December 8, 2015 | Marriott Metro Center | Washington, DC
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Damon Davis, Director for Health Data Initiative, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Jeff Chen, Chief Data Scientist, U.S. Department of Commerce
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Amy Gaskins, Big Data Project Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Tim Lowden, Acting Program Manager, Digital Analytics Program, U.S. General Services Administration
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Wo Chang, Digital Data Advisor, National Institute of Standards and Technology/Co-Chair, NIST Big Data Public Working Group
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Alex Engler, Adjunct Professor, Masters of Science and Certificate Programs in Government Analytics, Johns Hopkins University/Data Scientist, The Urban Institute
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Naren Ramakrishnan, Director, Discovery Analytics Center, Virginia Tech
- WHITE PAPER: MITRE-ATARC Big Data Collaboration Symposium
- PROJECT BRIEFING: ATARC Big Data Innovation Lab
Government Chair
Dan Morgan, Chief Data Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation
Industry Chair
Dr. Thomas Woteki, Chief Architect & Senior Vice President, MAXIMUS Federal Services/Industry Chair, ATARC Big Data Innovation Lab
MITRE Chair
Christine Harvey, Senior Simulation & Modeling Engineer, MITRE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration and ATARC Big Data Technology Showcase
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Visionary Keynote
Damon Davis (speaker presentation), Director for Health Data Initiative, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
9:20 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Visionary Panel – Chief Data Officers: Bringing Data-Driven Innovation to Federal Agencies
More and more Federal agencies are hiring a Chief Data Officer. But as different agencies have different organizational structures, the duties and responsibilities of the Chief Data Officer varies by agency. This panel will examine the daily challenges faced by a Federal Chief Data Officer and discuss the importance of collaboration between the Chief Data Officer and a multitude of data stakeholders within an agency.
Moderator
Jason Miller, Executive Editor, Federal News Radio
Panelists
Jeff Chen (speaker presentation), Chief Data Scientist, U.S. Department of Commerce
Jon Minkoff, Chief Data Officer, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
Dan Morgan, Chief Data Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation
Linda Powell, Chief Data Officer, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
10:10 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Visionary Panel – Utilizing Data & Analytics to Enhance the Mission
Federal agencies are amassing a plethora of data. But how are agencies managing the various components of the data supply chain continuum? This panel will examine tactics and tools that allow a Federal agency to properly acquire, store, process, analyze and apply data that is crucial to the mission.
Moderator
Mohana Ravindranath, Staff Correspondent, Nextgov
Panelists
Caryl Brzymialkiewicz, Ph.D., Assistant Inspector General/Chief Data Officer, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Melvin Crum, Chief Informatics Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Amy Gaskins (speaker presentation), Big Data Project Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Tim Lowden (speaker presentation), Acting Program Manager, Digital Analytics Program, U.S. General Services Administration
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Visionary Panel – The Future of Big Data & Analytics
The amount of data being consumed by Federal agencies is growing exponentially. But how will the government deal with this gigantic amount of information in the future? This panel will examine the art of the possible and discuss future technology trends in data, analytics, high performance computing, storage, visualization, and the Internet of Things.
Moderator
Tom Suder, President, Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC)
Panelists
Wo Chang (speaker presentation), Digital Data Advisor, National Institute of Standards and Technology/Co-Chair, NIST Big Data Public Working Group
Alex Engler (speaker presentation), Adjunct Professor, Masters of Science and Certificate Programs in Government Analytics, Johns Hopkins University/Data Scientist, The Urban Institute
Naren Ramakrishnan, PhD (speaker presentation), Director, Discovery Analytics Center, Virginia Tech
Fen Zhao, Staff Associate, Strategic Innovation, National Science Foundation
11:45 p.m. – 11:50 p.m.
