Sylvanna Devlin

(An abstract more points out the interesting problem that one plans to pursue – keeping it in the realm of ideas – and not an in depth exploration, analysis, or presentation of a solution)

Data exhaustion

Too many data points make forming relevant information more difficult and thus knowledge of the subject never develops.

They are overwhelming us in a pursuit to make an educated decisions as well as lead to burn out, Data exhaustion.

We can’t learn anything like this. Why should we bury students with findings without a way to sort them?

We have developed AI and other digital tools to help us analyze the details we are swimming in. But they’re not enough to reduce work and in many cases are increasing it.

Remember, information is the result of reasonable interpretation of relevant data. It should not be full of lies, but both can be used to mislead.

Data points can be found or created to support misleading or false information. A dangerous mix. And while forming knowledge is indeed creative it should not be fictitious!

Our abilities to create, form knowledge, and think in the abstract world sets us apart from animals and AI alike. But we need to find a better way to interpret our world now.

Too much data is causing burn out in every field from customer service to the intelligence services! We are working with mathematics more than psychology and I think we need to do both.

My interest is in developing both the interactive and mathematical means to describe and access Data Patterns – which involves forming a better mathematical structure underneath the way I view the world – maybe relearning the notation.

Such mathematics doesn’t get used in a vacuum however, so really I want to make my theories applicable and accessible to others. So I need to focus on the core subjects of cognitive science, mathematics, artificial intelligence, usability, communication, and psychology. With an emphasis on how we gain and use data.

If I can study how to sort the data, and how to access the data. Maybe I can help develop better ways of doing both.

So after I poke my foot back in college at all (it’s been a long time) I hope to pursue at least a masters in communication as the broadest and most flexible of all of these. But I certainly need to work with the rest! And persuade my advisor that mathematics is a language.

Perhaps I can go on to gain a PhD in Human Computer Interaction. We’ll see if I need to. The answer is probably. But I’d like that masters to be in sight before making plans.