Balcısoy said that conventional computer interaction was used as a method to analyze complex data, but there were problems regarding joint work and starting analysis without lengthy user training procedures. Associate Professor Balcısoy explained that the purpose of data visualization is to stimulate the sense of sight, helping people make sense of complex data. Another example is analyzing the social media behavior and posts of a Facebook user to determine if he or she is going through any major life events such as graduation, marriage, new job, losing a job and others to make them offers that will simplify their life.Īssociate Professor Bozkaya underscored the importance of protecting personally identifiable information, saying that regardless of the extent to which databases are anonymized, location and time data may cause people to be identified again, and that data privacy would be the highest of priorities in the work done in the laboratory and in the publication of outcomes.Īssociate Professor Selim Balcısoy introduced the virtual Istanbul desk developed by data visualization. An example was analyzing search patterns for "flu" on search engines to determine the rate at which the virus spreads, informing the right people at the right time and allocating treatment resources accurately.
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Professor Pentland commented that the data generated enable people to cooperate and socialize more in both their professional and social lives.įinally, lab directors Sabancı University School of Management faculty member Associate Professor Burçin Bozkaya and Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences member Associate Professor Selim Balcısoy spoke on the activities to take place in the lab.Īssociate Professor Burçin Bozkaya said that Big Data Analytics is increasing in importance and scope every year, and that large databases acquired in many different industries and applications can be analyzed for a variety of reasons to be converted into outputs for the betterment of individuals and societies. Professor Pentland said that these technologies enabled the collection of big data, and gave examples of areas where big data is used, from the medical industry to apparel. He explained the data acquired as a result of those studies, and that some of the technologies in use today were developed in those years.
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Speaking next was MIT Media Lab founder and World Economic Forum Big Data Initiative Cochair Professor Alex Pentland, who discussed “Big Data Analytics and the Importance of Cooperation." Professor Pentland began by speaking about wearable technology development at MIT in 1995. The meeting began with introductory remarks by Sabancı University President Professor Nihat Berker. An introduction meeting was held on Monday, May 25th, 2015 at the Karaköy Minerva Palas for Turkey's first and only lab on the subject. Sabancı University takes another step in the strategic partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the Behavioral Analytics & Visualization Lab was established within Sabancı University. This will be Turkey's first and only lab on the subject of big data analytics. Sabancı University and MIT partnered for the establishment of the Behavioral Analytics & Visualization Lab. Turkey's first and only “Behavioral Analytics & Visualization Lab”