Tag: open data
It Takes a (Data Science) Village: How GRMDS Fosters an Open Ecosystem
Openness is one of the hallmarks of modern data science – openness of data, of code, and of methods. By sharing our successes and failures with others, we raise our collective intelligence level beyond what we could ea Read more…
U.S., China Jockey for AI ‘Lead’
The U.S. is maintaining its lead in AI development as China hustles and spends to catch up, outpacing its rivals in areas like AI funding, adoption and access to data. Still, a report released this week by the Center Read more…
Augmented Analytics Driving ‘Smart’ Data Market
Emerging tools like augmented analytics are expected to drive the “smart data” market to more than $30 billion over the next several years, a market forecaster predicts. Frost & Sullivan pegs the smart data an Read more…
U.S. Open Data Push Advances
The push for open government data got a boost this week with passage of a budget bill that includes language codifying open data requirements for the federal government. Senate passage of the Defense Department spendi Read more…
Exploring Governments’ Civic Data Connections
An individual data point is practically worthless by itself. Only when combined with other pieces of data can it contribute to the emergence of the bigger picture. For those in knowledge extraction industries, one of the Read more…
TaxBrain Brings Open Data Science to Federal Models
Some of the most important decisions made in Washington D.C. are influenced heavily by sophisticated computer models refined over the course of decades. However, most of the models are proprietary, which hinders the abil Read more…
New Platform Visualizes Open U.S. Data
Federal agencies are sitting on tons of data, particularly in areas like healthcare, employment, weather and education. A new initiative called Data USA seeks to unleash this trove via a free and open platform that colle Read more…
Peering In On the Pols with Big Open Data
It's no secret that our government is using big data technologies to track and monitor the activities of regular citizens, ostensibly to protect our freedom. But data analytics can also be used to keep track of what our Read more…
Schools Get a Leg Up on Terrorists with Big Data
Governments around the world spend billions of dollars each year trying to prevent terrorist attacks, with varying degree of success. When preventative efforts fail, the next best option is to help potential victims prep Read more…
Three Ways Open Data Could Make California Golden
While California is widely regarded as the high-technology hub of the world, the state lacks a cohesive open data policy. Last week, a non-profit think tank in the Golden State released a report detailing why the state g Read more…
