DataDriven Knowledge

Skill-Link

Case Study

Today’s agenda

Data driven knowledge

• Unobtrusive knowledge capture

• A central insight that worked for us

An architecture to operationalize knowledge

• The data-knowledge continuum

• How to use it to extract value

Case study & Demonstration

• Skill-Link

• Demonstration

Who are we?

Data and knowledge engineers with a background in DISA, national intelligence,

and industry.

Knowledge Advantage, Inc. (KAI) provides expertise in

Knowledge Management, Information Technology,

Program Management and Support, Leadership

Development and Training, and Workforce Development

to commercial companies and Government agencies

throughout the U.S.

KAI combines leading-edge technologies and state-of-

the-art management practices to deliver comprehensive

solutions that support critical mission needs and business

initiatives.

Datanova Scientific LLC is a leader in refining data into

knowledge.

Datanova’s patent-pending technologies were developed for

national intelligence, and are now revolutionizing the way

data is used in banking, healthcare, cyber, federal, and

pharma.

The Big Knowledge Platform (BKP) is Datanova’s flagship

product. It closes vital gaps in knowledge architectures.

The Enabling technology

Big Knowledge Platform (BKP)

Product to fuse many data-streams into one knowledge-base

• Learned from and improved on ontologies, data-fusion, & analytics

• Shows the big-picture by combining various data streams

• Closes a vital gap in knowledge architectures

History

• Patent pending technology was made for National Intelligence

• Became friendly to use in the commercial domain

• COTS, used in banks, healthcare, government, etc.

D A T AD R I V E N

K N O W L E D G E

What is data driven knowledge?

An organization’s knowledge as yielded by its many data streams.

Obtained by fusing and contextualizing multiple data streams into one

knowledge-base.

Data driven knowledge characteristics

A living thing that changes with the enterprise

Data reflects the current state of the enterprise. When knowledge is linked to data, it can be updated in real-time.

Agile to generate

Additional data sources should be assimilated over time. The knowledge model should be growable and changeable.

Unobtrusive to capture

Users’ daily business actions should generate knowledge as a byproduct.

Clear and obviously useful

Knowledge and its applications should be intuitive to users who embody that knowledge.

Offers many avenues of utilization

Data driven knowledge is a contextualized picture over multiple data sources. It should have many applications.

Technical challenges in getting there

Unifying data into one standard

Data is heterogenous. It must all be unified to speak one language.

Seamless use of AI, NLP, and machine learning

These advanced technologies are important for this process. Their use must be orderly and easy.

Polished end-user interfaces

Knowledge capture should be unobtrusive. Social network principles can be used (only the ethical ones).

Data-management and Data-trust

Heavy data processing must be accompanied with inbuilt tools for pedigree, provenance, & audit.

Putting it all together

Multiple modes of knowledge capture and utilization should be organized in one architecture.

DISA is on a continuumwe used this central insight to create an economy of scale

Paper Data Information Knowledge Wisdom

DigitizationData

InfrastructureRecords

ManagementKnowledge

ManagementOrg Culture

Open. Standard. Transparent. Fused. Big-picture.

NARA Automation

FOIA Discovery

NEW APP

Knowledge Retention

NEW APP

Email

SharePoint

NEW APP

Skill Link

Access Layer

Asset Continuum

Function Continuum

Example applications at all levels

Training

Data Driven

Scanning

NEW APP

SharePoint

HR Database

Shared

Drives, etc.

Email

Digitized

Data

Knowledge Model

Knowledge

Manager

Rules

Engine

Extract Trust Unify

Fusion HubExtract Trust Unify

Extract Trust Unify

App Store

A.I. /

Analytics

Search &

Discover y

Records

Mgmt.

FOIA /

Compliance

Ski l l

Link

Security

Declass

All types of data from

Internal & external

sources are used.

Data is extracted &

enriched. Trust and

quality are added.The Fusion Hub is a single

source of truth across all

data.

Fusion reconciles conflicts,

duplication, etc. to produce

golden datasets.

An app store crosses the last

mile by making it easy for the

end user.

Data is fully

homogenized to a

knowledge standard.

Human

knowledge

capture The BKP architecture

C A S E S T U D YS K I L L - L I N K

What is the Skill-Link?

A professional network run internally at an

organization. This will deliver all the benefits of

commercial professional networks employees

and managers in a secure and customized

environment.

Currently in Phase-1.

Data fusion Social networkArtificial

intelligence

Machine

learning

Natural

Language

Processing

Talent search

Big data Cloud enabledData

Continuum

Reusable

architecture

Automated

Knowledge

capture

Keywords

Utilization of knowledge in Skill-Link

DISA

KnowledgeSkill-Link

Skill-Link unobtrusively

captures knowledge

Skill-Link is driven

by DISA knowledge

Data sources generate

knowledge. Examples:

• Email for social graph

• Projects for skill entities

• HR for roles

etc.

Knowledge application

examples:

• DISA Skill-landscape

• Social workflows

• Changes over time

etc.

B K PD E M O N S T R A T I O N

Implementing Skill-Link in BKP - samples

Skills and DISA

specific keywords

Managers make a

complex search

Find DISA persons

meeting criteria

Users profiles are

• Auto generated from organization data

• Self generated by end-user

Manager search to

• Find people internally with matching skills

• Set-up teams, grow skill-sets

Aggregate knowledge generation

Skill-Link benefits

1. Employees will be able to use this as a secure internal social network. They will create skill profiles, connect, and use various apps. Skill profiles will be auto-populated by connecting to organization data sources, such as email.

2. Managers will be able to use an advanced skill search tool to find appropriate talent for special projects, program staffing, or for special task forces.

3. The skill-terrain – an overall skill structure of the organization’s human capital – can be created by aggregating across user profiles. This can be used as a tool for workforce planning, to identify skills gaps, or concentration of skills in a geographical or organizational area, to develop or enhance skill-capital and readiness; and to study outcomes of processes such as training, onboarding, or development.

4. The system will follow the principles of the DISA continuum architecture – wherein this investment can be reused across multiple applications.

We invite you to…

Join us on the BKP bandwagon

Join us on the Skill-Link bandwagon

• Come see us at this conference

• Contact me at sjoshi@datanovasci.com

DATANOVA SCIENTIFIC LLC

sjoshi@datanovasci.com | 1.877.619.6682 (NOVA)

datanovasci.com

KNOWLEDGE ADVANTAGE INC.

info@kaiglobal.com | 301.948.1682

kaiglobal.com