The ODX Newsletter is now Communitech Data Bytes No Images? Click here The ODX Newsletter is now Communitech Data Bytes. We're going beyond open data to help innovators build the capabilities and connections to do more with all kinds of data. Have a look at some of the great new programs and resources available to anyone working with any kind of data, including open data. We are excited for the future of data-driven innovation and how it will help your business Start, Grow and Succeed. We hope that you stay with us on our journey. New year, new opportunities From the whole team at Canada's Open Data Exchange, we wish you a happy, healthy and safe holiday season. We also want to thank you for your support in 2018. We've accomplished so much this past year and look forward to helping you do more with data in 2019. A big bank doubles down on dataWhen CIBC opened its lab at the Communitech Data Hub in Waterloo in May of 2017, the underlying hunch was that the lab would add value, but it was impossible to know to what degree or if the hunch was even on target. Eighteen months later, the picture is clearer.Data Hub Sessions: It's time to talk about ethics in AIThis Data Hub Session, presented by Tessa Sproule of Vubble, discusses our options for bringing more humanity to how we build technology for our businesses and our lives. Tessa covers the role of government regulation in AI and the role of human intervention at a personal and company value level: How much is too much? Where is the balance between innovation, free market and the social good? Is your company committed making this world a better place for all of us?Programs & events Leaders Prize at True North to offer $1 million for AI solution The Leaders Prize at True North is a national competition that will award $1 million to a winning team that solves a broadly applicable, high-value problem using artificial intelligence. The prize aims to capture the imagination of Canadians and encourage them to strive for innovation of global scale. Founding partners of the prize are the Schulich Foundation, Leaders Fund and Communitech, with academic partner the University of Waterloo. True North 2019 June 19 - 20, 2019 | Lot42 Global Flex Campus | Kitchener, Ontario
Communitech Academy Advance your Craft at the AI Fundamentals Bootcamp February 6 & 7, 2019 | Communitech Hub Communitech Academy: Advance your Craft at the AI Fundamentals Bootcamp, February 5 & 6, Facilitated by Vector Institute for AI. Communitech Academy Data Science Fundamentals Bootcamp Starts Wednesday, January 23, 2019 | Communitech Hub This three-day Data Science Fundamentals Bootcamp will teach you core Python programming skills and a comprehensive overview of applied data science. It's hands-on and use-case driven by design, so you will learn the concepts of data collection, data wrangling, predictive modelling and how to build an end-to-end data science project. Communitech: Data 101 Thursday, January 17 | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM | Communitech Hub Everyone is talking about data today. A handful of companies that understand its importance have effectively leveraged its use over the last two decades to infiltrate our lives and become almost impossible to avoid. If you want to start, grow and succeed in the world they dominate, you need to understand data and start planning for the right data infrastructure. Join Chris Willsher and Dan Silivestru as they pull back the curtain on data and lay a foundation for what data is, what you can do with it and how you can begin to think about data’s place in your business.
The Next Generation Networks (NGN) Demonstration Program The Next Generation Networks (NGN) Demonstration Program is designed for Ontario-based SMEs to support their use of the CENGN testbed to further develop proof-of-concept or demonstrations that could lead to new technologies, products, processes and services. The ENCQOR 5G SME Technology Development Program The ENCQOR 5G SME Technology Development Program supports collaborative technology development projects to develop, integrate, test or validate pre-commercial 5G technologies for the Innovation Platform as a Service (iPaaS) testbed. The ENCQOR 5G Demonstration Program The ENCQOR 5G Demonstration Program supports standalone small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) projects and SME collaborations with industry partners and or public sector organizations such as municipalities, healthcare facilities, public utilities for testing and validation activities using the ENCQOR 5G Innovation Platform as a Service (iPaaS) testbed in order to develop or advance new technologies, products, processes and services. The I3 Soft Landing Program The Ontario Centres of Excellence IBM Innovation Incubator Program (I3) provides qualifying, Ontario-based companies with up to $5,000 to cover the cost of travelling to or working abroad. If you're interested to learn more and have some questions, contact Koosha Totonchi. Communitech Data Hub tenant career opportunities Hiring at the Data HubLooking to make a difference in a new role? Here are some organizations that are looking for people like you.
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