Real-Time intelligence
Daniel Coutinho Araújo · Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) · 2016
Over the past 20 years, data has increased in a large scale in various fields. This explosive increase of global data led to the coin of the term Big Data. Big data is mainly used to describe enormous datasets that typically includes masses of unstructured data that may need real-time analysis. This paradigm brings important challenges on tasks like data acquisition, storage and analysis. The ability to perform these tasks efficiently got the attention of researchers as it brings a lot of oportunities for creating new value. Another topic with growing importance is the usage of biometrics, that have been used in a wide set of application areas as, for example, healthcare and security. In this work it is intended to handle the data pipeline of data generated by a large scale biometrics application providing basis for real-time analytics and behavioural classification. The challenges regarding analytical queries (with real-time requirements, due to the need of monitoring the metrics/behavior) and classifiers’ training are particularly addressed.