Formation knowledge from data through information

1. From Data to wisdom
Tabin Hasan
Asst Professor
American International University- Bangladesh

2. From data to Wisdom
Where is the Life we have lost in living?
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
T.S. Eliot, "The Rock", Faber & Faber 1934.

3. Topic content
• Formation of knowledge to wisdom from
meaninglessness (data).
• Questions and answers as we proceed.
We are now at meaningless state

4. From data to Wisdom
This presentation is prepared from the papers
by
1. Gene Bellinger, Durval Castro, Anthony Mills, Data, Information,
Knowledge, and Wisdom, 2004.
2. Jonathan Hey, The Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom Chain: The
Metaphorical link, 2004.

5. Content of the human mind (DIKW)
• Data: symbols
• Information: answers “who, what, where and
when”
• Knowledge: answers “how”. Reproducible and
sharable.
• Understanding: application of “why”. A
synthesized new knowledge.
• Wisdom: evaluated understanding. A non-
deterministic, non-probabilistic process.
Classified by Russell Ackoff, 1989

6. Knowledge formed out of more
connectedness

7. Knowledge formed out of more
connectedness
• Data: Earth
• Information: Revolves around the sun
• Information: It takes 3651/4 days to complete a
cycle
• Information: The orbit is elliptical
• Knowledge: Ecosystem
• Future: Where is the destiny? Can we survive
green house effect?

8. The Knowledge Pyramid
Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
WISDOM
KNOWLEDGE
INFORMATION
DATA

9. Adding data to form information

10. More connectedness

11. How much is enough for human to
extract the information?

12. Knowledge to Wisdom
• To a three year old baby: Mama, it’s bird.
• To a ten year old child: Daddy, it’s a dove.
• To 17 year old teenage: Wow, it’s my freedom.
• To me: Where is the Life we have lost in living?

13. Thank you