In the last decade, the amount of available data grew exponentially, introducing the concept of Big Data. This term defines the complex flux of data, continuously produced by many technological agents: social media, Internet of Things, transaction-based data, increasing amounts of sensors, machine-to-machine interaction, RFID tags, smart meters.

The demand for data experts, namely Data Scientist, has grown twelve-fold over the last twenty years. The Economist has even labeled it as the “sexiest job of the 21st century”.

Big Data, considered as the fourth paradigm of science, represents a valuable resource that, just like oil did in the wake of 1900, is going to drive economies in the next century.

However, finding trained professionals, capable of transforming huge datasets into significant information, seems to be quite difficult for enterprises. The good news is that this apparent issue opens up countless possibilities for employment. 

Innovation starts from training: Da.Re., a project of the Erasmus+ Programme

Achieving a smart, sustainable and inclusive economic growth is one of the main short-term challenges for EU. The citizens’ employability is among the most important aspect to ensure economic prosperity. A great obstacle in achieving such prosperity is the misalignment between job profiles demanded by the industry and those supplied by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). If we are to tackle this skill mismatch, thereby reducing unemployment that Europe is currently facing (10.3% on average) we must improve our educational and training system. In order to do so, it is essential to incentivise equity and learning effectiveness.

Higher Education Institutions needs to adapt to the changing needs of the global market, including plans for training and research designed ad hoc. In this view, Big Data represents a great opportunity to tackle unemployment. Data Science is, however, too wide and diverse for a flat education path.

Da.Re. project intends to give a significant contribution in the reform of teaching and governance, bridging the gap between HEIs and the business sector, in order to enhance the functioning of the “knowledge triangle”.

To reach this objective, it is necessary to identify properly the set of skills and, therefore, the professional profiles that the market demands, mapping these needs and sharing them within the education system, in order to better design learning programmes and activities.

The result of the project will be the identification and design of training programs dedicated to the future of big data professionals, the contents of which will be built on the basis of the actual needs of enterprises, so as to ensure the formation of Data Scientist ready to immediately enter the world of working with the right skills to meet the employability opportunities created by this new data science.

Loccioni, University of Camerino, eConsulenza and Confindustria Ancona (Italy), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and Maisis Information Systems (Portugal), Vision Scientific and The Open University (UK), Nissatech (Serbia), Abelium Doo and University of Coast (Slovenia). These are the partners who take part in the project.

Giving priority to the constant exchange of expertise between the partners of the project, in the first phase of the study, the training offer in the field of Big Data, both nationally and internationally, will be mapped.

In the second phase of the Da.Re project, the companies involved, representing the demand, indicate the professionals necessary for the development of projects on data mining, along with the requirements and the specific skills of these 'new professionals '. However, the Universities involved, representing the offer, will provide their expertise in the design of training programs and the network of teachers and trainers.

This will end in the selection of a group of students that will be involved in testing the new training offer, that will integrates both 'theoretical' courses in classroom and experiential learning within enterprises. In the last phase of the project the prototype of the ideal Curriculum Vitae will be designed, deriving from the experience of the pilot course.

Da.Re. project will involve students, professors and professionals in learning, training and capacity-building activities focusing on the quickly growing field of Big Data. The widespread involvement and deep commitment of small, medium and large companies, along with tech-intensive firms in designing educational paths and creating standards for the assessment of their quality will have a great impact on the alignment between said paths and market requirements, generating highly qualified Data Scientists.

Da.Re. project address the Big Data issue with a new and unique cross-sector perspective, in which learning methods and paths, policy suggestions, sharing of best-practice and training activities will allow data scientists to acquire the right skills to help industry to manage and understand data, taking advantage from them.

Canadian firm Bewegen, headquartered in Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, QC, and with offices in Montreal, QC, are supplying and installing the tailored program for REV Birmingham, operator of the system. Combining cutting-edge technology with innovative bicycles, the user-friendly, 24/7 accessible, bike-sharing system is set to transform the way that people make short trips around Birmingham and will change the face of the city.  

“We are very proud and excited to be working with the City of Birmingham, RPCGB and REV Birmingham to offer the first electrically assisted bikes as part of a public bike- share system in the Americas. When launched, the Birmingham bike-sharing program will offer its citizens and visitors what we believe will be the best bike-share system in the world” said Alain Ayotte, Bewegen CEO. 

The bikes are being built in collaboration with Bewegen’s Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, QC, based partner Procycle, one of the most important manufacturers of bicycles in the world and producers of the Rocky Mountain, Miele and eVox bicycles brands. The cutting edge IT solution, provided by BikeEmotion, which includes technology allowing Bewegen’s bikes to communicate and provide its location at all times, has been successfully field-tested in Portugal and has been running in several locations since 2010. The sleek design of the bikes, docks and kiosks is signed by Michel Dallaire, the world renowned, Montreal based, industrial designer. 

The smart-bike allows users to complete the check-out process directly on the bike with contactless pass or via a mobile phone application thereby offering the features of a kiosk without the cost of one. Live GPS tracking allows the precise mapping of every route and to locate bikes at any time. 

 “This BikeShare system is another forward-thinking program we’re implementing in our forward-thinking city,” said Birmingham Mayor William A. Bell, Sr. “It will provide a fun transportation option for our citizens, and for visitors here on business and pleasure.”  

