IBM Academic Initiative :
Skills for a Smarter Planet
John Schilt
Manager, IBM Academic Initiative
schiltj@au1.ibm.com
Smarter Planet Presentation
University of Western Sydney
September 13, 2011
Topics
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Smarter Planet
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Skills
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 developerWorks
 My developerWorks
• T Shaped Skills
 Academic Initiative
• Soft Skills
 Cloud Resources
• Specific Skills
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Tools and Resources
Skills for a Smarter Planet
We are experiencing the reality of global integration.
The world is connected
ECONOMICALLY.
SOCIALLY.
TECHNICALLY.
A series of shocks:
Climate change
Energy
geopolitics
Global supply
chains
Financial Crisis
Plus rapidly evolving and ongoing significant trends:
Changing
demographics
Empowered consumers
and citizens
Impact of technology
…because intelligence is being infused into the way the
world works.
Our world is becoming
INSTRUMENTED.
Our world is becoming
INTERCONNECTED.
Virtually all things, processes and
ways of working are becoming
INTELLIGENT.
We now have the ability to measure, sense and monitor
the condition of almost everything.
30 billion
1 billion
85%
30 billion RFID tags
are embedded into
our world and across
entire ecosystems.
There are more than 1
billion camera phones in
existence.
Nearly 85% of
new
automobiles
contain event
data recorders.
Instrumented
Interconnected
Intelligent
People, systems and objects can communicate and interact
with each other in entirely new ways.
2 billion
4 billion
1 trillion
There are an
estimated 2 billion
people on the internet.
There are an
estimated
4 billion mobile phone
subscribers
worldwide.
Soon, there will be 1
trillion connected
devices in
the world, constituting
an “internet of things.”
Instrumented
Interconnected
Intelligent
We can now respond to changes quickly and
accurately, and get better results by predicting
and optimizing for future events.
15 petabytes 1 petaflop
1 square kilometer
Every day, 15 petabytes
of new information are
being generated. This is
8x more than the
information in all
U.S. libraries.
New analytics enable highresolution weather forecasts for
areas as fine as
1 to 2 square kilometers.
Scientists are working to
prevent influenza pandemics
by modeling the viruses with
a supercomputer that can
operate at one petaflop, or
one quadrillion operations
per second.
Instrumented
Interconnected
Intelligent
+
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=
An opportunity to think and act in new ways.
Source : IBM Economists survey 2009 ; n=480
Why do this ?
40%
Note: Size of the bubble indicate absolute value of the
system in USD Billions
Improvement potential %
35%
Electricity
2,940
30%
Healthcare
4,270
Building & Transport
34%
Infrastructure
Education
12,540
1,360
Financial
4,580
42%
Food & Water
4,890
25%
Communication
3,960
Government & Safety
5,210
Transportation (Goods &
Passenger)
6,950
Total
$54 Trillion
20%
Leisure / Recreation /
Clothing
7,800
15%
15%
20%
25%
Inefficiencies
$15 Trillion
Improvement potential
$4 Trillion
30%
35%
40%
System inefficiency as % of total economic value
45%
Smarter cities are working to infuse
intelligence into each of their core systems.
Government
Services
Public Safety
Education
Telecommunications
Transportation
Energy and
Utilities
Healthcare
Smarter transportation: An opportunity to improve the
transit experience, reduce congestion and encourage a
modal shift among users
In one section of Los Angeles, looking for parking generated the equivalent of 38
trips around the world, burned 47,000 gallons of gas, emitted 730 tons of carbon
dioxide in 1 year !
Congested roadways cost $78 billion annually in the form of 4.2 billion lost
hours and 2.9 billion gallons of wasted gas.
Smarter transportation: Influence traffic patterns
and increase use of public transportation
The Innovation:
A smart toll system uses cameras and sensors positioned throughout the
city, along with a central computing system that processes vehicle
identification data, to charge drivers varying rates depending on the time
of day.
Embed
transponders
in vehicles.
Record
license plate numbers,
time of day and toll rates.
Process
data and charge
drivers accordingly.
The Benefits:
• Less traffic
• Lower emissions
• Increased city revenue
• Greater use
of public transit
• Increased roadway safety
Smarter transportation: Client
transformations
Stockholm implemented an intelligent
toll system in the city center, which resulted
in 20% less traffic, 40% lower emissions
and 40,000 additional users of the public
transportation system.
To encourage citizens to use multiple modes
of transportation and make it easier to align
the cost of transit with its impact on the
environment, the Singapore Land
Transport Authority implemented fare
management with smart cards that can be
used to pay for buses, trains, taxis, road-use
charging and parking.
Smarter energy and utilities :
transformations
CenterPoint Energy in Houston is
DONG Energy in Denmark installed
installing over 2 million smart meters and in
some cases an energy controller for
household devices. Homeowners will be able
to access their usage information in home
displays or on a personal website to make
smarter consumption decisions.
monitoring devices across their distribution
network. The increased insight into the grid’s
performance will potentially lessen outage
times by up to 50% and reduce maintenance
investments by up to 90%.
Smarter healthcare: Client Transformations
A regional healthcare provider in France,
created a regional information communication
and management solution that improved the
efficiency of patient care, reduced the risk of
medical error and improved emergency
response coordination.
