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Government Data Science community meetup, May 2020

Data Science in Government

...and the public sector. Machine Learning is a method for creating algorithms that enable computers to learn from data to make predictions. Examples of machine learning techniques are; reinforcement learning,...

Using new updates to schema.org to assist our response to the coronavirus pandemic

Government Design Principles 3 and 4: Design with data, and do the hard work to make it simple

This post explains how the Government Digital Service (GDS) have implemented updates from schema.org to GOV.UK, to make important coronavirus content easier to find for users.

Why we’re talking more about how we collect and analyse data on ethnicity

Computer screen showing the front page of the RDU Quality Improvement Plan

...how to go about calculating significance. Second, they will help us improve our website if they highlight ways we can better collect, analyse, and publish ethnicity data. For example, our...

The Data Science in Transport community just got bigger

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A room of people watch a presentation. The two are demonstrating data manipulation by holding up a large paper ring

...or have something to present, then email us at data.science@dft.gov.uk to join the mailing list. Speakers: Lizzie Baggott, Department for Transport, Keynote Dharmender Tathgur, Department for Transport, “Aviation noise and...