Topic Research Presentation Response

The topic research presentation by group 2 was over Big Data. They covered what Big Data is, who uses it, how they use it, the pros and cons, and how far it has come. The group seemed to have completed extensive research over their topic, due to the massive amount of information they compiled into their fifteen minute presentation. The entire presentation was organized and very detailed, making it easy to pay attention throughout the entire presentation. Though I was confused about one tactic the group decided to add to their presentation. I don’t exactly understand why the group decided to make it seem like a news team report at the beginning of the presentation, it didn’t fully sit with their actions and demeanor. While it was a little humorous, it personally distracted me from the entirety of the presentation. Other than the way the information was presented, the group did very well with covering the basics of big data. I learned a fair amount from the groups presentation, and learned how large businesses use big data to gain information on the market. I would have liked to see more possible uses of how big data can be implemented within corporations and within the field of science. To gain a better understanding of how useful this assortment of sourced data can be used, and what solutions can be taken from their findings. Also from their presentation I learned exactly that big data is, the massive amounts of data collected over time that are difficult to analyze and handle using common database management. I liked learning of the comparison between structured and unstructured data. It put into the perspective of how much data is trying to be processed and organized, and how much processing power is needed to sort all of the new data. My favorite portion of the presentation was seeing the debate between if it is violating privacy or if it is just a clever way to utilize uncollected data. It opens up a huge debate that can be argued in either direction. And how it can expand a company’s predictions over what groups of people would prefer a specific topic compared to another select group of people in a different area of the world. The presentation was overall a very informative and outstanding display of information over the topic of Big Data. I believe the group did very well.