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Feed: Recent Announcements. Read below for the 19 new or updated datasets from Meta, the Brazilian Space Agency, Radboud University Medical Center, and others available on the Registry of Open Data in the following categories. Looking to make your data available? The AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program covers the cost of storage for publicly available, high-value, cloud-optimized datasets. We work with data providers who seek to: Democratize access to data by making it available for analysis on AWS Develop new cloud-native techniques, formats, and tools that lower the cost of working with data Encourage the development of communities that benefit ... Read More

Feed: Top Blog Posts. Author: Aileen Scott. 11 Nov, 2020, Washington D.C.: Since the launch of the World Data Science Initiative (WDSI) in January of 2020 institutions in more than 20 countries have applied to be a part of the initiative, which is the world’s biggest ever talent development project in Data Science. The African continent can now boast its first institution to join the initiative; University of Rwanda. The University of Rwanda is home to the African Center of Excellence in Data Science (ACE-DS), which received accreditation by the Data Science Council of America (DASCA) under the World Data ... Read More

Feed: Top Blog Posts. Author: Aileen Scott. 11 Nov, 2020, Washington D.C.: Since the launch of the World Data Science Initiative (WDSI) in January of 2020 institutions in more than 20 countries have applied to be a part of the initiative, which is the world’s biggest ever talent development project in Data Science. The African continent can now boast its first institution to join the initiative; University of Rwanda. The University of Rwanda is home to the African Center of Excellence in Data Science (ACE-DS), which received accreditation by the Data Science Council of America (DASCA) under the World Data ... Read More

Feed: Top Blog Posts. Author: Aileen Scott. 11 Nov, 2020, Washington D.C.: Since the launch of the World Data Science Initiative (WDSI) in January of 2020 institutions in more than 20 countries have applied to be a part of the initiative, which is the world’s biggest ever talent development project in Data Science. The African continent can now boast its first institution to join the initiative; University of Rwanda. The University of Rwanda is home to the African Center of Excellence in Data Science (ACE-DS), which received accreditation by the Data Science Council of America (DASCA) under the World Data ... Read More

Feed: Recent Announcements. Read below for 26 new or updated datasets from University of Sydney, International Brain Laboratory, Taiwanese Central Weather Bureau, and others are available on the Registry of Open Data in the following categories. Looking to make your data available? The AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program covers the cost of storage for publicly available, high-value, cloud-optimized datasets. We work with data providers who seek to: Democratize access to data by making it available for analysis on AWS Develop new cloud-native techniques, formats, and tools that lower the cost of working with data Encourage the development of communities that ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Ron Cody. Thousands of SAS users are migrating from SAS University Edition to SAS OnDemand for Academics (ODA). I thought I would share some of my thoughts, having just finished two books using ODA (Getting Started with SAS Programming: Using SAS Studio in the Cloud and A Gentle Introduction to Statistics Using SAS Studio in the Cloud). Users of SAS University Edition had to download software to create a virtual computer on their local computer, then download the SAS software, and finally, set up a way to read and write files from their “real” computer to ... Read More

Feed: AWS Public Sector Blog. Author: AWS Public Sector Blog Team. Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) turned to Amazon Connect to support its students and staff during remote learning and examination periods in 2020. Established in 2005 as a private university before being restructured as an autonomous university in 2017, SUSS has been a forerunner in the adoption of education technology to serve its growing student population. SUSS looks for simple and scalable alternatives for tech support calls SUSS had to adjust its operations quickly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, SUSS already had a set of eLearning tools ... Read More

Feed: AWS Public Sector Blog. Author: Reeve Ramharry. From its start as a university college of London in Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948, The University of West Indies (UWI) today has grown to approximately 45,000 students and five campuses: Mona in Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago, Cave Hill in Barbados, Five Islands in Antigua and Barbuda and its Open Campus, and 10 global centres in collaboration with universities in North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Figure 1: A map of The University of West Indies campus locations. The University of the West Indies, Open ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: RStudio Blog. [This article was first published on RStudio Blog, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here) Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. This is a guest post from Dr. Behrooz Hassani-Mahmooei, Director of Strategic Intelligence and Insights Unit, and his team at Monash University, Australia Similar to any other large and complex organisation, at Monash University we employ a wide range of data to inform decision making and monitor different aspects of our operations; ... Read More

Feed: AWS Public Sector Blog. Author: Jan Day. Higher education leaders agree the coronavirus pandemic forced many institutions to adapt and innovate as never before. Which strategies worked? Which tactics didn’t? What role did cloud technology play? The Amazon Web Services (AWS) education team recently convened a small group of university leaders for a roundtable discussion. The group’s goals were to learn about adaptations institutions have made to support learning, teaching, health and administrative processes, campus culture, and physical infrastructure. Here are the top five takeaways: 1. Physical health and mental wellbeing are top priority: Support systems that scale are ... Read More