Logistics for MITRE-ATARC Big Data Collaboration Symposium
MITRE Chair
Christine Harvey, Senior Simulation & Modeling Engineer, MITRE
11:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
ATARC Briefing
Mike Hettinger, Executive Director, Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC)
Tom Suder, President, Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC)
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
ATARC Big Data Technology Showcase
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
ATARC Big Data Innovation Lab Project Briefing (view presentation)
Moderator
Dr. Thomas Woteki, Chief Architect & Senior Vice President, MAXIMUS Federal Services/Industry Chair, ATARC Big Data Innovation Lab
Participants
Heather Gittings, Director, Solution Marketing, Federal & Public Sector, Qlik/Industry Vice Chair, ATARC Big Data Innovation Lab
David McClure, Data Asset Portfolio Analyst, Office of the CIO, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Graham Morehead, Federal Solutions Engineer, Basis Technology/Industry Chief Technology Officer, ATARC Big Data Innovation Lab
Robin Thottungal, Chief Data Scientist/Director of Analytics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
MITRE-ATARC Big Data Collaboration Symposium
The MITRE-ATARC Big Data Collaboration Symposium features discussion and white-boarding between government and industry subject matter experts in a small-group setting. The outcomes of these sessions will be compiled in a White Paper with recommendations to the government. (Big Data White Paper)
BIG DATA CHALLENGE AREAS
1. Data Governance
- What do organizations need to do in order to maintain proper data governance
- How can data provenance be effectively managed across organizations?
- What is the appropriate level of data provenance within and across organizations?
- How does data governance and stewardship apply to and impact the security of the data?
Government Lead
Brian Gross, PhD, Deputy Director, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Industry Lead
Venkat Subramanian, Chief Technology Officer, Dataguise
MITRE Lead
Laila Moretto, Lead Information Systems Engineer, MITRE
2. Data Integration and Management
- What are the best practices for combining data systems from various agencies? What agencies are doing this best?
- How does privacy and security affect the ability to integrate disparate systems and how can these difficulties be mitigated?
- What are the best tools and resources for “data wrangling”?
Government Lead
Dr. Michael Valivullah, Chief Technology Officer, National Agriculture Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Industry Lead
Dan Potter, Chief Marketing Officer, Datawatch
MITRE Lead
Irina Vayndiner, Senior Technical Staff, MITRE
3. Architecting Systems for Big Data
- What are the best practices for system architecture in Big Data?
- How are Big Data solutions best architected for operational relevance — mission effectiveness, performance, and scalability?
- How can cloud service delivery models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, MIaaS) be used in critical-mission Big Data solutions?
- How can legacy data analytics applications augment modern Big Data solutions (and vice versa)?
Government Lead
Cris Brown, Master Data Management Program Manager, Solutions Development Division, Office of Information Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
MITRE Lead
Bob Natale, Principal Systems Architect, MITRE
4. Data Science and Scientists
- What tools and techniques are still needed for data science?
- What consists of a data science education? What courses, training, and experience do students and employees need to become successful data scientists?
- What are your recommendations to counter the workforce shortage among big data and analytics professionals?
Government Lead
Jeff Butler, Director, Research Databases, Internal Revenue Service
Industry Lead
Ann Mahoney, Sales Program Director, Information Builders
MITRE Lead
Haleh Vafaie, Group Leader, MITRE
1:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Collaboration Sessions
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Break for Out Brief Preparation
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Session Out Briefs
4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
ATARC Reception
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
1. Participants come prepared to:
- Break out into teams
- Contribute and participate from specific domain/experience
- Write ideas on the table space whiteboard
- Share ideas and build off each other’s contributions
- Attend and complete session that you have signed-up
- Support the moderator and team members
- Create sets of best practices to support the event’s objectives and goals
- No business development
2. All discussed material must be publicly releasable
- No Classified discussions
- No proprietary discussions
3. None of the discussions or artifacts constitute Government direction, nor should be interpreted as official Government position
The host organization is the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center. ATARC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides a collaborative forum for government, academia and industry to resolve emerging technology challenges. ATARC also introduces innovative technology from academic research labs to the Federal government and private industry.