“With our extensive experience manufacturing and operating bike-share systems combined with many years of R&D, we have developed the most cutting-edge system bar none” added Alain Ayotte about Bewegen’s system. 

The automated recharging docks are powered through the solar system which has been specifically designed to reduce physical and technological barriers faced by potential users and to encourage thousands of people who may not have otherwise considered cycling to use the bikes. 

“We have always seen BikeShare as an economic development tool. It draws in new visitors, encourages workers and residents to explore the city and delivers customers to the doors of Birmingham businesses,” said David Fleming, CEO of REV Birmingham. 

About Bewegen 

Founded by dedicated promoter of bike-sharing and urban mobility Alain Ayotte, Bewegen delivers a flexible vehicle-sharing system unlike anything available to date, think of it as bike-sharing plus. The next-generation electric-assisted bicycles, combined with cutting-edge technology offers the ultimate shared-transportation solution. Bewegen’s technology is opening up bike-sharing to new markets and changing urban transportation for the better, throughout the world. Bewegen is partnered with industry- leading firms such as: Procycle (Rocky Mountain, Miele and eVox bikes), BikeEmotion (IT Solution) and Michel Dallaire Industrial Designs. 

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The Inova-Ria Innovation Network seeks to mobilize all individual actors, relevant organizations and communities that contribute to smart specialization for Coastal Zone. 

ANI is part the portuguese consortium for the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN). Together with eight other organizations they support technological SMEs in several fields, articulating companies with the portuguese scientific and technological system (STCN) through technology transfer offices and encouraging portuguese participation in european R&D projects (e.g.: FP7, Horizonte 2020). 

http://www.bolsatecnologia.pt

More than a certificate. It provides access to a set of Microsoft resources and solutions, enhancing the partners performance through exclusive training, virtual labs, online tutorials, analists opinions and many other benefits to improve the efficiency of our company's solutions. 

This journey aims to get to know the latest trends within the Semantics and Knowledge Management fields, as well as to promote the knowledge management platform OOBIAN and search for new partnerships.

The ICT Proposers' Day is the biggest event in the field of the ICT, organized by the European Commission. It is a unique networking opportunity to build quality partnerships for participating in the new Information and Communication Technologies Work Programme for 2013.

TICE.PT wants this platform to be a reference, in order to provide a better and easier access to the national offer among this sector, enhancing the approach to the national and international markets. The platform includes already 50 companies, which is a significant sample to show its potential. 

Big players such as Microsoft, Oracle and Confluence, will take part on this event and will present their information management solutions.

MAISIS will present its knowledge management solution OOBIAN integrated with Sharepoint, combining OObian’s features of extraction and connection of unstructured information with Sharepoint’s features of document and business process management.

This is is another important recogingion of our strong competences on custom development over Sharepoint platform.

From the new features we highlight the Profile Management, the Integration with external web search, Notification Management and Favorites.

With the new version we could upgrade the product TRIAL, which is available to everyone interested in this new release.

For further information please visit http://www.oobian.com

MAISIS has an Alfresco certified team that will be present in the Alfresco Workshop, to take place in Lisbon on the 16th of November. The main goal is to ensure the continuous improvement of our Alfresco competences, in order to provide the best service to our clients.

 Due to the program and participants’ quality, the event became a reference in Brazil, where specialists, national and international businessmen, present the state of the art through seminars and workshops, taking into account their evolution, perspectives and specific needs.

Rio Info has evolved into the finest forum for expositions and recognition for institutional and commercial IT companies, focusing on the presentation of technological innovations and discussions relevant to the future of the entire sector. The business area of the event is a unique space for exchanging experiences and information. The business roundtables afford a favorable climate for establishing partnerships between national and international companies and for exploring new opportunities in the marketplace.

MAISIS will be in Rio Info presenting the product OOBIAN, looking for potential partnerships with Brazilian companies.

Focusing on the areas "Construction Management", "Services" and "Martifer Construction", Maisis will develop activities such as process consulting, Sharepoint customization. implementation of templates and specific processes to each intervention area.

Martifer began operations in 1990, in the steel structures sector. Today is a multinational industrial group with more than 3,000 employes and activities focused on metallic construction and solar energy sectors.

PT Inovação is a company from the group Portugal Telecom that has been using  Knowledge as raw material to develop upper-class technology for 60 years. Present in 4 continents, it is  an international supplier of world-class technology with an annual turnover in the region of 114 million Euros. PT Inovação promotes the Innovation process allied with Knowledge (of technology and of the market), creating products, solutions and services with strong evidence in the market, bringing competitive advantage to its clients.

http://www.worldsearchproject.com/

The decision relies on the solution ALFRESCO presented by MAISIS that also assures services of superior level, based on past experience in the implementation of integrated and transversal information management systems.

Present in Portugal since 1988, it is dedicated to the design and manufacture of metal components and structural systems for the automotive industry.

This manufacturing unit is equipped with stamping, welding, painting, assembly and tool construction technologies.

In 2001 GESTAMP Aveiro was included in the multinational Spanish group Corporación GESTAMP, in the GESTAMP Automoción division. GESTAMP Automoción is present in 21 countries and has 70 production centers and 13 R&D centers.