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How Open Data Is Transforming City Life

Start a business. Manage your power use. Find cheap rents, or avoid crime-ridden neighborhoods. Cities and their citizens worldwide are discovering the power of “open data”—public data and information available from government and other sources that can help solve civic problems and create new business opportunities.

Home - Data For Good

Empowering Communities Through Data Learn About Us Volunteer Get Support Donate Who Are We? Data For Good is a collective of do gooders, who want to use their powers for good, and not evil, to help make our communities better through data. We are a national not for profit organization, with chapters across the county, […]

Open North – Building trust in data, for the common good

Open North is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the common good. Working alongside governments and civic-minded organizations of all sizes, we provide data expertise to enhance decision-making, drive innovation, optimize public and civic services, and address society's most pressing challenges. Our work focuses on building the capacity of organizations to make better decisions about managing their data so that it is useful, actionable, secure, and trustworthy throughout its entire lifecycle.

Doing Data Science on the Shoulders of Giants: The Value of Open Source Software for the Data Science Community · Issue 2.2, Spring 2020

Open source software is ubiquitous throughout data science, and enables the work of nearly every data scientist in some way or another. Open source projects, however, are disproportionately maintained by a small number of individuals, some of whom are institutionally supported, but many of whom do this maintenance on a purely volunteer basis. The health of the data science ecosystem depends on the support of open source projects, on an individual and institutional level.

Out of the box

The open-data revolution has not lived up to expectations. But it is only getting started

Doing Data Science on the Shoulders of Giants: The Value of Open Source Software for the Data Science Community

Open source software is ubiquitous throughout data science, and enables the work of nearly every data scientist in some way or another. Open source projects, however, are disproportionately maintained by a small number of individuals, some of whom are institutionally supported, but many of whom do this maintenance on a purely volunteer basis. The health of the data science ecosystem depends on the support of open source projects, on an individual and institutional level.

Open Social Awards | New_ Public

The awards aim to recognize and celebrate the breakthrough products of developers building on the Open Web.

The 8 Principles of Open Government Data (OpenGovData.org)

A set of principles of open government data developed by advocates on On December 7-8, 2007. The meeting, held in Sebastopol, California, was designed to develop a more robust understanding of why open government data is essential to democracy

Introduction to Open Science

This course introduces the principles and practices of open science, with an emphasis on reproducible research workflows, transparent reporting, and collaborative scholarship. Students will critically examine reproducibility, explore tools that support openness (such as Git, GitHub, and Quarto), and apply these tools in hands-on assignments and a final open project. Students will also explore how open science practices vary across disciplines, including education, humanities, social sciences, industry and government, and STEM contexts. This course emphasizes applying open science principles to real-world data problems in alignment with the principles of producing reproducible research.

Democratizing Data

Democratizing Data builds a community-driven data ecosystem by identifying how datasets are used and reducing barriers to accessing high-quality public data. The initiative enhances the discoverability, usability, and relevance of data for researchers, policymakers, and stakeholder communities. A suite of tools and strategic partnerships supports this work by connecting users to the data, insights, and networks needed to inform decisions and generate impact.

The Future of Open Source | datagubbe.se

The Consensus Trap: Dissecting Subjectivity and the “Ground Truth” Illusion in Data Annotation

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openAFRICA

Africa's Largest Volunteer Driven Open Data Platform. openAFRICA aims to be largest independent repository of open data on the African continent.

Building Bridges for Data Science Education

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Out in the Open: This Man Wants to Turn Data Into Free Food (And So Much More)

The aim is a simple one: 25-year-old software developer Max Ogden wants to make it easier for governments to share their data with a world of software developers.