Etiqueta: data economy
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Upcoming Talk at Plamadiso
Very honored and happy to be giving a talk together with Alba Ribera Martínez at Plamadiso (Platforms, Markets, and the Digital Society). Thanks very much to the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, and particularly to Dr. Volker Stocker for the invitation. We will present our recent blog post titled «Data Marketplaces and the Data…
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DMs & DGA: a Business Perspective
A pleasure working with Alba Ribera Martínez on this text about Data Marketplaces and the Data Governance Act: A Business Model Perspective, which was published in Kluwer Competition Law Blog. The Data Governance Act sets up a harmonised framework for the development of trustworthy data intermediation services in the Union to enable a competitive environment…
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A Retrospective Look at the Future of the Data Economy
Once my doctoral thesis has been finalised, it is worth reflecting on where the data economy is heading to and what future works may be worth developing based on the findings and conclusions of my PhD. During the defense, I was asked several specific questions about this, and I am leaving here some thoughts on…
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A successful thesis defense involves many people
Enrolling in a Computer Science PhD means riding a roller coaster of hard work, disappointment and joy, of illusion and delusion, of designing, coding, analysing, writing, presenting… Doing it after more than 20 years’ experience in the industry may be described by many people as a pure act of insanity. Starting it three months before…
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A first casual rehearsal before my dissertation
A first casual warm up presentation before my dissertation next Wednesday at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Campus Leganés (Sala de vídeo 3.S1.08, Rey Pastor Building) next May 10th at 11AM. Thanks to IMDEA Networks for a very nice venue and my colleagues Tianyue Chu, Devriş Işler, and Elisa Cabana for attending my talk and…
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Extended Report – A Survey of DMs and their business models
An extended version of our survey of data marketplaces is out! Data is becoming an indispensable production factor for the modern economy, matching or exceeding in importance traditional factors such as land, infrastructure, labor and capital. As part of this, a wide range of applications in different sectors require huge amounts of information to feed…
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Towards a Human-Centric Data Economy
Spurred by widespread adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning, “data” is becoming a key production factor, comparable in importance to capital, land, or labour in an increasingly digital economy. In spite of an ever-growing demand for third-party data in the B2B market, firms are generally reluctant to share their information. This is due to…
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Understanding the Price of Data in Commercial DMs @ ICDE23
Back home after IEEE ICDE Conference#ICDE23! Very grateful to the organizers and volunteers for their superb work. I presented our #research paper on «Understanding the price of #data in commercial data marketplaces» in the Special Research Track and joined a posterior discussion panel moderated by Mohan C. It was a truly exciting session that included very interesting papers and visions by Rihan Hai, Shubha…
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About the Value of Personal Data
“Data” is becoming a key production factor, comparable in importance to capital, land, or labour in an increasingly digital economy. Due to the unique characteristics of “data” as an economic good, data markets are underperforming, concentrated and geographically imbalanced, which undermines the immense potential of machine learning and artificial intelligence.Aiming to unlock this potential, several…