LUCA Big Data – Driving the Future of the Automobile Industry Are we already living in the future? Take one look at the technology being used in self-driving cars and you would certainly think so. Once only an unrealistic ideology,...
LUCA Big Data and the Blockchain phenomenon: Part I When Bitcoin hit a peak price of over $19,000 in December, terms such as “cryptocurrency” and “blockchain” hit the headlines in a major way. They are the terms that...
Mirian Martinez Varas MWC 2018: How Telefónica will create a better future with IoT On February 26, the MWC 2018 will be launched, a new tech gathering where the most important and innovative firms in the technology industry will meet. And naturally, Telefónica will be there presenting...
Cascajo Sastre María IoT growth forecast Internet of Things is transforming the world of technology by leaps and bounds. Its evolution enables the development of smart cities, industries and homes, which generates more sustainable and...
ElevenPaths #CyberSecurityPulse: From the bug bounties (traditional) to the data abuse bounties Social networks image The Internet giants are going to great lengths to be transparent with their communication about the information they are gathering from their users. In the case...
ElevenPaths Telefónica and Subex sign a global framework agreement to provide a disruptive FMaaS solution Madrid— June 18, 2017— Subex Limited, a leading telecom analytics solution provider, has been selected by ElevenPaths, Telefónica’s Cybersecurity Unit to offer a Fraud Management-as-a- Service (FMaaS) solution. Telefónica is one...
Olivia Brookhouse Can Big Data help reduce Deforestation in the Amazon? The disturbing images and videos of the Amazon ablaze last month were truly shocking and saddening. Not only trees, but wildlife, animals, habitats and homes burned to the...
LUCA Analysing tourist profiles in Spain with INE Tourism is one of the main sectors of economic activity in Spain. According to the National Institute of Statistics (INE), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Economy in...
LUCA Mobility patterns in Lima and Callao based on Big Data technology We often think of Big Data as something exclusive to private companies. But one of the clearest applications is that of public bodies who want to improve the lives...
LUCA Big Data joins the fight against cancer The medical community continues to make ground breaking discoveries every day, but with a survival rate of only 50% (Cancer Research UK), we still have a long way to...
LUCA Ready for a Wild World: Big Data is key for humanitarian issues The Big Data for Social Good event organized by LUCA, “Ready for a Wild World“, took place on May 24th and brought together experts from relevant global organizations and...
LUCA Using Data to Manage Emergency Situations Content originally written by Carmen Rodríguez, intern at LUCA, and Javier Carro, Data Scientist within LUCA’s Big Data for Social Good area. What would you say if we told you...
LUCA Are you Ready for a Wild World? Don’t miss out on Big Data for Social Good 2018! Ready for a Wild World? Our next Big Data for Social Good event will be dedicated to Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness Although we often associate Big Data with worries...
LUCA Can mobile phone traces help shed light on the spread of Zika in Colombia? Content written by Daniela Perrotta, ISI Foundation researcher and UN Global Pulse fellow and Enrique Frias-Martinez, Researcher, Telefonica Research, Madrid. Originally posted on the UN Global Pulse blog. Nowadays, thanks...
LUCA Using Big Data to combat Air Pollution in Brazil Content originally written by Raquel Carretero Juárez, for the Telefonica Public Policy Blog. Telefónica Brazil is using mobile network Big Data to monitor air pollution in São Paulo (Brazil) and...
LUCA Predictive Analysis and Machine Learning improving quality of life for refugees The refugee crisis is an ongoing issue that is sadly growing by the day. Currently, it is believed that roughly 65 million people live as refugees or are displaced...
Olivia Brookhouse Big Data, the fuel for Digital Banks In 1981, Bill Gates said “640KB will be enough for anybody”. Surpisingly, it was hard even then, to imagine where we would be today; in a sea of data....
Olivia Brookhouse The Data hiding behind Halloween Big Data and Artificial Intelligence are shaping the future of business with data insights, personalised content and improved user experiences and Halloween, one of the biggest consumer holidays, is...
LUCA How the fashion industry is applying Big Data and AI Season after season, retailers come up with loads of new products ready to hit shelves worldwide. While at one time, designers had no idea what their customers would like...
LUCA Machine Learning to analyze League of Legends Written by David Heras and Paula Montero, LUCA Interns, and Javier Carro Data Scientist at LUCA When League of Legends was released in 2009, few people could have predicted what...
Richard Benjamins Artificial Intelligence vs Cognitive Computing: What’s the difference? The media hype around Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cognitive Computing is unquestionable at the moment. They seem to appear everywhere on the Internet in the press, blogs, conferences and events...
