41 interviews found
Interview with Adolfo Sanz de Diego, Hackathon Lovers
Science and technology
Hackathon Lovers is a community of hackathon lovers that holds regular events with a focus on solving technical problems in an innovative way.
In this interview they tell us about the advantages of this format and the challenge of going from face-to-face to online format.
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1. Can you briefly explain what Hackathon Lovers is?
Hackathon Lovers is a technology company that organizes…
Interview with Emilio López Cano, R Hispano
Science and technology
R Hispano is a community of users and developers that was born in 2011, within the III Conference of R Users, with the aim of promoting the advancement of knowledge and the use of the programming language in R. From datos.gob.es we have spoken with them so that they can tell us more about the activities they carry out and the role of open data in them.
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1. Can you briefly ex…
Interview with Mariano Nieves, winner of the Aporta 2019 Challenge
Science and technology
Now that the call for the third edition of the Aporta Challenge is open, in this occasion focused on the field of education, we have talked to the winner of the 2019 edition, Mariano Nieves, who won thanks to his Optimacis solution. Mariano explained his experience and gave us some advice for this year's participants.
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1. What does Optimacis consist of?
Optimacis is a project for…
Interview with the organizers of Databeers
Science and technology
Databeers is a non-profit initiative specializing in dynamic events focused on different areas related to the data universe. The objective: to disseminate issues related to data, so fashionable and so habitually plagued with common places, myths and some confusion.
Datos.gob.es have talked with Marcelo Soria Rodríguez and María Sánchez, organizers of Databeers and Databeers Málaga respectively, to…
Interview with Mariano Rico, responsible for qMe-Aporta, third prize of Desafio Aporta 2017
Science and technology
qMe-Aporta, third prize winner at Desafío Aporta 2017, is a prototype for the intuitive construction of queries, in guided natural language, based on datos.gob.es knowledge. It is a system that guides the user in the construction of the question, showing multiple alternatives to start and continue the question. It not only uses the system terms (metadata), but also the data and its synonyms. These…
Interview with Manuel Noya and José López Veiga, Linknovate's associates
Science and technology
Linknovate, the winning company of the 1st edition of Aporta Awards, is a software provider that tracks all the scientific production published on the internet, ranking the contents according to its own algorithm. Its search engine optimizes the time spent searching for information, facilitating contact between the academic and the business world.
We interviewed Manuel Noya and José López Veiga, L…
Interview with Antonio F. Rodríguez Pascual
Science and technology
Interview with Antonio F. Rodríguez Pascual, Assistant Deputy Director of CNIG.
What is the place of geospatial information within the general open data ecosystem?
To provide some figures, geographic information is inevitably present in seven (election results, national map, weather forecasts, pollutant emissions, location dataset, water quality, land ownership) of the thirteen essentia…
Interview with Josema Alonso, Open Data Program Director at the World Wide Web Foundation
Science and technology
Interview with Josema Alonso, Open Data Program Director at the World Wide Web Foundation.
1. According to your experience with the open data program at the WWW Foundation, what are the greatest impacts of open data publication?
One of the greatest impacts of open data publication is the transparency and accountability of Public Administrations. Moreover, open data enable the creation of added val…
Interview with Dato Capital
Science and technology
Interview with Dato Capital, a multinational company specialised in business services and financial information.
Dato Capital offers users an extensive database of companies and executives. From what sources is the information obtained? Are they public or private?
There are about 100 different sources of information, most of them are official publications of public nature such as new…
Interview with Wendy Carrara
Science and technology
Interview with Wendy Carrara, project manager of the European Data Portal of the European Commission.
What role does the European Commission, especially DG CONNECT, play in the promotion of openness and re-use of public sector information?
The European Commission has been supporting accessibility and re-use of public sector information for quite some time now. Public sector informati…
