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Sage Bionetworks to Share Results of Mobile Health Research Study at Upcoming Precision Medicine Conference

Press Release | Sage Bionetworks | June 29, 2016

In the midst of several colliding perspectives on personal data sharing from both patients and researchers, it is challenging to comprehend how clinical study designs should be conducted to benefit both stakeholders. Sage Bionetworks recently began sharing data from over 9,000 participants of mPower, a mobile health research study for Parkinson's Disease. As one of the first observational assessments of human health to achieve this scale, its success is attributed to the unique study design which emphasizes transparency and trust between participants and researchers...

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San Francisco Set To Appoint Chief Data Officer In Revised Open Data Legislation

Luke Fretwell | GovFresh | October 15, 2012

San Francisco will announce proposed revisions to open data legislation Monday that includes the creation of a chief data officer who will serve as the primary evangelist for making city data freely-available to the public. Read More »

San Francisco's Plan: Open Government, Open Data, Open Doors to New Business and Better Services

Sarah Lai Stirland | Tech President | January 24, 2012

Headd has been urging local governments to think of open data as an economic development tool for some time. In particular, he has argued in the past that financially strapped states could leverage the data in lieu of loans and grants to stimulate the creation and growth of small businesses. Read More »

What Can You do with Open Data?

Play a word association game and the word "open" will almost surely be followed by "source." And open source is certainly an important force for preserving user freedoms and access to computing. However, code isn't the only form of openness that's important. Open data has been discussed for at least a decade. At the OSCON conference in 2007, Tim O'Reilly kicked off a bit of a ruckus when he suggested that open data might actually be more important than open code. Open data in this context mostly referred to the ability to export the user-created "Web 2.0" data, which was becoming important at that time. Tim Bray, then at Sun Microsystems, highlighted the issue when he wrote...

Why The Yosemite Fire Is Especially Scary

Maggie Severns | The Atlantic Cities | August 27, 2013

No one knows what started the Rim Fire, the 160,000 acre blaze that's ripping through the western side of Yosemite National Park. But nearly 4,000 firefighters have been dispatched to try to stop it using helicopters, bulldozers, and flame retardants. Although the situation is starting to look up—20 percent of the fire is now contained, up from 7 percent just two days ago—the authorities predict the fire will keep spreading... Read More »

Open Business Conference 2014

Event Details
Type: 
Conference
Date: 
May 5, 2014 (All day) - May 6, 2014 (All day)
Location: 
San Francisco, CA
United States

Computerworld’s Open Business Conference is ground zero for learning from the experts, and networking with open source peers, developers and sponsors -- including sessions on the the following type of topics:

  • Building data-rich mobile services with open APIs to navigate the confusing labyrinth of cloud computing projects
  • How to decipher the data explosion
  • How to capitalize on the cutting edge technologies, including Cassandra, Hadoop, OpenStack and more
  • Ways to connect with the developers, users and companies behind technologies like HTML5 frameworks and more

JavaOne San Francisco 2015

Event Details
Type: 
Conference
Date: 
October 25, 2015 (All day) - October 29, 2015 (All day)
Location: 
Hilton San Francisco Union Square
United States

The JavaOne conference brings together Java experts and enthusiasts for an extraordinary week of learning and networking focused entirely on all things Java. With more than 400 sessions covering topics that span the breadth of the Java universe, keynotes from foremost Java visionaries, tutorials, and expert-led hands-on learning opportunities, JavaOne is the world's most important event for the Java community. Read More »