Teaching material “Big Data”
Big Data is a complex topic. Can we still afford not to understand it? Probably not. The NRP 75 “Big Data” and the Museum of Communication in Bern have therefore joined forces and developed an attractive teaching material on Big Data for pupils at secondary levels I and II.
The teaching material is freely available in the following languages:
Promoting data literacy
The plea for a national data literacy campaign explains why the promotion of “data literacy” is important.
Education in the field of Big Data in Switzerland
List of opportunities for education and continuing education on big data at Swiss universities and universities of applied sciences.
Selected Articles
Renewable energy potential: evaluation for Switzerland
With more than 40%, heating and cooling buildings represent a significant proportion of the energy demand in Switzerland and are also responsible for a third of the CO2 emissions. The “HyEnergy” project sought to study the potential of hybrid renewable energy systems, i.e. systems combining two types of energy production in the form of heat or electricity.
Soil erosion: quantification by aerial photography in Switzerland
Plants, animals, and also humans live on and from the soil. However, soils are also under significant threat. The greatest spatial threat is soil erosion. Even in areas such as the Alps unstable soils are often found threatened by soil erosion. The ‘weObserve’ project therefore developed efficient strategies enabling data analyses and evaluations on a large scale and over long periods of time.
Optimising transport management: anonymous individual mobility traces
It is a well-known issue that many roads have traffic jams during peak periods. Big data is still almost never used for traffic management. The large quantity of data from both smartphones and satellite navigation devices could help to improve traffic management methods and models. The NRP 75 project ‘Using data traces to improve transport systems’ is changing this.
Intensive care units: an automated alert system
Patient safety in intensive care units could be significantly improved if false alarms could be greatly reduced and critical complications such as epileptic seizures could be predicted. This is where the “ICU Cockpit” project of the National Research Programme “Big Data” (NRP 75) comes in: The large amounts of data from intensive care medicine will be used to develop procedures for early warning systems and therapeutic recommendations.
More Information
You can also find more information about the teaching aid on the Museum of Communication’s page: www.mfk.ch/bigdata