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U.S. Mulls Opening Data Coffers to Researchers

by CivMetrics Staff | Jun 18, 2021 | Civic Data & Tech

A task force is studying the idea of opening a trove of government data to AI researchers, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Of foremost concern is releasing the data while protecting the privacy and anonymity of US citizens. From the WSJ: The Biden...

Tech Expert Quits Toronto ‘Smart City’ Board Over Data Privacy Concerns

by CivMetrics Staff | Oct 9, 2018 | Civic Data & Tech

Saadia Muzaffar, founder of TechGirls Canada, has resigned from Sidewalk Toronto — a “smart city” project — over concerns about a Google-owned company which is now involved in the project. In her resignation letter from the Sidewalk Toronto...

Results-Focused Government Requires Both Social Science and Data Science

by CivMetrics Staff | Oct 9, 2018 | Civic Data & Tech

Just because modern data science and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques produce results, it does not mean that more traditional way of social science (i.e. custom data sets created for a specific study) should be discarded. Data science has its own blind spots. A...

Scientists Slam Interior Department’s Two-Faced Approach to Data Transparency

by CivMetrics Staff | Oct 9, 2018 | Civic Data & Tech

An order issued by the Interior Department that is ostensibly meant to increase transparency and accessibility of research data may end up restricting the use of science-based studies in the formulation of federal policy. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) claims...

House Subcommittee Urges Greater Investment in A.I.; China Fears Propel Spending

by CivMetrics Staff | Oct 8, 2018 | Civic Data & Tech

Federal investment in artificial intelligence (AI) research and development nearly topped $500 billion as far back as 2015. But the House subcommittee on information technology believes that even with the expenditure of that much money won’t be enough to maintain the...

Data Science Champions Needed in Government

by CivMetrics Staff | Oct 8, 2018 | Civic Data & Tech

Mathematician D.J. Patil, the first chief data scientist for the US Office of Science and Technology Policy under President Obama, declared that city governments need the presence of data science champions in order to make smarter, more informed policy decisions. Here...
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