Tag: open data

  • Open data is about people, not just innovation

    True change will come if we stop treating data as a techie bolt-on and reach marginalised groups, says Ana Brandusescu. In the Philippines, ustadz — Islamic teachers — were struggling without enough resources to deliver quality education. Although funds were available from local governments, who were required to publish their budgets, they made little effort to share this…

  • Ontario and the new strategy of Innovation and Science

    Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science Ontario has launched a new strategy that will support leading researchers and help transform their discoveries into innovations that companies and entrepreneurs can bring to global markets. The Advanced Research Computing and Big Data Strategy will support researchers by providing the technology to analyze data more comprehensively, which would help accelerate…