Category: Big Data
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Workshop: Too Much Data?
Today I participated in a workshop with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs for the Pritzker Forum on Global Cities called, “Too Much Data?”
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Acknowledgement: CTA API Documentation
Today my colleague Harper Reed and I were referenced in the official API documentation for the Chicago Transit Authority Bus Tracker API Documentation. AcknowledgementsThe CTA Bus Tracker service is powered by BusTime, a product of Clever Devices, Inc. Both the API itself and the majority of this document were produced and developed by people at…
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Report: Chicago Police Accountability Task Force
Today marks the publication of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force, “Recommendations for Reform: Restoring Trust between the Chicago Police and the Communities they Serve“. I served on the Early Intervention & Personnel Concerns working group, and helped develop this recommendation: publish, on a monthly basis, aggregate data on the following: new and pending complaints by unit,…
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Panel: Big Data & the Public Good for the Illinois Humanities
Today I moderated a panel for Illinois Humanities about how big data can serve the public good. Here’s how they described it: What is the relationship between information technology, urban space, and the public good in the age of big data? Where do “smart cities” initiatives like the Array of Things – which doesn’t collect…
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Launch: Chicago residential parking zones map
Today marks the launch of the Chicago residential parking zones map. Smart Chicago helped City Clerk Susana Mendoza Here’s a look at the map on the Chicago Tribune website.
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Study: Health Department Use of Social Media to Identify Foodborne Illness — Chicago, Illinois, 2013–2014
Foodborne Chicago was part of a study published today in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Health Department Use of Social Media to Identify Foodborne Illness — Chicago, Illinois, 2013–2014. Here’s the introduction: An estimated 55 million to 105 million persons in the United States experience acute gastroenteritis caused…
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Chicago: City of Big Data Pecha Kucha Night
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Launch: City of Big Data Exhibition
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Writing: Chicago launches first comprehensive, public data dictionary
Today I published this article of GovFresh, noting the importance of the City’s launch: https://govfresh.com/2013/10/chicago-launches-first-comprehensive-public-data-dictionary/.