ICDM’14 Panel

Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota

 Q1: Challenges and Opportunities

• Please name up to 3 grand technical challenges in Big

Data science that you believe will be tackled in the next
5 years and will change our life
How do we use the power of
Big Data for scientific
discovery?
High

or y e xplains y
The
e n a p erfectl
phenom
Low
Low Gap Between Theory and Phenomena High
High

or y e xplains y
The erfectl ory
e n a p No the e
phenom availab
l
Low
Low Gap Between Theory and Phenomena High
High
Gap Between Data and Phenomena

ual i t y data to
-q
l en t y of high phenomena
P plain
fully ex

Low
Low Gap Between Theory and Phenomena High
High Data not sufficient to explain phenomena
(under-sampled, poor quality, unrepresentative, etc.)
Gap Between Data and Phenomena

ual i t y data to
-q
l en t y of high phenomena
P plain
fully ex

Low
Low Gap Between Theory and Phenomena High
 P a r ad igm for
High
3rd
i fic d i scovery
Traditional Physics-Based Models
scient
Gap Between Data and Phenomena

Low
Low Gap Between Theory and Phenomena High
High Traditional Physics-Based Models
Gap Between Data and Phenomena

easo nable
Un r
s of B ig Data
enes
effectiv
Traditional Data Science

Low
Low Gap Between Theory and Phenomena High
High Traditional Physics-Based Models
Gap Between Data and Phenomena

Domain knowledge-based
feature selection

Traditional Data Science

Low
Low Gap Between Physical Theory and Phenomena High
High
Theory-Guided
Data Mining
Traditional Physics-Based Models
Gap Between Data and Phenomena

Domain knowledge-based
feature selection

Traditional Data Science

Low
Low Gap Between Physical Theory and Phenomena High
 Grand challenge in Big Data science:
How do you integrate scientific
knowledge in the knowledge discovery
High
process?
Theory-Guided
Traditional Physics-Based Models

Data Mining
Gap Between Data and Phenomena

Domain knowledge-based
feature selection

Traditional Data Science

Low
Low Knowledge Gap Between Physical Theory and Phenomena High
 Grand challenge in Big Data science:
How do you integrate scientific
knowledge in the knowledge discovery
High
process?
Theory-Guided
Traditional Physics-Based Models

Data Mining
•Accelerate scientific discovery
Gap Between Data and Phenomena

•Solve society’s greatest challenges

Domain knowledge-based
feature selection

Traditional Data Science

Low
Low Knowledge Gap Between Physical Theory and Phenomena High
 Q2: Breaking Barriers

• Are there any obstacles that prevent you from working

on real world Big Data problems?
 Q3: Future

• What do you learn from your students’ experience in

industry?