Regional Hub On Big Data and Data Science
for Asia and The Pacific
Jakarta, Indonesia Hub Website
Objective
The objective of the Regional Hub On Big Data and Data Science for Asia and The Pacific is to:
- Provide a coordination function for official statistics institutions and groups working on Big Data and data science across Asia and the Pacific;
- Conduct research on the use of Big Data and data science for the development of new statistical methods and techniques;
- Provide capacity-building and training of statisticians and data scientists from national, regional and global statistical offices;
- Conduct international seminars and workshops on data science and modernization of official statistics;
- Advocate for Big Data and data science in official statistics and help to attract support and funding for Big Data and data science and for the work of the Regional Hub for Asia and the Pacific;
- Further collaboration with the UN Global Platform, Global hub, and other regional hubs in sharing new statistical methods, techniques, and learning of Big Data and data science among the community of official statistics and its stakeholders
Work Programme
Capacity building for statisticians, data scientists, public sector staff, and the general public
in the Asia-Pacific region.
The enhancement of capacity for staff within government statistical agencies (NSOs) in countries
across the Asia-Pacific region is of paramount importance.
Scholarships for education in the field of official statistics and data science are made available
to staff members of government statistical agencies (NSOs) in countries across the Asia-Pacific
region.
In the field of big data analytics and data science.
With a focus on the development of methods, algorithms, and the utilization of big data analytics
and data science, particularly for the provision of official statistics and SDGs indicators.
Workstreams
The establishment of the Regional Hub for Big Data in Indonesia is expected to strengthen cooperation and enhance Indonesia's influence in the Asia-Pacific region. Simultaneously, it aims to support accelerated modernization efforts and the utilization of big data for official statistics, with a reach that encompasses and engages statistical offices across the Asia-Pacific region. Activities include:
Remote Sensing
The webinar provides an opportunity to bring together many parties and
stakeholders to discuss the latest innovations and propose solutions for how big data plays a role
in
supporting official statistics, especially the utilization of remote sensing and geospatial data
to
support agricultural statistics. The theme of this webinar is Introduction of Remote Sensing for
Official Statistics.
The topic of the workshop is Introduction to Remote Sensing / Land Cover
Classification using Remote Sensing. The overall objective of the week-long workshop is to help
participants better understand the use and benefits of Big Data, specifically the utilization of
Remote Sensing for Land Cover Classification. To that end, the workshop program will present methods,
case studies, and processes that can support the Agricultural Statistics to identify the agricultural
lands.
The form of activity is Collaborative Research on Big Data Implementation
for Agriculture Monitoring Using Satellite Imagery Analytics. The objective of this collaborative
research project is to leverage big data and satellite imagery analytics to enhance official
statistics for agriculture monitoring, focusing on selected crops, such as rice, rubber plantations, oil palm
plantations, etc. This collaborative research project aims to improve official statistics for
agriculture monitoring by harnessing the power of big data and satellite imagery analytics. The
detailed design, timeline, expected outputs, and monitoring indicators ensure a structured approach to the
research.
Mobile Positioning Data
The webinar provides an opportunity to bring together many parties and
stakeholders to discuss the latest innovations and propose solutions for how big data plays a role in
supporting official statistics. The topic of the webinar is “From MPD to Official Statistics: A
Journeyâ€.
The seminar provides an opportunity to bring together many parties and
stakeholders to discuss the latest innovations and propose solutions for how big data plays a role in
supporting official statistics, especially the utilization of mobile positioning data for tourism
statistics.
This activity takes the form of assistance in implementing Mobile
Positioning Data (MPD) in one of the countries in the Asia Pacific region, namely Timor Leste. Timor
Leste was chosen because there is an opportunity to collaborate with Telkomcel, one of the mobile
network operators (MNO) in Timor Leste whose shares are partially owned by Telkomsel. Indonesia has
collaborated with Telkomsel regarding the implementation of MPD for tourism statistics in Indonesia.
Location:
Jakarta, Indonesia
Partnership:
The Hub's activities will be developed at national level in partnership between the various departments, other government agencies, universities, and non-governmental institutions. At international level, in partnership with the United Nations, other Regional and international organizations, national statistical institutes from the region, and other academic and research institutes.