From announcements at EMC World and Hadoop Summit to major updates on Pivotal’s data platform, this month’s Build Newsletter shows just how hard we worked in the past month! While the 60+ links below should provide some interesting discussion points …
Build Newsletter: Open Source, Data Platforms, Mobile, Containers & PaaS—May 2015 Read more »
People Driven Digital Health and Wellbeing #PdDigital15 seemed like a long way away for a very long time. Then all of a sudden it was very near and there was ever such a lot to do to make it happen… …
You’ve done your hair, you’ve picked out the perfect outfit and you’re set on making a great first impression. How long have I got? What tube should I get? How soon is the next bus? You check the CityMapper app …
Last month we asked all partners to complete a GODAN Baseline Questionnaire. One of the core tasks of the GODAN Secretariat Research team is to map what our partners are doing with Open Data so that we can understand how …
With our focus on large-scale biological data, mass spectrometry has been one area of particular interest and attention. Metabolomics involves the detection and quantification of small molecules (metabolites) in living organisms using mass spectrometers. The measurements made from these sophisticated …
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Search the term “what is crowdsourcing” and Google will immediately cough up the following definition: “[To] obtain (information or input into a particular task or project) by enlisting the services of a number of people, either paid or unpaid, typically via …
This article is cross-posted from the International Open Data Conference Blog. The past few years have seen a number of projects, reports, and other research highlighting examples of open data use and innovations from around the world. Now, as part of the …
Whether companies refer to results, outcomes, ROI, or case studies, big data and data science are moving beyond the hype and proving to show more and more benefits over time. The world now believes in the concept of smart cities, …
This post was originally published at: http://theodi.org/blog/open-data-monitor-open-data-resources From the beginning of the open data movement, proponents of the cause have been gathering evidence to demonstrate the economic, social and environmental value of open data. The OpenDataMonitor project has gathered a comprehensive, …
OpenDataMonitor gathers over 500 open data resources Read more »
So you know a new system of Individual Electoral Registration (IER) came into force (10 June 2014) and that each person is now responsible for registering themselves to vote, rather than the old system where the head of household registered …