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Algorithms to the left, algorithms to the right… everywhere you look these days there seem to be algorithms and a lack of transparency in those algorithms is causing concern for many, particularly when they’re used by government service providers.
Now the New Zealand Government has launched a draft algorithm charter, setting out how agencies should use algorithms in a ‘fair, ethical and transparent way’, including clearly explaining how ‘significant’ decisions are informed by algorithms. Providing technical information about the algorithms and the data they use is also one of the 10 suggested principals set out.
It raises some interesting questions including whether by providing information about how decisions are determined, we will enable people to game algorithms – and how exactly we can strike a balance between transparency and innovation.
In other news this week:
- Is Fintech thinking big enough?
- 737 Max deaths prompt call for cyber incompetence register and safer cybersphere
- IoT – it’s all about the ecosystem
- Fuji Xerox’s AU$140m bid for CSG
- Salesforce goes up in Sydney with staff expansion and new tower
We also take a look at how an integrated business intelligence suite is providing the cornerstone for Dunedin City Council’s digital transformation and providing analytics at their fingertips.
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Enjoy the read,
Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.co.nz
DATA PATTERNS
Chief Data Steward releases govt algorithm charter
Consultation on algorithms in the public sector is now underway…
Algorithms – the automatic decision-making processes used by computer programmes to identify patterns in data – play a growing role in supporting government services providers.
“Robust safeguards must be used to identify algorithmic bias and protect individual privacy.”
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FINTECH
Fintech: More innovation, less me too please
While funding fails to hit the mark…
Stop trying to reinvent the wheel and think true innovation for fintech.
“Are we really innovating? I don’t think we are yet.”
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CYBER SAFETY
Killing us with cyber incompetence
Can social science save tech – and all the innocents – from incompetence?…
A Bureau of Software Safety, human capital policies for cyberspace and new c-suite roles are among the measures touted as two Australian professors push for a new approach to technology.
“Behind each death by computer error is a human mistake.”
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PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS
Transportation speeds down the IoT highway
Sensors in trucks was just the first step…
IoT is making its presence felt in the transportation market, but it’s the combination of IoT and other technologies promises the biggest bang for buck.
“The advantage to IoT is visibility; the advantages to a connected IoT system are more educated and efficient supply chain decisions.”
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ACQUISITION
Fuji Xerox targets SMB, IT services in CSG deal
AU$140 million deal on the table…
Fuji Xerox is upping its play for both the SMB and IT services and consulting markets across Australia and New Zealand, with plans to acquire Australian IT company CSG.
“This acquisition will materially expand and diversify our footprint across the industry.”
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REAL ESTATE
Salesforce punts big on local market with 1000 new jobs
Go big or go home…
Salesforce has signalled its plans for big growth in the A/NZ region, with plans to add 1,000 new jobs in Sydney over the next five years and confirmation it will house them in a new tower complex in central Sydney.
“We’re here to stay!”
[Read more]
ANALYTICS
Dunedin City Council transforms its digital assets
Transforming digital assets to power insight and security…
Scenic and dynamic Dunedin is a university town with a large student population that makes it the second largest city on New Zealand’s South Island.
We are changing the way we are thinking about technology.
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