Government Data Science Festival 2020
Government Data Science Festival 2020
The 4th annual Government Data Science Conference is coming up. Here are all the details for the strands and talks, and information on how to register
Making ethnicity data more coherent and comparable
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Richard Laux - Deputy Director (Data and Analysis), Race Disparity Unit, Posted on:
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Categories:
Data insights, Statistics
This post explains the concept of ‘harmonisation’ and illustrates how it can help make statistics more coherent and comparable, with reference to a recent childhood obesity study.
Connecting the dots: network science on GOV.UK
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Felisia Loukou - Data Scientist, GDS and Nicky Zachariou - Head of Data Science (Prisons and Probation), MoJ, Posted on:
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Categories:
Data science, Machine learning
GOV.UK can be represented as a multilayer network GOV.UK is a group of pages that comprises the best place to find government services and information. In its most abstract form, GOV.UK can be represented as a network made of pages, …
Detecting semantic similarity on GOV.UK
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Ellie King - Data Scientist, GDS and Nicky Zachariou - Head of Data Science (Prisons and Probation), MoJ, Posted on:
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Categories:
Data science, Machine learning, Python
Find out all the ways in which semantic similarity is helping us improve GOV.UK
Going from mentee to mentor with the Data Science Accelerator
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Manisha Matharu, Posted on:
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Categories:
Data science, Data Science Accelerator, People and Skills
Applications for the Data Science Accelerator are now open and close on 3 June 2019.
A discovery into data publishing formats
Find out about the Race Disparity Unit’s discovery into how CSV datasets are published across government
Mixing methods: a recipe for research success
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Haur Kang - Performance Analyst at GOV.UK and Louise Petre - Senior User Researcher at GOV.UK, Posted on:
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Categories:
Data insights, People and Skills, Performance Analysis
Mixing methods is an approach to research which combines quantitative and qualitative data. Haur and Louise describe how they have used this approach working in the EU Exit Citizen Readiness team at GOV.UK. As a performance analyst, I (Haur) predominantly …
Boosting data science skills with the Data Science Accelerator
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Bharath Vadhoola - Senior predictive modeller - HMRC, Posted on:
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Categories:
Data science, Data Science Accelerator, People and Skills
HMRC's Bharath Vadhoola shares how the programme has helped him get a coveted job as a principal data scientist. Find out how you can get on the programme and boost your career prospects.
Help us start a data revolution for government
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Kit Collingwood - Deputy director, DWP Digital and Robin Linacre - Data scientist, Ministry of Justice, Posted on:
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Categories:
Data insights, Data literacy, Open data, People and Skills
We want to start a data revolution focusing on service delivery and improving human experience. Find out what we think government needs to do and how you can help.
Building data dashboards that meet user needs
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Stephen Bell - Senior performance analyst, GDS and Peter Jordan - Head of Performance and Data Analysis, GDS, Posted on:
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Categories:
Data insights, Data literacy, Performance Analysis
Data democratisation is a hot topic for analysts, so at the Government Digital Service we wanted to share how we’ve approached this by understanding teams’ user needs for data and what we’ve learned whilst working with these data sources.
What we've been up to in performance analysis and opportunities ahead
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Peter Jordan - Head of Performance and Data Analysis, GDS, Posted on:
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Categories:
Data insights, People and Skills, Performance Analysis
Four years ago we redefined our role in GDS. Since then we've built an active community of practice across government and worked to build a 'data culture' within product teams. Find out what we've done and our plans for the next year.