Thomas L. Friedman Quote
Qualcomm is putting these sensor clips on all forty-eight buildings in San Diego. Suddenly the building maintenance guys got converted to data engineers, which is exciting for them, added Tipirneni. They made sure the data was distilled in a way that is easy for them to understand and be actionable. In the old days, when a facilities manager looked at a building, he would say: If there is a leak someone will call me or I will see it. They were reactive. Now, says Tipirneni, We trained them to look at signals and data that will point them to a leak before it happens and causes destruction. They did not know what data to look at, so our challenge was [to] make sensor data easy for them to make sense of, so we don’t overwhelm them with too much data and just say ‘You figure it out.’ Our goal was, ‘We will give you information you can use.
Qualcomm is putting these sensor clips on all forty-eight buildings in San Diego. Suddenly the building maintenance guys got converted to data engineers, which is exciting for them, added Tipirneni. They made sure the data was distilled in a way that is easy for them to understand and be actionable. In the old days, when a facilities manager looked at a building, he would say: If there is a leak someone will call me or I will see it. They were reactive. Now, says Tipirneni, We trained them to look at signals and data that will point them to a leak before it happens and causes destruction. They did not know what data to look at, so our challenge was [to] make sensor data easy for them to make sense of, so we don’t overwhelm them with too much data and just say ‘You figure it out.’ Our goal was, ‘We will give you information you can use.
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About Thomas L. Friedman
Friedman began his career as a reporter and won two Pulitzer Prizes in the 1980s for his coverage on conflict in Lebanon and politics in Israel, followed by a further prize in 2002 for commentary on the war on terror.