New Canadian data mining tool analyzes how public submissions affect regulatory decisions

February 26, 2018May 10, 2018 Comment

When the CRTC sought submissions to its 2015 consultation on “Basic Telecommunications Services,” thousands of people offered their opinions on what the future [...]

Making it… thunder? Notes from the inaugural JupyterCon

September 19, 2017David Chan Comment

UC Berkeley’s Introduction To Data Science course has just become its fastest growing course – ever. The class has 1,200 students enrolled, representing [...]

Cyber Summit opening keynote sees global internet access as a “critical” need

May 25, 2017May 26, 2017 Comment

Organizers of the 2017 Cyber Summit are pleased to announce that Greg Wyler, Founder & Executive Chairman of OneWeb, will be the opening keynote. [...]

Connecting Calgary through sports

May 17, 2016Site Admin Comment

For anyone thinking about creating their own app, my advice would be to just get started. It doesn’t matter how, but just start taking things forward. Moments build momentum. [...]

Behind the scenes of a DataThon!

June 26, 2015February 12, 2016Site Admin Comment

Last month, I decided to take part in the DataThon organized by Data for Good in Calgary. I love playing with data and have been interested in pursuing a career in data science for a while now. [...]

Open data on the rise as Albertans increase their use of public cloud computing

June 4, 2015February 15, 2016 Comment

Participants in a datathon organized by Data for Good Calgary and the Distress Centre Calgary have made use of Cybera’s Rapid Access Cloud to collaborate and share information. [...]

Open water data takes a big step

March 28, 2013February 15, 2016 Comment

The results of a pilot project that shares climate and water data across international borders, called the Climate-Hydrologic Information Sharing Pilot, is set to be released to the public on April 16, 2013. The data sharing program was developed by the team that led the Water and Environmental Hub project. [...]

Alberta’s well water supply under watch

February 19, 2013February 15, 2016 Comment

Launched today, the Rocky View Well Watch lets landowners and members of the public see how water levels are changing. [...]

Open Compute: Disruptive innovation in the hardware world

January 22, 2013February 16, 2016Site Admin Comment

Open Compute is an initiative to openly share innovative server, storage, datacentre, and other hardware designs. [...]

GeoCENS update: A million little pieces of data

December 5, 2012February 16, 2016Site Admin Comment

In the next year, environmental monitoring could experience a paradigm shift in its sensor technology, thanks to an inexpensive, multi-purpose, network-enabled sensor developed in our own backyard. [...]