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![Santander Cycles](/sites/default/files/news/2020-06-12-santander_cycles.png)
Santander Cycles
The Santander Cycle Scheme is a website and application that provides a bike sharing service. Visitors in London can hire bikes using London's public cycle hire scheme: Santander Cycles. Santander is a Spanish bank that sponsored this cycle program in collaboration with the ‘Transport for London’ (tfl). There are more than 750 docking stations and 11,500 bikes to hire around London. It costs £2 to access a Santander Cycles bike for 24 hours; the first 30 minutes of each journey are free. Bikes can be hired using a bank card at the docking station, or using the official app. Geospatial and
![Rising importance of data centres](/sites/default/files/news/2020-06-11-data_centres.png)
Rising importance of data centres
Data centres - a physical facility where (open) data can be stored and processed - will play a more important role in the future data economy. As the world moves increasingly to the web, users and businesses demand quick information. The closer a business is to a data centre, the higher the performance of the service. The distance between a data centre and the businesses or users can differ. Some data centres are close to the user or business, such as in the gaming or in the (financial) trading sectors. Other data centres are located in the arctic circle and the north of Scandinavia because it
![Open data and data bias](/sites/default/files/news/2020-06-09-open_databias.png)
Open data and data bias
Along with the proliferation of (open) data and new applications - such as machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) - there has been a rise in reports of gender, race and other types of bias in these systems. A principal source of these biases is the data used in these new applications. Biased datasets can create biased algorithms, and this can raise ethical concerns. Three types of biases are common: the interaction bias, the latent bias and the selection bias. The interaction bias refers to facial recognition algorithms trained on datasets containing more Western faces (e.g
![European Data Portal and High Value Datasets](/sites/default/files/news/2020-24-edphvd.png)
European Data Portal and High Value Datasets
Join the European Data Portal’s (EDP) workshop in the INSPIRE Conference 2020 titled: “ European Data Portal and high value datasets” at 11:00 CEST on Monday 8 June. In the workshop, speakers Eline N. Lincklaen Arriëns, Gianfranco Cecconi and Antje Kügeler from the EDP team will: Give an overview of what the EDP is and the project’s objectives. Present the Open Data and Public Sector Information Directive and introduce high value datasets (HVDs). Elaborate on how HVDs is associated with important benefits for society and the economy. Discuss what are examples of datasets that may be considered
![Local Government Inform](/sites/default/files/news/2020-06-05_local_government_inform.png)
Local Government Inform
Local Government Inform ( LG Inform) is a search engine for (open) governmental data in the United Kingdom. Local and regional national open data portals have become increasingly important after lifting the lockdowns. Data portals receive increasingly more open data and these open datasets are used for both health and transportation monitoring purposes during the lifting of the lockdowns. Additionally, these data portals increase the accessibility and availability of open data and make sure that governments can be held accountable for their decisions (e.g., during the COVID-19 pandemic). LG
![Big tech and open data regulation](/sites/default/files/news/2020-06-04_big_tech.png)
Big tech and open data regulation
Data is considered to be the lifeblood of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The amount of published open data on COVID-19 has increased during the pandemic and this poses new opportunities for the development of AI. Before the pandemic, AI had a minor presence in healthcare solutions as researchers did not always see the importance of AI or did not have the data needed to provide solutions. However, when we look towards the future it is likely that AI will play a more prominent role in healthcare. An example is Kaggle, otherwise known as CORD-19, a machine learning and data science platform that
![The rise of AI and open data](/sites/default/files/news/2020-06-02-ai.png)
The rise of AI and open data
Data is considered to be the lifeblood of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The amount of published open data on COVID-19 has increased during the pandemic and this poses new opportunities for the development of AI. Before the pandemic, AI had a minor presence in healthcare solutions as researchers did not always see the importance of AI or did not have the data needed to provide solutions. However, when we look towards the future it is likely that AI will play a more prominent role in healthcare. An example is Kaggle, otherwise known as CORD-19, a machine learning and data science platform that
![Data Talks with the European Data Portal](/sites/default/files/news/2020-06-01-edp_logo.png)
Data Talks with the European Data Portal
The European Data Portal (EDP) team is collaborating with the Support Centre for Data Sharing (SCDS) team in organising a series of sessions held every fortnight on topics related to open data and data sharing titled: Data Talks. During these sessions, an expert in the data space will share his or her experience on the topic. Everyone can join these discussions, free of charge. Data Talks will be hosted on Zoom, shared on the EDP and promoted through our social media channels. In addition, these sessions offer a great opportunity for the audience to listen in and ask question to experts in a
![Go Sharing e-scooter rental system](/sites/default/files/news/2020-05-29_go_sharing.png)
Go Sharing e-scooter rental system
Go sharing is an e-scooter rental company consisting of both a website and an application in the Netherlands. Users of the service can reserve and pay for an e-scooter through a reservation in the application. The benefit of e-scooters is that they provide a sustainable alternative to traditional scooters and produce less noise than traditional scooters. In addition, they create less traffic congestion than cars. Go sharing uses geo and transportation open data to connect people with available e-scooters through the application. These open datasets offer maps of the surrounding and widely used
![Public consultation EU digital strategy](/sites/default/files/news/2020-05-28_eu_digital_strategy.png)
Public consultation EU digital strategy
The European Union considers data an essential resource for economic growth, competitiveness, innovation, job creation and societal progress in general. The European Commission (EC) will invest in the digital transformation of the union through establishing effective frameworks to ensure trustworthy technologies, and to give businesses the confidence and means to digitise. The Data Strategy and the White Paper on Artificial Intelligence are the first pillars of the new digital strategy of the EC. They all focus on the need to put people first in developing technology, as well as on the need to