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Application

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Visualization techniques

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Data Analysis & Real Time event Processing

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Specialized Data storage (Data Mining techniques, partitioning. Data curation techniques)

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Data storage/Management & Archival

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Data Pre-processing (Cleaning, Removal of duplicates)

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Data Acquisition/Production (RFID Tags, Sensors etc.)