[Air-L] Interoperability issues in "Big Data"?

[Matthias Leese]

Dear list,

I am a political scientist involved in security studies. Recently, I 
have become increasingly interested in the application of algorithmic 
data mining in security operations. Although, from conversations with 
practicioners, I get the feeling that the promise of Big Data as a 
powerful tool for security governance might be rather a desire than 
something that is actually happening.

Public authorities seem to experience a number of problems in terms of 
data sharing, thus thwarting the creation of security-related Big Data 
warehouses in the first place. Since my disciplinary background does not 
exactly enable me to assess these issues, my question would be: could 
anyone provide some hints at good literature that deals with 
interoperability problems of databases (in a way that someone from 
outside the IT community can follow)?

Best wishes and thanks in advance,
Matthias

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Matthias Leese
Research Associate
International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)
Section Security Ethics
University of Tuebingen
matthias.leese at izew.uni-tuebingen.de