to 2016 and 8 years of research examining open online community systems like Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, Github & others, there are similarities and differences that are vital to consider. Dr. Goggins outlines what he anticipates to be key policy and technical obstacles to the kind of open data sharing environment for bridge infrastructure that will be necessary to positively impact public safety.
Speaker:
Sean Goggins University of Missouri - Columbia
Moderator:
Robin Gandhi

Keynote 3

11:15 – 11:45 a.m.
Managing Bridge Data using DataHub
Slides
Abstract:
The National Bridge Inventory (NBI) brings together data from hundreds of thousands of bridges nationwide in a compact format. But these data are just a fraction of what state DOTs collect each year. Inspectors make observations, fill out forms, collect photographs, run calculations, and ultimately write reports for thousands of bridges per year. The data collections they produce are managed at the state level, disconnected from the NBI summary data. DataHub offers an easy way of organizing files from bridge inspections, connecting these file collections to bridge characteristics like those in the NBI, and sharing these data. In doing so, it can make it easier for bridge owners to manage their data and for researchers to study bridge health.
Speakers:
Lucas Laughery, Purdue University (In-Person)
Santiago Pujol, Purdue University (Remotely)
Moderator:
Chungwook Sim

Panel

11:45 – 12:30 p.m.
Bridge Data Sharing Opportunities and Challenges from the Trenches
Moderator:
Dan Linzell
Panelists:
Mark Traynowicz, NDOR State Bridge Engineer
Kevin P. Rice, Structural Engineer, Union Pacific
Zach Becker, P.E., Design & Construction Engineer, City of Lincoln - Engineering Services
Pamela L. Dingman, County Engineer for Lancaster County, NE

Lunch and Keynote 4

12:30 – 1:30 p.m., Keynote starts at 12:45 p.m.
Chicago: City of Big Data
Slides
Speaker:
Tom Schenk - Chief Data Officer, City of Chicago
Abstract:
This presentation will provide a contemporary account of how Chicago has incorporated more data-driven practices into its daily operations. Beginning with transparency through the open data portal, Chicago has also incorporated predictive analytics to allocate inspectors and new technologies such as IoT and new scanning technology to collect more data.
Moderator:
Robin Gandhi

System Demos

1:30 – 2:00 p.m.

Break

2:00 – 2:15 p.m.

Facilitated Working Session

2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Faciliated by Lynn Harland, Associate Dean and Professor of Business Administration, Marketing and Management

Laptops required (Wireless network access will be available and needed)

Brainstorming:

  1. What are the challenges with sharing Bridge health data? Results
  2. How can standardization be accomplished for sharing Bridge health data? Results
  3. What benefits could result from sharing Bridge health data? Results

Closing

3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Breakout Reports and Closure: Event Summary, Support Statements, Next Steps
Moderator: Dan Linzell