Thursday, June 2, 2016

Appropriation of Big Data in Colombia – ElTiempo.com

The ‘big data’ is a concept that takes on increasing importance in companies and governments seeking to optimize their business and public administration through data collection and management of digital information.

in Colombia, the National Planning Department (DNP) is appropriating the ‘big data’ to anticipate the trend of GDP through Google trends, a platform that displays behaviors user searches .

This tool provides information on searches made by users since 2004 and allows correlate keywords with the behavior of economic activities.

in this sense, is possible to estimate the evolution of the various sectors of the economy in real time, with availability immediate , explains Simon Gaviria Muñoz, director of the National Planning Department.

This announcement was made by the director during the conference ‘Big Data: Shaping the Future of Latin America ‘, held last week in Bogota and brought together teachers and academics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as Elizabeth Bruce, Andrew Lo, Alex “Sandy” Pentland, among others <. / p>

the scope of the Government

currently, DNP is working on the analysis of multiple databases, with more than 37 million records to identify enrollees in Sisbén whose qualification allows them to access social programs, when they should not be.

in an interview with El Tiempo, Gaviria said that is improving the database schema Government to improve productivity, because in the last three years have lost 22 billion pesos in revenue.

“the country is providing subsidies 32 million per year, representing 10 percent of GDP. In a first exercise of ‘big data’, we identify at least 650,000 Colombians, either deceased or very high incomes, who were removing subsidies humble Colombians. So improving all the database schema government data, we can ensure that the resources that are reaching the people who really need “the director said.

Although Colombia is pioneering analysis data in Latin America, Gaviria said that globally there is a significant lag on which it is important to work.

“to collect data and digital information is needed skilled in this area. Currently the ICT sector has a very important deficit of people, but under this vein, it is necessary to change the cooperative culture of government and the private sector, and think that the ‘big data’ we can make the process more efficient, big savings and do more with the same, “says Simon.

Indeed, among the advantages of intelligence data the government is targeting public resources, decreased failures contractual planning, data analysis real-time detection and prevention of fraud, reduced vulnerability to natural phenomena and customization services to citizens.

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