Contemporary applications of BIG Data in society

Today, I learned about the contemporary applications of BIG Data within society and the benefits that these applications provide.

Recently, many cities have began to embrace BIG Data by implementing various big data developments.   with the intention of improving the quality of life of the people that live in these cities.

Some applications of BIG Data in society include water and energy, housing, mobility, and communication. These applications are accomplished using data collected from public organisations and intelligent data collection systems which collect information from smart assets and IoT devices.

BIG Data also has applications within the justice system, such as predictive crime mapping which is a method involving using data statistics to identify areas which are more likely for crimes to occur in. Another application of BIG Data within the justice system is predictive analytics which uses statistics to gain information about risks associated with specific individuals.

BIG Data technology can use open source data such as data collected from social media posts to provide information and insight about specific crimes to help develop preventative policing measures.    

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  1. Joseph Donnelly27 May 2026 at 03:13

    Do you think we will ever get to a fully autonomous cities powered and governed by big data and AI?

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