A public healthcare organization, Servicio
Extremeño de Salud in Spain, has built
a regionally integrated system that lets
patients go to many health centers within the
region, knowing a doctor there can have the
patients’ complete, up-to-date records for
faster and more accurate treatment.
Smarter education: Client transformations
North Carolina State University provides
computing lab resources to schools and
colleges throughout the state via a central
service. Students, faculty and teachers are
able to receive a customized image of the
content and applications to meet their
learning needs.
A leading research group at a prestigious
university in Massachusetts obtains the
powerful computing environment it needs
when it leverages the IBM-powered
World Community Grid to perform its
innovative energy research..
Our world is becoming …
INSTRUMENTED
INTERCONNECTED
INTELLIGENT
We now have the ability
to measure, sense and
see the exact condition
of everything.
People, systems and
objects can communicate
and interact with each
other in entirely new
ways.
We can respond to changes
quickly and accurately,
and get better results
by predicting and optimizing
for future events.
WORKFORCE
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANUFACTURING
IT
TRANSPORTATION
FACILITIES
CUSTOMERS
The world is
SMALLER.
The world is
FLATTER.
The world is about to get a whole lot
SMARTER.
Skills
• T – shaped skills
• Soft Skills
• Technical Skills
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T-Shaped Skills
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What are T – Shaped skills ?
Complimentary skills
• Project Management
• Business / Management
• Accounting / Finance
• Politics
• Selling
• Legal
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Specific Skills
 Deep
 Technical
 Specific to trade or profession
 Certification
 Professional recognition
What shape are you ?
T – Shaped skills
What shape are you ?
Very narrow
specialisation
No specialty ?
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What are the risks ?
Opportunities ?
Soft Skills
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Communication
Presentation
Leadership / Teaming
Persistence
Passion
Longing for learning
Confidence (*)
Listening
Ability to accept feedback
Organisation
Selling / Negotiation
It’s about
Aptitude
“Nothing great in the world has
ever been accomplished with
passion” As well as
Hegel, 1770. 1831
Attitude
(the what and the how)
Technical Skills
What are the right skills for this economy ?
Too generic
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Well balanced
Too technical
Technology – Alphabet Soup
PHP
.NET
Java
JEE
XML
HTML
DHTML
XHTML
Ruby on Rails
PERL
Python
CSS
USB 3.0
W3
RDBMS
Web Services
ReSTFul Services
Open Source FOSS
Linux
IDE
DHCP, DNS
Frameworks
MVC
Cloud Computing
Software as a Service
Platform as a Service
IP V6
ERP
SCM
Web 2.0, Web 3.0
VOIP
Javascript
AJAX
• Always need to be in the know –
• be aware of what is happening in your industry, in your area of expertise.
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Programming Skills – Java vs .NET
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Jobs at indeed.com.au (12/9/2011)
Jobs
Number of hits
2010 (*)
Number of hits
2011
Java
2439
4375
C#
1830
2766
HTML
1781
3555
Javascript
1276
2942
Ajax
744
1035
PHP
639
1620
C++
716
1712
Perl
446
1104
Python
127
747
Android
na
309
iPhone
na
710
CSS
na
2511
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(*) 26 February, 2010)
Technical Skills
Whatever you decide, remember to develop
a range of skills
… improve your chances of
o Getting a job
o Earning a good living, getting ahead in life
o Developing a career
o Open to opportunities
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Additional Resources
• developerWorks
• developerWorks Communities
• IBM Academic Initiative
• Coming soon : Academic Skills Cloud
• Coming soon : JazzHub
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developerWorks: IBM’s community of developers, IT Professionals, & students
What we offer
IBM developerWorks is the
destination on the web for
developers and IT professionals to
stay on the cutting edge and
develop their skills on open
standards technologies and IBM
products.
Delivers the deep technical code,
content, and community you need
and depend on to get answers to
your tough technical questions.
Delivers unparalleled content in
over 4 languages, including
articles, tutorials, demos, events
and more.
Key Statistics:
Over 1M skill activities per year
34 industry awards
Serves 200 countries
4 local language sites
ibm.com/developerworks/aboutdw
developerWorks Communities…
a professional network and knowledge
base that connects the developer
community worldwide to share and
collaborate
Join today!
ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks
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Build a profile
Add comments
Personalize My home
Connect with colleagues
Join or create a group
Tag, rate &
recommend content
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Start an activity
Track bookmarks
Contribute to a wiki
Listen to a podcast
Write a blog entry
Post to forums
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IBM Lotus connections.
IBM Academic Initiative
Software Downloads
Cloud Computing
Courseware
Student portal / certification
Technical skills development
Student opportunity system
Access to virtual servers (z, p)
My developerWorks
SSME
Academic Skills cloud
www.ibm.com/academicinitiative
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IBM Academic Initiative : Skills for a smarter planet
Bringing it all together
Let’s Build a smarter planet
smarter planet
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Academic Initiative
smarter planet
Introduction
Primary Themes
Skills, Courseware
Industry Solutions
SOA
INSTRUMENTED
Smart Work
BPM
Large Systems
Dynamic
Infrastructure
Software Development
INTERCONNECTED
SSME
Green &
Beyond
Social Software
New
Intelligence
Security
Information on Demand
INTELLIGENT
Strategic Context
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Service Management
Architecture Solutions
Required Skills
Goal