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Ignite Presentation: November 15, 2010




 * Mobile Data Mining**

Exploiting the opinions of the masses has undoubtedly become an exceedingly prominent notion; used for the increasing amount of Web services that depend on consumer recommendations. In contrast, utilizing mobile devices to gather empirical data for analysis, rather than personal opinions, is a movement that is certainly novel and still in debate. Jorge Roques, author of “Mining + Cloud Computing = Future”, believes that the start –up costs will be fairly low, stimulating new companies’ to cross the threshold into the mobile data mining market.

The vast possibilities that may perhaps blossom out of such an extraordinary concept are endless in diversity. Marketers are given the ability to monitor group behavior by pinpointing exactly how many people are congregating in specific areas. Roads overflowing with traffic may surely be of some use to the Department of Transportation. Wireless biosensors implanted into mobile devices can be used to monitor patients as well as measure area pollution levels. Most bewildering is the notion of developing a system of GPS-enabled cell phones with sensors used to detect radiation – or “dirty bombs” and nuclear weapons.

Because the high volume of data may come at irregular intervals in “quick bursts”, cloud computing is indeed a disruptive force that the mobile platform will experience in the future. Storing and processing data outside of the mobile device is crucial in ensuring that mobile data mining works. Roques concludes that both cloud computing and cell phones will consistently continue to evolve and are evidently not disappearing anytime soon. He insists that, “The synergy between the two is inevitable”.

Bibliography Roques, Jorge. "Internet Evolution - Jorge Roques - Mobile Data Mining Cloud Computing = Future." //Internet Evolution - The Macrosite for News, Analysis, and Opinion about the Future of the Internet//. 11 Nov. 2010. Web. .