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ODX has a new home!
18 May 2017 | By John Chiappetta in: Data driven innovation
The Communitech Data Hub celebrated its grand opening last Thursday in the former police station located at 14 Erb Street West in Uptown Waterloo, and is home to Canada's Open Data Exchange. Read more
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Should Government Data Be Free?
16 May 2017 | By John Chiappetta in: Data driven innovation
Currently the Canadian government, and many other governments globally provide data in an open format to the public. However, a 2013 study highlighted that open data could be worth $3–$5 trillion globally. Read more
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Open Data for Business: Tackling machine learning complexity for data curation
10 May 2017 | By Kelsey Vere in: Data driven innovation
The Data Hub is hosting our most technical talk up to date. Ihab Ilyas, a computer science professor, will be coming to talk about machine learning. Read more
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Teams shoot for the stars at NASA Space Apps Challenge
08 May 2017 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation
NASA's annual international challenge had over 100 participants attended this 2-day hackathon at the Communitech location. Read more
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Useful Links: SpaceApps KW 2017 Hackathon
29 April 2017 | By Joseph Bou Younes in: Data driven innovation
Here are some useful links to help you prepare for Space Apps. Read more
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Vote for April's most wanted data
25 April 2017 | By Kelsey Vere in: Data driven innovation
This month's data options are within the fintech industry. Vote on the most wanted data of the month. Read more
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Fintech during regulatory uncertainty
21 April 2017 | By John Chiappetta in: Data driven innovation
The financial industry once experienced explosive growth, but now requires greater reliance on partnerships with big banks for stability due to regulatory uncertainty caused by upsets in international… Read more
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ODX Cross-Canada Trip Report: Atlantic Canada
20 April 2017 | By John Chiappetta in: Data driven innovation
During ODX's Cross-Canada Trip they found that in Atlantic Canada the need for better communication between businesses and government was clear. Read more
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Webinar: Discover Data with Thomson Reuters, ThinkData Works and ODX
11 April 2017 | By Kelsey Vere in: Data driven innovation
In this hour-long session, Bryan Smith and Luna Feng of ThnkData and Amir Hajian from Thomson Reuters will discuss how commercial banking, wealth management and capital markets teams use shared data to… Read more
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Uber Movement data coming to Canada
27 March 2017 | By Tyler Jacques in: Data driven innovation
Uber has started opening up anonymized transportation data through a new project called Movement. Movement will be rolling out soon to those who registered in Canada. Read more