Friday Lunchtime Lectures
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Friday Lunchtime Lectures are for everyone. Held in the Open Data Institute every Friday at lunchtime, topics range from healthcare to making the best choice on universities, all with an open data twist.The lectures do not require any specialist knowledge, and are about communicating the meaning and impact of open data for everyday life.
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- Friday Lunchtime Lectures are for everyone. Held in the Open Data Institute every Friday at lunchtime, topics range from healthcare to making the best choice when selecting a university, all with an open data twist. The lectures do not require any specialist knowledge, and are about communicating the meaning and impact of open data for everyday life.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2017-09-11 18:47
- last episode published
- 2017-02-10 14:59
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- 12.21 days
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- The Open Data Institute
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- Number of Episodes
- 122
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Episodes
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| 2017-02-10 |
Friday Lunchtime Lecture: How much faith should be have in data? We often talk about ‘evidence-based decision making’ or becoming ‘data-driven organisations’. But how much faith should we put in data? ODI CEO Jeni Tennison will look at how complex using data in decision making can be, and how, to get the best result... |
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| 2017-02-03 |
ODI Friday Lunchtime Lecture: The ups and downs of data journalism With increasing accusations of ‘fake news’, spin and highly influential public relations flying around, data is becoming more widely used in stories to back up their claims with evidence their readers can verify. How has data journalism developed? Wha... |
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| 2017-01-27 |
ODI Friday Lunchtime Lecture: Can open beneficial data help curb corruption? Watch a video of the lecture here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raEEWlwfzUA&index=1&list=PL6DDzoHu1cx1ozmghXXCgzwHF8Ln8Tlv8 Each year, over billions of dollars in illicit funds – the fruits of crime, corruption or tax evasion – pass through ... |
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| 2017-01-20 |
ODI Friday Lunchtime Lecture: Bringing Ghost Data Back From the Dead The shape, architecture and deployment of data are subject to much debate. Digital technology has helped us to optimise the utility of data sources for future applications. That said, the digital revolution has also led to the destruction of many pape... |
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| 2017-01-13 |
Friday Lunchtime Lecture: How can banks keep up with FinTech? Watch the lecture here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I18oS3vKqm0 Easy and convenient access to financial services is becoming more important as more of us expect to be able to bank with our smartphones. How are traditional banks reacting to consum... |
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| 2017-01-06 |
Friday lunchtime lecture: Who'll run the law, wo(man) or machine? Watch the lecture here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYB0mrwimZM Interpreting the law requires years of study. In any case you need to carefully and objectively analyse the facts and judge them based on legal precedent and principles of justice. Op... |
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| 2016-12-16 |
Friday Lunchtime Lecture Holiday Special: Algorithmic and Mechanical Music Watch a video of the performance here https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=9XGWx2N7AKM&video_referrer=watch It’s that time of year again, when team ODI welcome special guests for a festive Friday lunchtime lecture. This year, sound artists Davi... |
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| 2016-12-09 | Watch the lecture here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6vUe-ACaZ8&list=PL6DDzoHu1cx1ozmghXXCgzwHF8Ln8Tlv8 The ODI Labs team work hard to evolve and create state-of-the-art technology tools, standards and techniques to help people work better with... |
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| 2016-12-06 |
Friday Lunchtime Lecture: Creating an open register – what it takes and why A ‘register’ is an authoritative list of data you can trust. Government keeping and maintaining open registers can help us move beyond relying upon data which is published periodically to operating on data that is trustworthy, standardised and open. Us... |
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| 2016-11-25 | Is it possible there aren’t enough cats on the web? In this lecture, ODI’s Peter Wells explains how a bout of lunchtime whimsy led him to create an open data register of UK government cats. He talks about the tools he used to create the register and da... |
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