1. SmartGrid and Spotfire Cloud Computing - Similarities in Innovation Dr. Brand Niemann Director and Senior Enterprise Architect – Data Scientist Semantic Community http://semanticommunity.info/ AOL Government Blogger http://gov.aol.com/bloggers/brand-niemann/ February 9, 2012 1

2. Overview The SmartGrid Cloud Computing Open Energy Information Marathon Mashup and Smart Grid Data Sets My Data Science Process 2

3. The SmartGrid http://www.smartgrid.gov/the_smart_grid#smart_grid 3

4. Cloud Computing Characteristics: on-demand, scalable, elastic, and provisioned IT services from computers and software on the Internet. Report to the President and Congress on "Designing a Digital Future" that talks about the importance of federal agencies having "interoperability interfaces" like the Smart Grid: – “The means by which components of the smart grid can talk to each other, for example, or by which electronic health records can be shared and added to by many parties – are an important stimulus to technology innovation and adoption. Optimally, these interfaces would be open: anyone may create products that use the interfaces without paying fees; and a public, transparent process is used to establish and revise the standards that define the interfaces." See Cross-Cutting Themes in the Designing a Digital Future Report.Cross-Cutting Themes in the Designing a Digital Future Report In my editorials for Federal Computer Week, I described a cloud computing interoperability interface for data sets as: – "Everything within Three Mouse Clicks: See the Data, Search the Data, and Download the Data." 4

5. Data.gov Mashathon 2010: An Energy Mashup 5 http://en.openei.org/apps/mashathon2010/ Click on Washington, DC See Below on Next Page

6. Data.gov Mashathon 2010: An Energy Mashup 6 http://en.openei.org/apps/mashathon2010/ Data Sources: See Next Slide Digitize These Three Graphics

7. Data.gov Mashathon 2010: An Energy Mashup 7 http://www.eia.gov/cneaf/electricity/esr/table5.html

8. OpenEI Smart Grid 8 http://en.openei.org/wiki/Gateway:Smart_Grid Click on Location and Get Only Name

9. Open EI Smart Grid Projects 9 http://en.openei.org/wiki/Category:Smart_Grid_Projects Download CSV, But Only Get Part of the Data Google Map

10. Individual Open EI Smart Grid Project 10 http://en.openei.org/wiki/ALLETE_Inc.,_d/b/a_Minnesota_Power_Smart_Grid_Project

11. Smart Grid Project Update November 2011 in PDF 11 http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/SGIG%20Awards%20by%20Category%202011%2011%2015.pdf Same as the Web!

12. Open EI Data Sets 12 http://en.openei.org/datasets/ A Search for Smart Grid Yields No Data Sets!

13. My Data Science Process 1. Get the metadata (data about the data) 2. Get the data (usually in a spreadsheet) 3. Combine 1 and 2 (usually by adding web addresses to 1 in 2) 4. Import spreadsheet to Spotfire and create the visualizations 5. Write the story referencing all the previous 13

14. 1. Get the metadata (data about the data) 14 http://semanticommunity.info/AOL_Government/Open_Energy_Information_(OpenEI)_Innovations

15. 2. Get the data (usually in a spreadsheet) 15 http://semanticommunity.info/@api/deki/files/17146/=OpenEI02062012.xlsx 3. Combine 1 and 2 (usually by adding web addresses to 1 in 2) Note: I did not build a Data Warehouse or do major ETL!

16. Map data ©2012 Europa Technologies, INEGI, MapLink, Tele Atlas - Terms of UseTerms of Use Google Map 16 Reconstructed Google Map Tiles Into One Map for Import to Spotfire

17. 4. Import spreadsheet to Spotfire and create the visualizations 17 Web Player Click on Location and See Data!

18. 4. Import spreadsheet to Spotfire and create the visualizations 18 Web Player

19. 4. Import spreadsheet to Spotfire and create the visualizations 19 Web Player

20. 5. Write the story referencing all the previous 20 http://semanticommunity.info/AOL_Government/Open_Energy_Information_(OpenEI)_Innovations Spotfire provides and interoperability interface like the Smart Grid - multiple visualizations “talk to one another.”