ProgCity to Visit INSIGHT at NUIG

Programmable City PI, researchers and students along with the Director All Island Research Observatory (AIRO) at NUI Maynooth will be making a trip to NUI Galway to visit with the INSIGHT Director, researchers and students on Nov. 8, 2013

We hope to have a fruitful information exchange about all of the projects, and explore collaboration opportunities with a focus on work in areas of open data, smart cities, geo-data and infrastructures.

Seminar: Open data and evidence informed decision making

Wednesday, November 13, 16:00-18:00

Speakers will discuss making data accessible to the public and the challenges they face in their multiple roles as citizens, public servants and researchers.

Topics include:  Citizen science, civic engagement, open data portals, Apps, hackathons, & crowdsourcing vs authoritative processes

Speakers:

  • Dominic Byrne, Head of I.T., Fingal County Council
  • Tracey P. Lauriault, Programmable City, NUIM
  • Peter Mooney, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Room 2.31, 2nd Floor Iontas Building, North Campus NUI Maynooth (Updated Map)

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The Programmable City Project

Welcome to the Programmable City project funded by an European Research Council Advanced Investigator Award to Prof. Rob Kitchin, along with a Science Foundation Ireland supplemental grant.  The project is funded for five years and employs a PI, 5 postdocs, 4 PhD students and a part-time admin assistant.