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OGP's assessment and challenges ahead of the forthcoming Global Summit in Spain
The international open government community is preparing for the 9th Global Summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), which will take place in Vitoria-Gasteiz next October.. For three days, government representatives, civil society leaders and policy makers from around the world will exchange…
Data policies that foster innovation
The importance of data in today's society and economy is no longer in doubt. Data is now present in virtually every aspect of our lives. This is why more and more countries have been incorporating specific data-related regulations into their policies: whether they relate to personal, busin…
User access to data from connected products and related services in the new European Data Regulation ( Data Act)
The adoption of the Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2023 on harmonised rules for fair access to and use of data (Data Law) is an important step forward in the regulation of the European Union to facilitate data accessibility. This is an initiative already…
When to use each programming language in data science?
Python, R, SQL, JavaScript, C++, HTML... Nowadays we can find a multitude of programming languages that allow us to develop software programmes, applications, web pages, etc. Each one has unique characteristics that differentiate it from the rest and make it more appropriate for certain tasks. But h…
10 Popular natural language processing libraries
The advance of supercomputing and data analytics in fields as diverse as social networks or customer service is encouraging a part of artificial intelligence (AI) to focus on developing algorithms capable of processing and generating natural language.
To be able to carry out this task in the current…
10 Popular Data Analytics and Machine Learning Libraries
Programming libraries refer to the sets of code files that have been created to develop software in a simple way . Thanks to them, developers can avoid code duplication and minimize errors with greater agility and lower cost. There are many bookstores, focused on different activities. A few weeks ag…
11 libraries for creating data visualisations
Programming libraries are sets of code files that are used to develop software. Their purpose is to facilitate programming by providing common functionalities that have already been solved by other programmers.
Libraries are an essential component for developers to be able to program in a simple way…
Data Act, a new initiative in the framework of the European Data Strategy
Updated 02/29/24
At the end of 2021, an agreement was reached between the European Parliament and Member States to push forward the proposed Data Governance Act. The aim was to create processes and structures to facilitate the exchange of data between all relevant actors.
Shortly thereafter, it was…
Conclusions of the Congress on open data and reuse of public sector information
Last September, an international congress was held at the University of Alicante, which addressed some of the main challenges posed by open data and the reuse of public sector information from a legal perspective.
The inaugural conference was given by Kiko Llaneras, who made, from his own journalist…
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…
