Presentation by Dr. Kim Mallalieu at Session 1 of the Caribbean Open Data Conference & Code Sprint Jan 26 & 27 2012

1. Sample Development-
Focused Problem Spaces
Caribbean Open Data Conference and Code Sprint
Trinidad & Tobago – Jamaica – Dominican Republic + Virtual Sites
26 – 27 January, 2012
Kim Mallalieu
Caribbean ICT Research Programme
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
UWI, St. Augustine

2. Caribbean ICT Research Programme
The Mission of our home Department is, inter alia:
To conduct relevant and innovative research and
development for the social, economic and
intellectual growth of the Caribbean region

3. People-Centred Development –
education etc
Poverty Eradication and Social
Justice
National & Personal Security
ICTs – Connecting T&T & Building
New Economy
More Diversified, Knowledge Econ’y
– Building on Native Genius
Pillars for Sustainable Development
Good Governance
ICT: Cross-Cutting Enabler
Foreign Policy

4. Caribbean Open Data Code Sprint

5. Sample Problem Spaces
ICT Access
• Universal Access
• Universality Obligations of Service Providers
Small Scale Fisheries
• Operational Efficiency  Marine Resource Manag’ent
• Safety at Sea  Market Intell  Infrastructure Plann’g
Agriculture
• Crop Performance  Decision & Knowledge Support
• Pest & Virus Monitoring  Loan Application Support

6. Sample Data
ICT Access
Digital Access Indices and components (2007); Digital Opportunity
Index and components (2007); geographical locations of T&T
communities with statistics; > 300 communities underserved by
Internet service; 12 blocks & 6 baskets of underserved communities
Small Scale Fisheries
Re artisanal fishing Industry: gear types; species; catch and
effort (2006-9); vessels; organisations; locations of landing
sites, equipment & accessory suppliers, gas stations, police
districts etc; maritime boundaries, search & rescue particulars
Agriculture
Market Price & Volume (2006/7-2011); Employment (2001-
2010); Root Crops, Green Vegetable and Other Pulse Harvest
(2007-2009), Apiculture farmer population

7. Sample Data Publishers
ICT Access
Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago; Central
Statistical Office (CSO); Bheshem Ramlal
Small Scale Fisheries
Fisheries Division, Ministry of Food Production, Land and
Marine Affairs; NAMDEVCO; T&T Coast Guard; CFTDI; SIDC;
Maritime Services Division, Ministry of Transport; B. Ramlal
Agriculture
CSO; NAMDEVCO; Bheshem Ramlal, UWI Department of
Geomatics Engineering and Land Management

8. Sample Problem: ICT Access
• Section 28 (1), Telecoms Act (2001): TATT
required to promote Universality in T&T
• The Digital Divide Report in T&T (2007): Priority
should be given to the provision of affordable
broadband ... mobile services
• Universality Framework for Telecommunications
Services in Trinidad and Tobago (2011): > 300
communities deemed underserved by Internet

9. Communities Aggregated into Blocks
Block Block Type Area(Km2) No. Households
1 Suburban 300 8436
2 Suburban 304 14023
3 Urban 342 22329
4 Rural 342 4750
5 Rural 349 4861
6 Urban 354 19536
7 Urban 366 35213
8 Urban 301 33110
9 Suburban 293 16161
10 Suburban 295 7680
11 Rural 398 2206
12 Rural 365 2996

10. Baskets
Basket Block Block Pair Total Area Total No. of
Type used (Km2) Households
1 Suburban 1
Suburban 2 604 22459
2 Suburban 9
Suburban 10 588 23841
3 Urban 3
Rural 5 691 27190
4 Urban 6
Rural 4 696 24397
5 Urban 7
Rural 12 731 38209
6 Urban 8
Rural 11 699 35313

11. Challenge: Display & Reconfigure

12. ICT in Universality OD App Dev
Acquire data from multiple
(open) sources on Internet
Process
Visualize
Interact
Compute

13. ICT in Other OD App Dev
Source a
Source b & Format
& Format 1
2
Source z
& Format
N
Visualization: Simple/ Searchable/ Filtered etc.

14. Eg OD App Dev: Disparate Sources
Problem : Inappropriate fishing gear impacts the marine
resource through by-catch and reduces efficiency with
which fishers catch target species. Policies & regulations
exist but damaging practices prevail.
Data Sources:
• Species vs Oceanological Zones
• Species vs Gear Type
• Fishing fleet, species translation
• Catch and Effort data
• Trinidad Tobago Fishing Policies and Regulations
• Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics
• Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profiles
• Global By-Catch Assessments
• Other possible sources in support of value added features

15. Thank You & Good Luck to TT Coders!