your last pack of powder used + it’s Wednesday, 23:55 + the last four Thursdays had a morning business meeting + the car is parked 20 m from a shop + last retail activity: 8 sec ago Send immediate text reminder to pick up washing powder + send tweet from @BorisHouse “need identified” AND “notification appropriate” Actionable insight. From everything.
BLN IoT ‘14 Internet replaces wire It’s all about the context M2M consumer IoT defined I-P-O like it’s 1975 context context context context context context context Is it hot?
are no commonly accepted - ‘catalogue’ of things, - ‘ontology’ of things, - ‘data format’ of things, - ‘meta data’ for things. - Most businesses are driven by revenue, not long-term strategic vision - Service providers have no need to publish - Data can be highly personal (cheap excuse) unless they’re
But this is a complex and ambitious project, and is one of the biggest challenges that bioinformatics has yet faced. Major difficulties stem from the detail required to describe the conditions of an experiment, and the relative and imprecise nature of measurements of expression levels. The potentially huge volume of data only adds to these difficulties. Nature Feb. 2000 “ “ Nov. 2000 Oct. 2002 Wide adoption: as requirement for publication in scientific journals
on the ontology structure since 2001 (I don’t have data for UK/EU spendings) ~100 full-time salaries for experts with domain-specific knowledge ~40,000 terms
ontology terms community PUBLISH OR PERISH ok? journal informal exchange - no credit! funders assessment The majority of this infrastructure is paid for by governments and charities industry!
terms user PUBLISH OR YOU’RE NOT DOING IOT ok? Maybe the majority of this infrastructure should be paid for by governments? company cloud device registration “ “ privileges data added value
home, living room Function: measures temperature regulates temperature interacts with user directly interacts with user via app Process: regulation of temperature measurement of ambient temperature ‘is proxy / is avatar’ for presence? fire? ice age? winter?
allows for inference entirely on the basis of its structure and annotation. In reality, many parameters are difficult to establish and the effort to annotate things outweighs the utility. “crude” ontology A simplified structure allows for quick annotation even by non- specialists. The lack of details can lead to clashes in the ontology => more smartness has to go into software; more coding effort. 1 billlion different things 1 milllion use cases
your last pack of powder used + it’s Wednesday, 23:55 + the last four Thursdays had a morning business meeting + the car is parked 20 m from a shop + last retail activity: 8 sec ago Send immediate text reminder to pick up washing powder + send tweet from @BorisHouse “need identified” AND “notification appropriate” Actionable insight. From everything. “indicator of esteem” 3% left and not pressed “not home” “buying” credit card: “highly personal device” ~ alive and awake