Laura Haas, from IBM, talked about how we have lots of information - but the problem is it is in lots of places. There is a big challenge of integrating data so the right data is available to the correct people at the right time - and most importantly in a format they can understand.
This research has been going on for decades, but advances in technology are making easier to find the right information that needs to be collated together.
She went on to describe how to use search, as well as "was this what you were looking for" type queries to better aggregate the data, and noted the problems with dirty data sets.
There are still a lot of problems to tackle - it still needs human input, and too much expertise to run.
Ms. Haas is very passionate about this subject and has a list as long as her arm of followon work. Definitely seems like there are a lot of opportunities in this area!
Valerie Fenwick
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