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Open data to train future professionals
By 2020, the amount of data stored in IT systems will be doubled compared to 2018. Given this scenario, it seems logical that the demand for professionals with analytical and data management capabilities is growing, something we have already spoken about on numerous occasions.
One way to boost the l…
R and Python Communities for Developer
R vs Python? Better R and Python: Two languages, two styles. A common goal: to domesticate the data.
If data science were a sport, R and Python would be the two best teams in the league for several seasons. If you are a Data Scientist or are close to this scientific-technical discipline, the two pro…
4 environment challenges that open data can help solve
A few months ago, the Open Data Climático, carried out by the Spanish Meteorology Agency, starred a large number of news, with headlines such as "70% of Spaniards affected by climate change", "Summers are five weeks longer than they were in the eighties" or "The semi-arid climate advances towards Ga…
The transversality of open climate data
Humans have been interested in weather prediction for several millennia. This interest goes back at least until the Babylonian civilization, when meteorological predictions were already made based on astrology and the clouds patterns. However, it was in the early twentieth century when decisive prog…
Put open data at the disposal of communities
As we have already mentioned on more than one occasion, the information opening projects are, in short, change management projects in terms of how to work and understand data in organizations. However, as mere managers of this change, the leading organizations do not usually have all the necessary r…
Artificial intelligence and open data
In the policies promoted by the European Union, an intimate connection between artificial intelligence and open data has been considered. In this regard, as we highlighted, open data is essential for the proper functioning of artificial intelligence, since the algorithms must be fed by data whose qu…
Painting and Data
Until relatively recently, talking about art and data in the same conversation might seem strange. However, recent advances in data science and artificial intelligence seem to open the door to a new discipline in which science, art and technology go hand in hand.
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How you could improve the experience of looking for a home with more open data
In the last decade, the number of data-based services, open or proprietary, that we have at our disposal has grown in a way that few could have imagined. Maps and satellite photos from almost any corner of the planet, photographs of our streets, weather station data or traffic or public transport da…
Play to be the best with data
Publicly competing with your colleagues to solve a complex problem based on data is an irresistible motivation for some people. Almost as tempting as gaining relevance in a field of expertise as exciting and lucrative as data science.
Public competitions to solve complex problems, whose raw material…
2019, the year of open public transport data in Spain?
When we think about the reasons for promoting open data policies, one of the main reasons that immediately comes to mind is the improvement of citizens' life quality. There are many areas where open data have shown a significant impact on improving our day to day decisions-making, but one of the mos…
